Thak YOU for joining us, and for sharing with us. Please come chat with us when you are able, and please, please, please do as much research as possible before having another surgery. (I guess after reading Karla's story you knew that).
Wishing you pain free moments, hours and days. Clare
At Tue, 21 Jan 2003, Bonny wrote:
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>Thank you for your warm welcome. Unfortunately, I am cutting off my
>phone tomorrow morning and my internet connection. I need to cut down
>on my expenses. The doctors are now saying that I should have surgery
>for lysis of adhesions. I am petrified to do so, because I have read so
>many horror stories of constant surgeries that seem to be a never ending
>cycle. 3 doctors said that I needed to have a colonoscopy to make sure
>that everything inside my large intestine is okay. It is, but the
>procedure took twice as long because of the massive amount of adhesions.
>I woke up during the procedure and it really hurt. My symptons have
>been much worse since then and now I'm facing surgery again! I told my
>doctors that I would never have a colonoscopy again! I read Karla's
>story and she will be in my thoughts and prayers. I will access the
>site from the library when I am able to go there. I will be connected
>to the internet until tomorrow morning.
>
>--
>Bonny
>