Surgery
From: Melody (mbyrne@paddocklabs.com)
Wed Jan 11 18:55:04 2006
Hi:
I have been posting messages here for almost a year - I have a 15 year
history of adhesions. I will be having surgery number 7 on February 9th
with Dr. Jay Radan in FL, I live in MN and have not found anyone
willing to touch me and after having to see multiple doctors and being
accused of being a drug seeker and having my pain minimized (it is still
so repulsive to me that these doctors have been more than willing to
butcher me for the last 15 years and then they just give up on you and
dismiss you when you get to this point -
I am convinced that if I would
have had a laporscopic surgeon do my last three surgeries I may not be
in this situation) I have been forced to take control of my medical
problem, learn all I could and then I did my homework and sought out Dr.
Radan - He is well versed in the laposcopic removal of adhesions. I
have been dealing with a small bowel obstruction for just about a year
and I realize the surgery is part of the problem but for me it is worth
another procedure if I can have any type of relief, I do not want to sit
here and wait until my obstruction becomes completely blocked and
surgery is required and I end up with "whoever" is on-call doing my
surgery I am going to Dr,. Radan because I know he is well versed and
understands adhesions and I can no longer tolerate what I have become -
I have always had relief in the past for 1 - 3 years (with the exception
of my last surgery Aug 2004 -
I developed the obstruction 6 months
later) I have been given intraceed, sepra film and another barrier in
past surgeries with no help, I was hoping to try the spray gel but
cannot afford to go to Germany so I decided to go with the best that
there is in the US....I realize that there is a debate among even us
(ARD sufferers) on whether surgery is worth it at all....they just come
back, right? Well I am convinced that I should not have to live with
these nasty adhesions wrapped around my bowel, bladder and everywhere
else in my abdomen....even a year of relief is worth it to me. I have
made an informed decision and am having the surgery done by a Dr. who
understand this disease and who will use all available resources to
mitigate the reformation, however, I am realistic that this may not help
me this time and that if it does I may end up in the same place again
(which is a given I am just hoping I get some relief). I am of course
scared to some degree but hopeful that I may finally be able to get back
to the person I was. I will keep the board posted for anyone who has an
interest and I am always open to suggestions, comments, and I really do
enjoy hearing about others experiences and feedback.
I will never be able to express how much this message board and site
have helped me - I felt so alone and did not realize how many other
sufferers there were until I found this site.
Adhesions have stolen so much form me(children, sex, and my
insanity, and those are just a few of the things
that I have lost) The worst for me though was this weekend when my
husband found a bottle of pain pills I had put in a drawer and he took
them and hid them from me - what a shock for me to realize that the man
that has been by my side for the last 12 years and has witnessed what
this has done to me still does not understand what I am going through
and that I am in pain. How sad that was for me when I realized that the
one that is suppose to be in my corner , the one that I am not suppose
to have to defend myself to, the one that has witnessed what this has
done to me and our relationship, the one that is suppose to love me will
make me feel like thoise damn doctors and everyone else that has
dismissed me, yes, so very sad. And I usually only average about 2 -3
vicodin a day some days I don't even take them.....I can only have hope
at this point as I have run out of everything else that kept me going.
Thanks.
Melody
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Melody
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