Re: My Experience..w/nerve blocks..Read This Tami...
From: Tami (tamitorres@hotmail.com)
Tue Oct 15 23:39:02 2002
Thanks Tish for the information, I have an appointment with my Gyn
Surgeon tomorrow, at this point today I feel I will probably postpone
the surgery. I have to be mentally ready to go thru this again and
right now I just am not.
Hard to understand probably but I don't know how else to put it....I do
have an appointment with Pain Dr on Oct 30 and then maybe together we
can come up with something. If he thinks there is a chance this nerve
block can work for me then I probably have nothing to lose by trying
it..I want to find out if he has ever had any success with this on any
other adhesions patients...or not....I don't know if this procedure is
painful or not, but if it is then maybe I might have something to lose
!! Ha!! I am going to discuss the Duragesic patches that you are on too,
and maybe I can try that first...I will continue to try and research the
nerve block between now and the appointment...Thanks Tish for just being
yourself and such a great friend, and not just to me but, to everyone.
You take care of yourself and don't overdo it. I think letting the big
boy sit his time out in jail was a good decision. I hope he didn't lose
a job in the process. I know its hard on the mom and dad, but at least
it was only tickets, it could have been alot worse than that. Nothing
to be ashamed of. And if nothing else I'll bet ya money he pays the
next ticket he gets. If he does ever get one again. Hard lesson
learned.... He has had a very long week to think about this for
sure...well I'll talk to you tomorrow after I see my Dr. and let you
know if anything changes from tonight!!
Take care,
Love your friend,
Tami
At Tue, 15 Oct 2002, Tish wrote:
>
>Dear Chrissie, >From all ive read on the board...most folks with
>adhesions do not really
>benefit from having the nerve block..done..when i first went to pain
>management i was 100% ready to take nerve blocks to see if perhaps i
>would be the one person that did get some relief from them..but when i
>got to my Drs office the day i was to get my nerve blocks..My Dr had
>come to he ias website and researched..the possibility of the blocks
>being successful...(at my request) and he decided that the blocks would
>probably not be effective for me..and he decided to try a different
>approach..that is when he gave me duragesic patches with lorcet 10 for
>breakthrough...and while i have never ever been completely pain free..at
>least the pain is manageable now. So perhaps you could research about
>Nerve Blocks here at the IAS website..and maybe print off all the
>material you can that is pro or con for someone with ARD..and take this
>info to your pain Dr..and ask him to read it..and then make an informed
>decision about whether or not to give you nerve blocks.. Some Drs are
>open to reading the material and some are not..so its certainly worth a
>shot..huh.. Please feel free to email me any time..at
>CookieTish@aol.com or wrie to me right here..whichever you prefer..ok
>hugs and Love...