Thank you Katherine

From: Maria (mtj@linkline.com)
Tue Jun 24 10:13:02 2003


Thank you Katherine for the support. I will keep you posted and so is everyone here. I am so glad to know that I am not the only one who have this pains and can understand what I am going through. At least now I know I am not alone. I am so glad that my husband found this website, now I can share my experience and learn how to cope with the pains. I have been very depress for so long because of the pains and also it seems nobody understands what I am going through especially most doctors and surgeons I have seen. They think it's just in my head and making up the pains and the distention of my stomach. I am still young, well 40 yrs old, but I don't want to live like this for the rest of my life and so is everyone else who's experiencing the pains I am having. We have the right to enjoy life and able to do what we want to do. Again, Thank you Katherine for the Good luck wish, that means a lot to me.

Sincerely, Maria

At Tue, 24 Jun 2003, Katherine wrote: >
>Maria,
>
>Good luck at the new doctor in California. Please keep me posted. I
>hope he is able to help you get rid of your pain. Thank you for sharing
>your story with me. I do understand exactly where you're coming from.
>
>--
>Katherine
>
>At Mon, 23 Jun 2003, Maria wrote:
>>
>>This message is for Katherine wrote June 22, 2003. My name is Maria and
>>like you I am suffering from chronic abdominal pains for the last 3
>>years now. I have been seen and done all kind of procedures on me and
>>also got all kinds of opinions from different surgeons. And all of them
>>told me "adhesions do not cause pains", and they are all wrong! They
>>just don't have no idea nor understand how this is causing our daily
>>lives. I have been suffering from depression and anxiety because of the
>>pains I am having. I am on all kind of high narcotic pain medications.
>>I even went to pain management and they did something to kill the pain
>>by putting needle on my back all the way to my abdomen, and boy I was in
>>total pain! They had to do it again the second time which the pain got
>>worst. I've been admitted to the hospital so many times cause of the
>>pains and my stomach distented looks like I'm 6-7 months pregnant. But
>>all they did is just keep shooting me with pain killers, you name it I
>>already had them all. My husband co-worker referred us to one of the
>>best doctor here in Las Vegas, Nevada. And he is a great doctor. He
>>believes what I am going through and helping me find a surgeon who will
>>do "Adhesiolysis." I almost had a surgery here but the surgeon
>>backed-out. He told me that it will be very complicated to do an open
>>surgery, since I had 8 different surgeries in the past including
>>hysterectomy due to severe adhesions. So, I did a research myself on
>>the net. I found one in Pennsylvania who specialize on "Adhesiolysis"
>>or Minimally Invasive Surgery. But it's too far for me to go to. And
>>luckily, 2 weeks ago I found one in Riverside, California which I'm
>>going to see for consultation early next month and he will let me know
>>if I am a candidate for the procedure. He specialize on this kind of
>>health situation and also he does bariatric surgery. So, once I see him
>>next month, I will let everyone of you knows the outcome of my
>>consultation. Maybe that will help for those who's in need of help that
>>lives in California. I can relate to all who have this kind of
>>situation, since I am one of you...suffering from it and seems like most
>>doctors do not understand. I hate it when most of them told me that I
>>will have to live with this pain and take pain killers for the rest of
>>my life. NO! That's not the answer for me...I am keeping my finger
>>cross that this doctor will be able to help. So I can go back to my
>>normal life, be able to work again and focus to my family and not the
>>pains I am having right now. You might also ask your doctor if they can
>>prescribe you an "Actiq", this medication is like a lollipop and it does
>>work great. Goodluck to all of us who is suffering from this illness.
>>Someday, we will be able to do the things we used to do and enjoy life
>>again.
>>Sincerely,
>>
>>--
>>Maria T. Jackson Las Vegas, Nevada
>>
>>At Sun, 22 Jun 2003, Katherine wrote:
>>>
>>>I explained the pain I've been having in my right side, the burning the
>>>pulling, the stinging. I explained it's getting worse not better and
>>>that it happens every time I stand up for more than a few minutes. (My
>>>doctor was out of town so I saw one of her partners.) I also explained
>>>that my doctor found adhesions on the right side during the laparoscopy.
>>>As it turns out, I have a uterine infection along with the adhesion
>>>pain. White blood cells were elevated and I had a lot of
>>>pain/tenderness in my uterus. I still have the pain from adhesions
>>>though and I've been documenting how long it lasts, the severity, etc. I
>>>have had pain that lasts from five minutes to several hours every day
>>>this week. And I know it's from the adhesions because it's on the right
>>>side. (The other pain was on the left side and in the center.) I don't
>>>have the money necessary to make a trip to Germany at this time and I
>>>don't even know if it's to the point that I need to go to germany yet.
>>>I'm sure this is only going to get worse, not better. It's gotten so
>>>much worse just in the last two months. I don't know what else to do
>>>except to go back to my doctor and discuss my options.
>>


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