>----- Original Message -----
From: "Sally Grigg" <LostCst@mcn.org>
To: "Multiple recipients of list ADHESIONS"
<adhesions@mail.medispecialty.com>
Sent: Tuesday, June 10, 2003 9:44 PM
Subject: Re: Hello - It's Been A Long Time
> Dear Lesa, Welcome back, remember me, Sally Grigg from Northern
> California.
> http://www.howardcreekranch.com It's good to hear from you, but I'm sorry you
> are still dealing with such pain. Spray Gel is probably the new barrier
> you have heard about. Unfortunately while a study was commenced here in
> the U.S.A., it was withdrawn and is being redesigned. I wish they would
> hurry up but hopefully the new study will be better designed and relate
> more towards people with adhesions. In the old study participants
> needed to have their female organs.
> The only way at this time to have SprayGel is to go to Europe or
> Australia. I
> have been to a wonderful doctor, with many years of experience and
> incredible hands. He does not use carbon dioxide and uses spray gel.
> His name is Dr. Kruschinski near Frankfurt, Germany. There are many,
> many posts about him on this board and you can go to his site here also.
> If you can't find what you need email me privately at LostCst@mcn.org or
> ask on the board again. Whatever
> you do please try to research all the developments in the last few
> years. However,basically its the same old thing with most American
> doctors, meaning that they don't believe adhesions cause pain and if
> they operate, most of them wind up hurting you. There are very few
> really good adhesions surgeons in the whole world. That's quite a
> statement I know, but its true. Hope to hear from you again. With
> kindest regards, Sally Grigg
>
> At Tue, 10 Jun 2003, Lesa wrote:
> >
> >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.
> >
> >Love to all,
> >Lesa
>