Adhesions or Something Else?
From: International Adhesions Society (tracy.joslin@adhesions.org)
Thu Apr 22 00:04:59 2004
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From: adhesions@adhesions.org [mailto:adhesions@adhesions.org]On Behalf Of
Dee1020tt@aol.com
Sent: Monday, April 19, 2004 7:26 AM
To: tracy.joslin@adhesions.org
Subject: Re: Adhesions or Something Else?
Linda,
It's interesting that a normal procedure had
you having eternal bleeding in the ab. I too had surgery
due to adhesions in the ab and ended up in ICU with 4
units of blood given because I was bleeding eternally
somewhere. My primary discovered that the surgeon must
have nicked a main artery in my ab and never had
the decentcy to let anyone know. My primary was
called because my blood pressure dropped to 40/20
and my color was gray. My mother who has been a
nurse for over 37 yrs knew I was dying and called
my primary doctor who took over my case and put me
in ICU and gave me 4 units of blood. My blood pressure
started to rise again. My family was very greatful
and the surgeon didn't once come and see me until
the last day of my stay in the hospital to where
he told me I will be just fine. I was so angry and
frustrated.I tried to sue him and even had physical
evidence. But the attorneys told me it wouldn't be
worth my time, because it is difficult to sue a
surgeon in the state of FLorida. All doctors are
in what I call a boys club. They cover for each
other no matter what happens. I believe that and
that is why I personally chose not to have any
more surgery unless it is a life threatning situation.
I believe the pain you are experiencing
could possibly be adhesions forming again.
Unfortunately there is no special kind of test
to determine if it is adhesions or not unless
they do exploratory surgery to determine that.
There are no special x-rays of any kind to show
adhesions. I wish there was. I would suggest to
seek a second opinion before you go through any
more surgery. Also I would suggest you go to :
http://www.adlap.com / and e-mail one of the adhesion
specialist there. They truly understand what a
patient is going thru with adhesions. They are
the best in their field and I highly recommend
each and every one of them.
Good-luck and God bless,
Dee
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