Surgery tomorrow
From: Polly (dutchyp@aol.com)
Tue Aug 31 17:22:14 1999
Hello everyone! Wow it has been a rough couple of weeks! My pain hit an
alltime high last Thursday and was coupled with intense chest pains. I
saw my surgeon yesterday and he was totally undecided on what to do with
me because all of my tests (previous) came back ok with the exception of
the colonoscopy which revealed some stricture around the outside of the
colon in the upper right side. (exactly where my pain happens to be) He
acted like maybe I was overreacting to what was happening to me (he
neglected the fact that my blood pressure and temperature was elevated
as of yesterday afternoon coupled with the same persistent pain in the
URQ and milder chest pains) What gives with these surgeons??? Anyhow, I
gave him the videotape of my last surgery of lysis of adhesions 3/97 in
pelvic region and he said he would watch it and call me in the morning.
Well, what do you know the tape must have made an impression on him
because he has me scheduled for surgery tomorrow morning! Wish me luck
friends and an end to this pain, at least for awhile.
Thanks for letting me vent - this entire experience has been so
emotionally draining for me.
Love and friendship - Polly