New here. Need your help
From: International Adhesions Society (tracy.joslin@adhesions.org)
Mon Jul 12 08:32:06 2004
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From: adhesions@adhesions.org [mailto:adhesions@adhesions.org]On Behalf Of
Yorkeysx2@aol.com
Sent: Saturday, July 10, 2004 12:04 AM
To: tracy.joslin@adhesions.org
Subject: Re: New here. Need your help
TERESA,
I WOULD SAY SUGGEST A SEOND OPINION I HAVE HAD
ENDOMETREOSIS AND SEVER ADHESIONS FOR OVER 20
YEARS STARTED AT THE AGE OF 16 AND I AM NOW 39..
I HAVE BEEN TOO LITERALLY TONS OF DRS...AND
HAVE HAD 14 MAJOR SURGERIES DUE TO SEVERE ADHESIONS..
AT THE VERY FIRST I HAD ONE DR GO IN LAPROSCOPICLY
AND SAID I HAD VERY FEW ADHESIONS I CONTINUED TO BE
IN HORRIFIC PAIN AND 2 MONTHS LATER ANOTHER WONDERFUL
DR WENT IN NEEDLESS TO SAY I WAS IN SURGERY FOR
7 HOURS AND HE SAID HE DIDNT KNOW HOW I WAS EVEN
ALIVE.....................4-5 FEET OF MY BOWELS WAS
DEAD STRANGULATED BY ADHESIONS AND A PEICE OF MY
COLON WAS PICHED OFF BY THEM THEY WERE ALL OVER
MY BOWELS, KIDNEYS, URETERS, BLADDER, SPINE, DIAPHRAM,
AND ALOT OF PLACES I WOKE UP WITH TUBES EVERYWHERE
AND WAS IN THE HOSPITAL FOR OVER 20 DAYS...SINCE
THEN AND DOCTERS SEEING THE REPORTS OTHERS HAVE BEEN
IN SEVERAL TIMES AND ALWAYS , ALWAYS I HAVE SEVERE
PROBLEMS.................SO INDEED I WOULD CONSIDER
A SECOND OPINION,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,I MEAN THIS WAS
WITH IN MONTHS OF ONE ANOTHER AND THIS DOCTER SAID
HE WAS PROBALLY SCARED TO DO IT BECAUSE IT IS A VERY
TIDEOUS AND CAREFUL SURGERY AND ALOT OG DRS ARE AFRAID
OF LAW SUITS LIKE PUNCTERING THE BOWELS, AND THINGS
LIKE THAT, THATS OUR GOOD OL MEDICAL SYSTEM.....
..............................................UOR
HELTH IS IN ALOT OF PEOPLES HANDS THAT WORRIES ME......
.BUT THERE ARE GOOD DRS OUT THERE ITS JUST FINDING ONE
........................YOU ARE THE ONE WHO KNOWS
YOUR BODY, PAIN LETS YOU KNOW SOMETHINGS WRONG DONT
GIVE UP SWEETIE, YOU MAY CROSS MANY DRS LIKE THIS
AND ALOT WILL HAVE DIFFERENT OPIONS MANY ARE RELUCTANT
ABOUT ADHESIONS AND IT IS VERY SAD.....
THIS PAIN I WOULD PUT IT UP AGAINST CANCER AND AIDS
ITS HORRIBLE AND YET SO OVERLOOKED BY THE MEDICAL PROFESSION.
MY HEART IS WITH YOU AND I WISH YOU GOOD LUCK SWEETY
REQUEST ALL YOUR MEDICAL RECORDS FROM NOW ON START
KEEPING ALL OF THEN SO YOU WILL KNOW WHAT THEY ARE DOING
INSIDE YOUR BODY, AND BY LAW AT YOUR REQUEST THEY HAVE
TO GIVE YOU A COPY SOME MAY CHARGE YOU BUT USUSLLY IF
YOU REQUEST IT AT THE TIME THEY ARE GOING OVER IT WITH
YOU I HAVE FOUND THAT THEY CHARGE NOTHING IN OFFICE
BUT IF YOU WAIT AND WANT COPIES AT THE HOSPITAL OR
PLACE WHERE YOU HAD YOUR TESTS THEY CHARGE YOU BY
THE PAGE,...WHICH IT IS WORTH IT IT HAS HELPED ME ALOT!
GOOD LUCK, ANGIE
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