At Sat, 21 Jun 2003, Robin M wrote:
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>Dear All,
>I am home now from Germany. I arrived in PHX, AZ on Wed. I was met by
>my 2 daughters, my soon to be grandaughter, my son in law & my husband,
>which was a surprise. We had planned that he would come on Fri night &
>bring me home on Sat. I am adhession FREE!!!!! I am not sure how long
>it will take to find out about being pain free. I am now off the
>Duragesic 75 patches, went down from 60mg of morphine 2 x a day to 30mg
>2 x a day & am only having to take 5 mg of codine at a time instead of
>15 to 20 mg at a time. I am only needing the codine to help with
>withdrawl symptoms and some surgical discomfort & overdoing & sitting so
>long on the flight home & drive home. I will see my dr on Monday to
>talk about the next step down on the morphine. DR Korell did a great
>job of freeing me of my adhesion pain. A few days after surgery, I was
>out site seeing. I was walking so much that my feet hurt. Just over a
>month ago, I was in bed most of the time. I could hardly do anything
>for myself. Most of the time, I had extra pain just getting out of bed
>& walking 10 feet to the bathroom. On the rare occation that I went to
>the store, I had to be dropped off at the door & right away, get a
>motorized cart. I cried happy tears after my 2nd look surgery & DR
>Korell told me I was adhesion free. I called my family & we all cried
>together. I am a bit scared of what my future will hold because I can't
>remember what a normal life is like. I still need to take it easy for a
>while until I am fully healed, but I can walk for ever now & just have a
>few minor aches as I heal. Unless I have an injury or any other
>surgery, I will remain adhesion free! Dr Korell & I both agree that I
>have an extremly high chance to be pain free, and I am looking forward
>to it. I already feel 150% better than I have in many years. Only 2
>kits of Spray Gel was used on me. I felt that both surgeries were very
>easy, the easiest ones I have ever had. Dr Korell is a very gentle
>surgeon with 25 years of adhesion removal experience. I told him that
>even if I had a million dollars to give him, that would still not be
>enough to thank him for giving me back my life. He told me that he
>could actually feel my thanks. I showed him pictures of many of the
>people whose lives he has changed. My children have their mom back, my
>parents have their daughter back, my friends & neighbors, my pets and my
>husband will have his wife back! I hope that I can be of help to get
>others to Dr Korell so that he can help them like he has helped me. I
>had no life, no hope, suicidal thoughts, but now, I am so happy to have
>such a bright future ahead of me!! If you are interested in learning how
>to get in touch with DR Korell, just want to hear of my experience & my
>story, or just want to find out what it is like in Germany, just post
>here, or you can email me personally at rmasse2333@aol.com. At this
>point, I think my family is almost tired of hearing about it all, but I
>had such a wonderful time & experince in Germany, that I just can't help
>talking about it. Also, there is a special person there that will help
>if you need anything. She & her husband took wonderful care of me while
>I was there. Elke & Helmi are such wonderful caring people and I was
>blessed 2 1/2 years ago when I met them the first time. I also want to
>thank all my family that pulled their money together to get me to
>Germany. What a great extended family I have.
>love to all,
>robin M