Surgery
From: International Adhesions Society (tracy.joslin@adhesions.org)
Thu May 27 00:43:27 2004
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From: adhesions@adhesions.org [mailto:adhesions@adhesions.org]On Behalf Of
Jeanne Aughenbaugh
Sent: Tuesday, May 25, 2004 8:29 AM
To: tracy.joslin@adhesions.org
Subject: Surgery
Hi Everyone,
Its been a long time since I have written, but I have
been reading your letters everyday and before I get
into me I wanted to tell Becca that the anti depressants
in a low dose serve as a nerve blocker and it does
relieve some of the pain, it takes 2-3 weeks before
you notice a difference but for me it did relieve some
pain and I think you will all agree that some is much
better than none. So Becca I hope you have considered
trying it, good luck.
After finding this website at the beggining of the
year I was filled with some relief that others are
going through what I was going through and the
information was priceless. Unfortunately I was
spiraling. I continued to trying everything that
I could possibly do and I was getting worse, disgust
and tears were becoming a part of my day.
On May 11 I had my appointment with Dr. Gerhart from
adlap. The first good impression was that I did not
have to explain every little thing. As he was
checking me the question of my aorta being bound
came up again, but I had brought films from every
x-ray from the past 3 years. This is the short version.
Anyway, that was tuesday and friday I had surgery.
After 41/2 hours I was in recovery, and sat. afternoon
I was home ( I live an 2 hours away). I never saw Dr. Gerhart
but he met with my husband and said everything went great and
he did not have to take any organs (he thought my gallbladder
would have to go). It has been a week and a half and I feel
good, I felt good after surgery. I have surgical pain but
not that deep adhesion pain, and I had a little problem last
week with vomiting so Im a little behind. I have had trouble
getting comfortable because I have pain eveywhere I have had
a few night where I have slept completely propped up and
slouched because the pain is in my back also, but I am
getting BETTER everyday. I will see Dr. Gerhart on thursday
and get the full report on my surgery and I will let you know.
So my final thought is that I hope I have done the right
thing and if things progress the way they have in the
last week I am confident that I have.
>From deep in my heart I wish all of you relief from
the stranglhold of pain.
Jeanne
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