At Thu, 27 Mar 2003, Tonya Fleming wrote:
>
>HELLO EVERYONE THIS BRIGHT SPRING MORNING,
>
>DAN AND I GOT BACK FROM GERMANY TUESDAY EVENING WITHOUT ANY PROBLEMS. WE
>TOUCHED DOWN IN AMERICA AND WHAT A JOYOUS FEELING! IN AMERICA AND
>WITHOUT ADHESIONS! MY SECOND LOOK WAS ON MARCH 20TH AND I DIDN'T HAVE
>ANY MORE ADHESIONS. WE HAD AN EXPERIENCE THAT I WILL NEVER FORGET. THE
>FOOD WAS YUMMY AND THE CULTURE VERY DIFFERENT, BUT NICE. BUT THE MAIN
>THING IS THAT DR. KRUSCHINSKI IS BRILLIANT AND TALENTED AND THE BEST
>WHEN IT COMES TO DOING GASLESS LAPAROSCOPIES. I AM VERY WEAK AND TIRED
>FROM THE SURGERIES AND THE LONG TRIP.....WE HAD 17 HOURS OF FLYING AND
>IN AIRPORTS. YEP, MY TRAVEL AGENCY SCREWED UP BIG TIME BY GIVING US TWO
>LAYOVERS FOR ABOUT AN HOUR EACH AND WITH A COUPLE OF SURGERIES IT WAS
>VERY DIFFICULT TO DO. I WOULD HAVE WRITTEN YESTERDAY BUT I SLEPT AND
>CAUGHT UP ON MUCH NEEDED REST. I AM FEELING SO MUCH BETTER TODAY AND
>WILL TRY TO WRITE MORE ON MY EXPERIENCE AS I AM ABLE. BUT I WANTED
>EVERYONE TO KNOW THAT I AM THANKFUL TO BE IN AMERICA, MY HOME COUNTRY,
>AND ADHESION FREE! I WANTED TO TELL CINDY PUBLICLY THANK YOU FOR BEING
>MY CONTACT PERSON WHILE OVER THERE. DAN WOULD WRITE AND EVEN I DID
>ONCE, TO LET HER KNOW HOW WE WERE DOING. SALLY GRIGG CALLED ME THREE
>TIMES WHILE THERE TO SEE HOW I WAS AND TO CHAT. SHE IS REALLY VERY
>SWEET.....THANK YOU SALLY FOR YOU CONCERN AND GENEROSITY, THE PHONE
>CALLS MUST HAVE COST YOU A FORTUNE. THANK YOU CINDY FOR REPORTING
>ACURATELY ON MY SURGERIES AND LETTING THIS BOARD KNOW THAT I WAS DOING
>WELL OTHER THAN A COUPLE OF THINGS AFTER THE SURGERY LIKE MAJOR THROWING
>UP AND MY BLOOD PRESSURE FALLING TO VERY LOW NUMBERS AFTER THE FIRST
>SURGERY. LOTS OF PAIN DUE TO THE VOMITING AND RETCHING. CINDY REPORTED
>THAT I HAD SOME COMPLICATIONS AFTER SURGERY, AND I TOLD HER I DID....SHE
>DID REPORT THAT CORRECT, EVEN THO DR. KRUSCHINSKI WAS CALLED BY HELEN
>TO SEE WHAT THE COMPLICATIONS WERE.....THE GOOD DOC THOUGHT I HAD SAID
>SOMETHING ABOUT COMPLICATIONS DURING SURGERY.....NOT SO. THE SURGERIES
>WENT WELL.....BUT VOMITING SO PROFUSELY FOR 36 HOURS AFTER AND MY BLOOD
>PRESSURE FALLING INTO THE 40S WAS NOT NORMAL. THOSE WERE THE
>COMPLICATIONS THAT I SPOKE TO CINDY ABOUT. THANK YOU CINDY FOR ALL OF
>YOUR PRAYERS AND FOR STAYING BY MY SIDE THRU THIS. I EVEN WENT TO THE
>HUGE CHURCH IN SELINGSTADT AND LIT A CANDLE FOR YOU, MY DEAR SISTER AND
>SAID A PRAYER FOR YOU. I ALMOST COULDN'T GET UP AND DAN HAD TO LIFT ME
>UP. BUT IT WAS FROM MY HEART AND I'D DO IT AGAIN IF I HAD THE
>OPPORTUNITY. I AM GLAD TO BE HOME AND SLEEPING IN MY BED AND LISTENING
>TO MY POOR CAT GO AROUND THE HOUSE AT NIGHT MEOWING LIKE SOMEONE FORGOT
>TO FEED HIM, TO SEE OUR CHILDREN AND MOST OF ALL, TO GO PEE WITHOUT THAT
>PULLING THAT USED TO DOUBLE ME OVER ALL THE TIME. I NOTICED THAT
>IMMEDIATELY AFTER THE FIRST SURGERY. I HAVE WRITTEN TO DR. K AND TOLD
>HIM THAT I'M HOME, AND HE'S SUCH A GOOD DOCTOR TO RESPOND SO QUICKLY AND
>TO SHOW SUCH CONCERN FOR HIS PATIENTS. WE HAD A LOVELY TIME IN GERMANY
>AND IT WAS WORTH IT. IF ANYONE HAS QUESTIONS ABOUT THE SURGERIES,
>PLEASE FEEL FREE TO E-MAIL ME. I WOULD DEFINATELY RECOMMEND THIS
>SURGERY TO ANYONE WITH ADHESIONS.....YOU WILL NOTICE THE DIFFERENCE
>RIGHT AWAY. DR. K IS THE BEST AND I HAVE PICTURES FOR ANYONE
>INTERESTED ALSO. THE EMMA KLINIK IS STATE OF THE ART, THE DOCTOR'S
>OFFICE IS NEW AND KEPT UP SO WELL. I'VE NEVER SEEN SUCH CARE GO INTO A
>HOSPITAL AND PRIVATE DR. OFFICE. IT WAS VUNDERBAR....
>
>GOT TO REST.....LOVE AND THANKS FOR ALL THE PRAYERS....I LOVE YOU ALL SO
>MUCH, I HAVE MY NEW LIFE AHEAD OF ME AND THANKS TO DR. K, I WILL WALK
>DOWN THAT ISLE IN JUNE WITH DAN TO SAY "I DO" WITHOUT ANY HELP, OR
>PAIN.....NO MORE ADHESIONS!!!
>
>LOVE,
>TONYA