I am so sorry. I pray for her and her family. I know she is at peace with no pain now.
Kelly
> Date: Tue, 24 Mar 2009 14:20:48 -0500
> From: debalyssa@aol.com
> To: adhesions@mail.obgyn.net
> Subject: Re: Helen chalmers, Still in pain
>
> My Dearet
> Helen died Apr 07, I am finding out today, her sister. I
> moved and they couldnt find me. Helen couldnt take the pain friends.
>
> Debbie
>
> At Sat, 04 Nov 2000, Linda Halford wrote:
> >
> >Dear Kath,
> >
> >Did Dr. Reich and Dr. Redan do your "Adhesiolysis?" If so, when? I would
> >like to have information from prior patients who had their surgery with
> >these doctors over the past 20 years. I am looking for the statistics of
> >successes and failures using Dr. Reich's procedure for removal of adhesions.
> > I am so hopeful that I can get the necessary funds to have them perform
> >"Adhesiolysis" on me.
> >
> >Please respond to me personally. Thank you and may God Bless you.
> >
> >Sincerely,
> >
> >Linda in Jacksonville, FL
> >
> >>From: "Kath Findlay"
> >>To: Multiple recipients of list ADHESIONS
> >>Subject: Helen chalmers, Still in pain
> >>Date: Sun, 15 Oct 2000 18:34:13 -0500
> >>
> >>Dear Helen,
> >>I have just read your letter which was re posted by Helen Dynda, and hope
> >>that you are indeed on the road to recovery. You say that you still have
> >>some pain, but don't attribute it to your adhesions. My question is how can
> >>you be sure? The reason I ask this question is that I have had several
> >>separations of my adhesions and after I had it done the first time I still
> >>had a decree of pain afterwards. I had an ovarian cyst removed at the same
> >>time and the doctors told me this was more likely to be causing the pain.
> >>They said that they had removed all the adhesions and I shouldn't feel any
> >>more pain from this. I would like to say at this point that the pain was
> >>not as bad as before, sometimes it depended on what I was doing. After
> >>three months, a trip to the psychiatrist and a bone scan, I managed to
> >>convince the doctors that I was still in pain so they eventually agreed to
> >>give me a laperotomy to see if perhaps I had another cyst. They were
> >>adamant that the Adhesions would not be the culprit. After the exploratory
> >>op they came with their tails between their legs and apologised to me .
> >>They told me that the whole of my left side was one large mass. my
> >>adhesions had returned.
> >>
> >>One week later I had my next op. It was new micro laser surgery. It took
> >>the pain away instantly but it returned within three months worse than
> >>ever. I was then told that a hysterectomy was the only option left to cure
> >>my adhesions. I had the hysterectomy and I was cured. I had 4 glorious
> >>years. I ran my Guest House. I did 9 learning modules that entailed 32
> >>exams. I was chairman of a marketing group. I was a workaholic, I loved
> >>life and the last thing on my mind was Adhesions.
> >>
> >>I woke up one morning and the dreaded pain was back. It took a year to
> >>convince them again, where the pain was coming from. After a visit to the
> >>psychiatrist again and yet another bone scan. Adhesions shouldn't give you
> >>this kind of pain, it must be something else. After the surgery the doctor
> >>visits my bed with a big smile on his face like he's just struck gold. You
> >>wont believe what we found. ( Yes I will, I have been trying to tell you
> >>for years.) We found that your Bowel was wrapped around your ovary and your
> >>bowel, bladder, appendix, well everything actually were all stuck together.
> >>I didn't Know whether to laugh or cry. I could not be mad at this man who
> >>had just taken all my pain away. Indeed once again I was cured instantly
> >>pain free and after a few weeks of the heeby geebies.( coming down from the
> >>pain medication) I was once again swinging from the chandeliers. I was
> >>definitely cured this time not an ounce of pain.
> >>
> >>I carried on with my Guest House. I started up an Au-pair agency, Built up
> >>and directed, another marketing group throughout the country and went to
> >>lots of meetings. Once again my life was worth living and yes I was
> >>complacent. Once again, Adhesions were the last thing on my mind. Did I
> >>speak too soon? where was this pain coming from. it wasn't even 3 years
> >>since the last op. I carried on suffering in silence for a while ( maybe it
> >>will eventually fade away as quick as it came. ) No! but surly this time
> >>I wont have to go for a bone scan. Oh yes you will ! I wont have to go
> >>and see a psychiatrist again. Surly not after the third time right, about
> >>where the pain was coming from before. Sorry Adhesions don't cause that
> >>type of pain in fact we're not sure they cause pain at all. ( It does, it
> >>does, Honest it does.) It must be in your head. We have an appointment for
> >>you to see a psychiatrist. We think woman sit at home with nothing to do
> >>but invent pain. ( are we crazy, or are they crazy.) ( please say them )
> >>Wrong! We are the crazy ones for putting up with all this.
> >>
> >>When I eventually convinced them that I was in agony, it was real pain, not
> >>in my head, and my bones were perfect, They couldn't find a surgeon willing
> >>to take the risk of operating. They eventually found a bladder surgeon who
> >>said he would do it. He advised me to have my remaining ovary removed and
> >>to cut down on the Hormone R Therapy, saying that it would aggravate my
> >>adhesions. Why had none of the Gynie Docs ever suggested this before.
> >>Although I didn't wish to go into premature menopause, I agreed. I will do
> >>anything, just take the pain away. By this time ( one year after going back
> >>to the doc, to tell him my pain was back ) I was just about climbing the
> >>walls. The night before my surgery, I slept like a log. Yes I was quite
> >>complacent. ( again, you say. I am afraid so. ) Tomorrow it will all be
> >>over. No more pain. Back to leading a normal life with my family again.
> >>
> >>I have, had this surgery several times before and each time the pain had
> >>gone instantly. Yes I had a little pain from the surgery, but that would go
> >>in a few weeks, it always did. Except this time it didn't. It was mild at
> >>first and I couldn't make up my mind if it was the surgery or the dreaded
> >>adhesions. Some days were better than others and after a month I had to
> >>come to terms with the reality of my life. It was here to stay, this time.
> >>
> >>I was told that I couldn't go on having operations for my adhesions. That
> >>each time I was doing more damage to my body. Its been 2 years since my
> >>last op, which means three years in pain. No more swinging from the
> >>chandeliers. I spend each day on the couch with my lap top, I write books
> >>and sometimes I paint. I am classed as severely disabled. I can only go out
> >>in a wheelchair. I have not only ruined my life but I have ruined my
> >>husbands life too. We had to sell our home and he has had to give up his
> >>career, to look after me. And the ironic thing is it probably could have
> >>been avoided if only I hadn't been so trusting and believed everything that
> >>the docs told me. If only I had asked more questions. If only I had taken
> >>charge of my own body.
> >>
> >>I am sorry that this is so long, I don't wish to bore you all, but if I can
> >>stop some of you from making the same mistakes as I have, then its worth
> >>it.
> >>
> >>Helen I don't know how long it is since you had your surgery, but I will
> >>pray that the pain you still have is from your wound and not your
> >>Adhesions.
> >>
> >>Best Wishes to you. Hope the pain goes away soon. Kate.
> >>
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