At Wed, 25 Jun 2003, Craig Richardson wrote:
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>Hoping someone can help. My wife had adhesions removed in January. That
>was after years of suffering and seeing multiple doctors, whom, never
>even bought up the idea that she had adhesions. They were discovered by
>OBGYN during laproscopy looking for edometriosis. They were located in
>stomach area right were she had the pain that had sucked every bit of
>life out of her. 2 months ago, they started again. The pain is
>progressing daily and will probably be overwhelming her in the next
>month or so. I am reluctant to just have her OBGYN just cut them out
>again. I was wondering if anyone knows of expeirienced doctors in
>Florida, preferably So. Florida that they could recommend..
>
>I also have another question. I read all the post be many people on
>site and it seems that they have a multitude of adhesions throughout
>there body, specifically in the pelvic area.
>
>When I hear of people wanting to go to Germany or other specialist, I am
>wondering if this type of specialist is needed for cases that might not
>be as serious. Let me explain serious. From the pain area, my wives
>are just as serious as everyones here. But from quantity and location,
>by wife just has 2 adhesions in an area easy to get too.
>
>I want to do the right thing for my wife, but also, I don't want to fly
>to another state or country if she can be treated by someone with
>expeirience with adhesions. Any help understanding this will be greatly
>appreciated.
>
>Lastly, I feel for everyone that has to go through this. I have seen
>what my wife has gone through and just can't beleive modern medicine is
>not treating this more seriously. Like I said, every doctor we talked
>too did not even mention the possiblity. And her symptoms are the same
>as everyone here. Good Luck with this fight and you are in our prayers.