At Sun, 26 May 2002, Flick Rahke wrote:
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>Hi everyone this is flick here. i noticed that everyone here seems to
>be a woman, It's o.k. to be a man here isn't it. I am a man. Thanks
>for the posts. Is it really possible to get adhesions from a
>laporoscopic gallbaldder surgery? I can't figure out what else could
>have been causing the inflammation and tightness and pain in my abdomen
>1.5 years after the surgery. i do not have any bowel problems though. i
>did get addicted to xanax after the surgery when I got very worried when
>it did not heal. I had to go to a rehab 8 mos. ago and I still have
>withdrawal symptoms from the xanax on top of the abdominal pain. I feel
>like that gallbladder surgery ruined my life. I was a dancer and surfer
>and athlete before it and have not done anything since, so i am very
>depressed. I don't want to use any drugs, including antidepressants,
>because they give me major side effects. I am considering adhesion
>surgery when i feel better from the drug withdrawal, but I read some
>horror stories on the quilt. i have tried a little myorfascial release
>bodywork therapy, but doubt it can heal something as tough as adhesions.
>I wrote to that Dr. Reich and his associates in New York. Are there
>any good success stories of cured adhesions from this sort of
>laproscopic adhesion removal? I feel like a surgery has ruined my life,
>and I don't want to jump out of the frying pan into the fire, but if a
>good surgery would fix the bad one, I am not opposed to it necessarily
>when I am feeling better. Thanks Flick
>
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>flick1@earthlink.net
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-- cathy :-)