>----- Original Message -----
From: "Liz" <ljuzwiak@rochester.rr.com>
To: "Multiple recipients of list ADHESIONS"
<adhesions@mail.medispecialty.com>
Sent: Thursday, April 24, 2003 5:53 PM
Subject: Hello from Liz
> Hello everyone
>
> It has been a long time since I have been on here, I have had other
> health problems to deal with, but alway's all of you have been in my
> prayers.
> I sit and read all of the messages, for the ones that know me, I have
> suffered for over 17 years, I see all the tests that they are sending
> you for, all the ones that I have been made to go for. I have been told
> that I have kidney stones, I always have blood in my urine, only seen
> when they test the urine, of course they sent me to many doctors to find
> out why. I have had so many cat scans, I feel like I should have a wing
> named after me.Upper GI"S lower GI"s as you all know everything that
> they can send you for, and of course you are fine, nothing is wrong. I
> am sure you know what I am about to say, of course you don't want
> anything to be wrong with you, but you need someone to justify how you
> feel, and the reason why! I now have had 5 surgeries for adhesions, the
> last in 1996, I have bouts where my stomach looks like I am 6 months
> pregneant, (my Grandaughter does not appreciate that). I have to lean
> to the right side, because the pain that I have on the left, under my
> left rib cage, down to the groin and into the leg, feels like I am going
> to burst the ballon on my side,
> I went to a surgeon last year who told me to walk it off, I didn't have
> the strength to argue I just started bawling, and told him I can't even
> walk for any distance. He informed me that no one in Rochester will do
> the surgery, and has talked to my primary and told her not to let anyone
> operate on me. So they are going to put me on the morphine patch, I am
> so depressed that I have thought about taking my life, but I can not do
> that because I am a christen, and I also would not want to hurt my
> children. The point of all this, is reading your messages and seeing
> all the tests that they send us for, just to tell us that nothing is
> wrong, I need you all to know, you are not alone, they do it to all of
> us. I never want any-one to hurt, but I do wish just for one day one of
> those Dr's that say they can't do anything for us, could live in our
> bodies for just one day.
> God bless all of my sisters in ARD THE ADHESION WARRIOR
>
> --
> Hi
> I to have alway's had it on my left side, I figured if I could just remove
the left side of me I would be fine, why I feel it more on one side verses
the other, but think of it in a positive way, it could be are left and right
that we feel it, (lol), I know this is not funny but we have to try to find
some humor in all this or we will be just miserable, thank- god for this
sight and all the wonderfull people that are here, God bless.
> The Adhesion Warrior
>