Hello all! It's been a really long time since I've posted a message
here. Things have been about the same with me. For all of you who
don't know or remember me, I'm on the quilt, you can read my story
there. Tonight I was searching the archives to see when I first began
experiencing my "abscess", sure enough all the emails were there and I
was able to gather all kinds of dates as to when this all first started.
I have been taking oxycontin now for over a year and it seems to work
well except for the past month or so the pain was fierce, nothing seemed
to help, then all of a sudden....BOOM, my abscess was back with a
vengeance. It popped on it's own this time and boy was it gross. I
went to the doctor on monday and he just packed it, told me to go home,
take it easy and come back tomorrow. I guess he's going to repack it, I
don't know. I just want to know why after five years is it happening. I
have an appointment with the surgeon at UCLA next Tuesday. I need your
help...is the adhesion barrier that they have been using in Germany
approved for use here in the US yet? I need to be loaded up on info so
when I see the surgeon, he'll see that I've done my homework. Any info
will be greatly appreciated. I need statistics, what has helped you?
Has anyone had the surgery in Germany and can give me any advise/help?
Has anyone had surgery here and has it been successful? I had the UCLA
appointment already scheduled to see about doing the lysis of adhesions,
the flare up of the abcess is just coincidental.
So....any help/advise/etc. will be appreciated. I look forward to
being a part of this site again.