Re: trying to get help-WENDY
From: Kelly (klmurray_61@msn.com)
Fri Jul 11 19:41:53 2008
Wendy,
I know there is a surgeon there that operates on adhesions. A friend of my
aunt had it done there. I went to the University of Minnesota one time.
Maybe you could check with them. I have gone to Mayo in Mn and Az and was
not impressed with their knowledge of adhesions.
Kelly
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To: "Multiple recipients of list ADHESIONS" <adhesions@mail.obgyn.net>
Subject: trying to get help
> From: adhesions@adhesions.org [mailto:adhesions@adhesions.org] On Behalf
> Of
> WendyEbbe3@aol.com
> Sent: Sunday, June 22, 2008 11:55 PM
> To: Multiple recipients of list ADHESIONS
> Subject: Re: trying to get help
>
> Hey All,
> I'm in Minnesota the home of the so called famous Mayo Clinic and so far I
> can't find a surgeon willing to even try operating on me. My last three
> surgeries the Dr. did a laparotomy instead of laporoscopy. I can't handle
> getting cut wide open again I wan to find a surgeon that can do it through
> laporoscopy. My regular Dr. tried to get me into the mayo clinic twice and
> they said they couldn't do anything for me. The surgeon I had last said
> she
> would call the Mayo Clinic and they would call me but so far I have not
> heard anything. The one thing I do know is that I can not go on like this
> for much longer. Anyone know of a skilled surgeon in MN? I wish everyone
> the best of health and hope that one day they will find a cure and we can
> all be pain free.
> Wendy
>
> Subj:
> Re: trying to get help
> Date:
> 6/22/2008 11:34:28 P.M. Central Daylight Time
> From:carynlruzich@comcast.net
> To:
> adhesions@mail.obgyn.net
> Sent on:
>
> Terri,
>
> Never stop trying to find help!
>
> And I know how you feel about changing surgeons. I had a surgeon from the
> time I was 17 for about 30 years, then he retired. The partners in his
> practice were not as skilled as Dr. T, so they wouldn't touch me. One even
> had the nerve to tell me "They (surgeons) don't fix adhesions". I was
> furious and grateful at the same time.
>
> Surgeons are very finicky about removing adhesions. After about 20
> surgeries (give or take), the majority for adhesions, I know one thing for
> sure . . . whoever you chose as a surgeon, be sure he is highly skilled.
> Adhesion surgeries are extremely difficult and if you get the impression
> that surgeons don't want to operate, it's not because they don't want to
> help you, it's because they don't want to hurt or kill you.
>
> I. unfortunately, was almost killed by an inexperienced surgeon and now,
> thanks to a colorectal surgeon, now have the doctor who pioneered the
> lapraoscopic removal of the gall bladder. Dr. H is one of the most
> respected surgeons in the Detroit metropolitan area and he is my surgeon.
> So please. never stop trying to find the best!
>
> Best of Luck!
>
> Caryn
>
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