Re: Anyone have good luck with a laparotomy? I'm scheduled for Feb. 17!!

From: anonymous (anonymous@medispecialty.com)
Wed Jan 29 16:42:01 2003


nnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnn At Wed, 29 Jan 2003, Sally Grigg wrote: >
>At Wed, 29 Jan 2003, Amanda wrote:
>>
>>My dr after doing a laparoscopy in Jan '02, said my adhesions were so
>>dense he
>>could barely get the scope anywhere. Anyway, I've still had a lot of
>>pain &
>>had no luck in getting pg-except 3 mths after the lap, then I lost the
>>baby at
>>9 1/2 weeks. I've been on fertility med,had tons of fertility tests,
>>but my
>>dr says my ovaries are encased in adhesions, as well as a lot of other
>>organs.
>>So-after a lot of thought & a lot of dr's & more tests, we decided on
>>the
>>laparotomy. I want to know if anyone has had good luck with this
>>surgery or
>>if they just experienced more pain. What kind of adhesion barrier was
>>used?
>>Thanks! Amanda
>
>--
>Dear Amanda, Its hard to say this, but I didn't want a laporotomy
>even when I was dying from appendicitis. Please go onto the quilt
>and read other people's stories. Are you functioning normally? Do
>your organs work? If you are prone to adhesions you may be starting
>down a slippery slope to agony and eventually death. I know that sounds
>alarming, but read Karla's story. There are no barriers that work on
>most people available in the U.S.A. However, Europe, Australia and
>other places are using SprayGel which is currently being tested in
>this country. Many people, myself included, have decided to have a
>laproscopic surgery done by Dr. Kruschinski near Frankfurt, Germany.
>He is excellent, plus he uses SprayGel and does not use carbon dioxide.
>I am not saying this to alarm you, but there are many years worth of
>experience on this board, and you need to educate yourself before you
>make a deision that potentially you will regret. I know the desire to
>have children is strong, but adhesion prone people need to have special
>surgeons work on them. There are only a very few in the world who are
>good enough to keep from hurting your organs while they take down the
>adhesions. Please, please read the quilt, past emails, etc before you
>let anyone do a laporotomy on you. With kindest regards and with only
>good intentions, Love, Sally Grigg
>

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