>----- Original Message -----
From: "Jo Eslick" <joanne@bombobeach.com>
To: "Multiple recipients of list ADHESIONS"
<adhesions@mail.medispecialty.com>
Sent: Friday, August 09, 2002 9:44 PM
Subject: Thank you everyone :-)
> To all those who have posted messages about my arrival home after
> surgery. I thank you so much for your words of encouragement, love &
> support.
>
> The last two years have been unbelievably hard for my family and myself.
> I know that there are many of you who have struggled for much longer
> than that... I pray & hope that one-day, you too will experience the
> exhilaration of a relative pain free day, week and my next goal....
> MONTH! LOL
>
> The pain I am experiencing at the moment is directly associated to my
> very blocked bowel, very high up & I am undergoing a very extensive
> daily regime to help remove the "blockage". If this doesn't work, I
> will return to hospital for a wash out. NONE of my pain is a pulling,
> tugging, stabbing, burning or continual ache. It is all a very bloated
> over full feeling.... and I KNOW most of you have experienced THAT
> feeling at one time or another.
>
> So once my bowel has been retrained & my bladder has regained some of
> it's tone, I won't need to catheterise (fingers crossed & lots of
> prayers) or take these HUGE amounts of laxatives, I will almost be
> normal, touchwood!!! LOL
>
> Love, huggles, cuddles & hugs...
> Joey
>
> --
> Love and gentle hugs,
> Joanne Eslick
> Founder Australian Adhesions Support Group
> http://www.bombobeach.com
> NSW Australian Co-ordinator of
> International Adhesions Society
> http://www.adhesions.org
>
> --
> I am not a medical person, and all my messages are based
> on personal experience. I am a fellow adhesions sufferer
> reaching out to help others.
>