Will it ever end????
From: International Adhesions Society (tracy.joslin@adhesions.org)
Mon Sep 20 19:56:41 2004
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From: adhesions@adhesions.org [mailto:adhesions@adhesions.org]On Behalf Of
Tammy Taber
Sent: Friday, September 17, 2004 10:53 PM
To: tracy.joslin@adhesions.org
Subject: Re: Will it ever end????
Dear Sheila,
Doesn't make you feel so special when the Dr tells
you that you are packed full of adhesions and that
he's never seen anything like it before....and then
when you find out that no one will touch you with a
ten foot pole? Yeah, I've been there!
You and I are in a similar physical state. Mine also
began at 15 when a Dr botched what should have been a
simple procedure. I had my first baby at 20, 6 months
short of 21. I also had a second baby at age 22 and
the Dr was scared 'poop-less' when she got inside of
me and discovered that I was 'packed full of adhesions'.
She was suppose to tie my tubes but I guess she couldn't
find them in the mess. She later said to me "I couldn't
find your tubes to tie them so you can still get pregnant,
but would really recommend that you don't and if you do,
well, I don't want nothing to do with it" she then puts
up her hands like 'I wash my hands of the whole ordeal'.
Did I mention that I had to have my babies by C-section
because I only had 2/3 of a uterus? Well that was the
area in which the Dr botched.
I accidentally got pregnant and had a third baby in
1995, I was 25. I almost didn't make it through that
one, but I had several specialists and they did their
very best to clean up all that scar tissue and that
time I got my tubes tied! I was on the operating table
for almost 9 hours and then in recovery my stitches
started popping open and I ended up having an open
incision that had to be packed and cleaned 3 times a
day for about 7 weeks. It was pure hell! The only
thing that got me through it was knowing that I would
never have to go through this again. Yeah Right !
In 2000, five years after my son was born, I had a
hysterectomy, I was 30. We thought that a hysterectomy
would cure the adhesion problem, you know, remove the
source and the problem will go away. Yeah Right !!!!
I felt really good after the pain from the operation
went away, for about 5 weeks then the pain returned
with a vengeance ! ! ! It wasn't long before the pain
was so bad all the time that I had to go on disability
leave from my job and I ended up on Federal disability.
I try not to complain too much because I have been more
fortunate than a lot of other women, I have a good Dr
that acknowledges my pain and does her best to keep
me comfortable until something can be done to improve
my condition. Also, I work for a good company so I
still have a job waiting for me, I have good insurance
and I get to stay home and watch my three children
grow up and that is truly rare these days.
Well I hope things improve for you and all of us soon,
take care and feel free to e-mail me directly at
tammytl@msn.com.
Pain Free Hugs and Best Wishes to You and Yours,
Tammy Lynn Taber
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From: International Adhesions SocietyTo: Multiple recipients of list ADHESIONS
Sent: Saturday, September 11, 2004 10:23 AM
Subject: Will it ever end????
From: "Sheila Preston" <teddybear1967@earthlink.net>
Subject: Will it ever end????
Hi my name is Sheila and I had my first adhesions when I was 15. I had to
have my appendix removed and a surgery that should of only taken an hour
took more than 2 and a half hours. The doctor said I was full of adhesions
and they had attached to every thing they could. I went on for several more
years with no problems. But then when I was 21I had just had a baby and was
back in the hospital when he was two weeks old to have my gallbladder
removed.
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