-- ________________________________________ HERB F DIXON Sent: Friday, May 07, 2010 12:04 PM To: adhesions-request@adhesions.org Subject: Re: Pregnancy and AdhesionsHI Kimberly, My heart is broken hearing your story, I have tears streaming down my face. You poor thing. I am so sorry to hear about all of your horrible mistreatment. Congratulations on your baby boy. I'm sure all that you went through and are still going through has just taken away the joy of his birth. Being sent home with a fever and pneumonia, that is not right! Is there anything you can do for repercussions for the negligence of the Hospital staff? I have heard so many horror stories when it comes to adhesions and mistreatment. I went into the E.R. in Jan. and I was so afraid I would be treated as a drug seeker, but I had no choice I was out of my mind in pain. They helped me and were very kind. After 6 hours my pain was finally getting under control, but it wasn't until they gave me Dilaudid did it finally calm down. I don't know what to say to you except that I am just heartbroken and shocked at such poor treatment. Is there a patient advocate that you can go through at the Hospital? The Head of that Hospital should know how poorly you were treated. Can anything be done about their neglegence? Wherever you live, the healthcare system sucks! I sure wouldn't want to go to that hospital and I bet you aren't the first patient that was treated so horribly. Is there a town, or city nearby that you can find a new Dr. and start getting the help that you need? There are many people on this website that may live where you do and have a good doctor. I would ask. I am so sorry that you are still so ill that you can't even care for your new baby and little girl. You have got to be one of the bravest people I know with all that you have gone through. I pray that you will start feeling better and that you can enjoy your new baby and little girl. I wish that I had answers for you. Take care and good luck. Cheryl D. > Date: Thu, 6 May 2010 01:33:33 -0500 > From: tracy.joslin@adhesions.org > To: adhesions@mail.obgyn.net > Subject: Pregnancy and Adhesions > > Sender: kimberlyecanonico@hotmail.com (Kimberly) > Subject: Pregnancy and Adhesions > > I wrote on this page about 5 months ago because of terrible pain during > pregnancy. I believe they were because of adhesions. I laid on the > floor for 10 months in excruciating pain, all day, every day. I was on > dilaudid my whole pregnancy as well as ambien and xanax. None of it > helped. I had to have an IV at home and I threw up all of the time. I > was unable to eat and had to be hospitalized numerous times for weeks at > a time. I was abused by nurses who accused me of being a drug seeker > and wanting to harm my baby as well as an anorexic who was so concerned > about weight gain that I didn't eat. The last two months of my > pregnancy the pain was so bad that I slept an hour a night on 2 ambien > and 2 tylenol pm. When I was finally induced, my labor lasted 36 hours > and I screamed in pain the whole time even with an epidural. I felt as > though my uterus would explode and the baby was too big to carry. When > I went into full labor my stomach pains were so bad that my heart rate > went up to 182. A cardiologist had to be brought in and he said it was > referred stomach pain. During my pregnancy I also had to commit myself > to the psych ward because they were trying to take away my 3 year old > because no one believed my pain although my ultrasounds revealed > something that appeared to be vasculitis and trapped gas. On top of > that DYFS tried to take her because I was so "ill." I was told it was > grand delusions of pain. I had to pay a lawyer $9,000 to keep my > daughter. I was dropped by all but one doctor because I wouldn't abort > the baby. When my son was finally born, March 5, 2010, the hospital was > so negligent that no one was in the hospital room. He came out blue > with a cord around his neck to my mother and sister screaming for help. > My husband had gone to take a walk because watching me in agony was > upsetting him. My son spent a week in the NICU but had no withdrawals. > I was sent home from the hospital with a fever of 102.3 and pneumonia. > My son is now 2 months old and thriving. I am still incredibly ill. I > cannot take care of my kids on my own. The sad and ironic part is that > I had an unnecessary laparoscopy to get pregnant and it caused this > whole mess. My pregnancy with m daughter prior to this surgery was a > dream. The laparoscopy and the jerk of a doctor who told me that there > were no risks has ruined my life and the lives of everyone I love. > Please tell everyone you know the risks of these surgeries and also the > complications it can cause on pregnancy. >