Dear Kel...I understand what your saying about seeing some long term results..as far as the spray gel and surgery in Germany are concerned.. And you are probably right we really dont know anything about the long term..concerning the success of the spray gel/with surgery... But from what i have heard so far..Like Helen .D. and now Jo..and Lisa, and others too...im most definitely wiling to try..ive had surgery twice for the adhesions..only to be back in far worse pain..and completely disabled again..within weeks of the surgery.. But Look at Helen D and Jo from Australia and Lisa..all of them have had pain free months..(SO FAR) and i only got a few weeks without pain.. So to me it would be worth it if i only got a few months with less pain..to have a little of my life back..to run and play with my grandbabies..to have some intimacy with my hubby etc..then if after those months it does come back..which i dont think it will..then hey ill go on and search for a new plan.. as things are right now..all i have to look forward too is my next pain appointment..to get my drugs so i can even exist.. Wouldnt a couple of months or even a year be worth it to you..it most definitely would for me.. Hugs and Love Tish
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>Hi There Judy...i will tell you my experience with the last surgery i
>had for adhesions...I had my adhesion surgery laproscopic (plus a 4 inch
>bikini line incision) On Monday before last Thanksgiving..last year..and
>on Thursday morning i was up and cooking a feast for about 20 people..i
>felt great after being in horrible pain for a year..following my
>TAH..Oct 12 2000...and i felt great for about 4 or 5 weeks and then the
>pain started gradually coming back ..and it got worse and worse and
>worse with each passing week...because the adhesions came back..you
>see..because adhesions start forming right away after surgery..and
>continue to form for a week or so..and then after that they get harder
>and brittle..and start pulling your organs in directions they should not
>be pulling in...and today i am in constant horrible pain again...the
>only relief i get is from..ongoing opoid pain control.
>The sad part is Judy..that i had an adhesion barrier..and my Dr filled
>me up with Ringers Lactate as well..to try and prevent the return of the
>adhesions..but that DID NOT work..and here i am now in worse pain than i
>was in before that last surgery Nov 19 2001....But there is hope..i am
>planning on going to Germany to have surgery..and CONFLUENT SPRAY
>GEL..THE ONLY adhesion barrier that Drs are having good success
>with...This spray gel is not approved yet in the USA tho..So many of us
>are going to Germany and also to Australia...for surgery and the spray
>gel..so these darned adhesions dont come back again..Some people on this
>board Judy have had..10-15-even 20 surgerys for adhesions..all to have
>them return again right away..and often times much much worse..So i wont
>be having any more surgerys until i can have surgery with Confluent
>Spray Gel..
>Hugs and Love Tish.
>P.S. If i can help you in anyway Judy please feel free to email me at
>CookieTish@aol.com or just right me back here..
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