At Tue, 15 Apr 2008, Caryn Ruzich wrote:
> >There is a surgeon in St. Clair Shores, Michigan named Abdalkadar Hawasli >who does laproscopic removal of adhesions. In fact, he is THE doctor who >fist pioneered the removal of the gallbladder by laproscopy. I am having my >second adhesion surgery by him later this week. Dr. Hawasli is an
excellent
>surgeon and agreed to help me when no one else was willing. If you can
make
>the trip to Michigan, he is well worth it. Dr. Hawasli works out of St. >John Hospital in Detroit, MI. Look him up. I too have been dealing with >adhesions for almost 30 years and I count my blessings that one of my >previous surgeons turned me on to him. > >-----Original Message----- >From: adhesions@adhesions.org [mailto:adhesions@adhesions.org] On Behalf Of >wendyebbe3@aol.com >Sent: Monday, March 31, 2008 11:04 PM >Subject: Re: I just don't want to live like this anymore. > >Jeanette, > >Your story is way too familiar to me. My last surgery was June 28, 2006
for
>ovarian cysts. Of course while the surgeon was in there she found my bowels >were attached to the abdominal wall so she resected about two inches of the >bowels. I never recovered from that surgery so I've been off work almost >two years now. I take senakot laxatives twice a day and the miralax twice
a
>day too. All my bowel movements are painful too almost like being in >labor. I know I have an obstruction right now, I haven't been able to have >a BM now for 8 days. I too have a lawyer working on SSI and no we are >waiting to get a date to go before a judge. I am at the ropes end here,
I'm
>so sick of being sick all the time. My family really doesn't understand >what I'm going through at all. I've been fighting adhesions for the last
20
>years. If I had the money I would either go to Germany or where ever Dr. >Redan is at. If it wasn't for my two daughters, (19 and 16) I more than >likely would not be here. It's so hard to keep going when you don't have a >life because of the constant pain. I was just told a little more than a
week
>ago that my liver enzymes are too high. None of the surgeons here in >Stillwater, Minnesota believe that adhesions cause pain. I'm not sure I >would want any of them to cut me open again so if I ever come into money I >would definitely go see Dr. Redan. I hope they find a cure one day soon, I >would really hate for my kids to ever have to go through this. Thank You >everyone for letting me vent a little. >Wendy