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At Sat, 20 Nov 1999, Helen Dynda wrote:
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>The following is in response to the message which Peggy posted in regard to the title of my November 17th message:
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>In my November 17th message, "Adhesions>>Should you have surgery for
>adhesions?", the information about endometriosis and all of the reasons
>why a person should not have surgery for adhesions, is not only based on
>information from the Internet but it is also based on my personal
>experience.
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>As I was trying to read everything I could about adhesions,
>endometriosis entered the picture too - because of their similarities.
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>I do not have endometriosis; but in my story at the following website:
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>http://www.healthseek.com/forums/physicians/
>messages/38.html
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>you will read that I actually joined the Endometriosis Association (EA)
>in order to be able to order their educational materials. So I ordered
>ALL of their books, pamphlets, audio tapes, and video tapes.
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>After reading, listening, and viewing everything I could find about
>endometriosis, I came upon the one clue that enabled me to have hope for
>the first time in 27 years! I discovered that I was definitely not a
>mental case - that my chronic pain was "Not All in My Head".
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>That clue is/was: There is only one way that endometriosis can be
>diagnosed -- via a diagnostic laparoscopy, which is a surgical
>procedure.
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>A diagnostic laparoscopy had never been offered to me over the 27 years
>that I suffered from chronic pain!
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>I also learned that the Endometriosis Association has a list of doctors
>who specialize in endometriosis. So once I had read all of the EA
>literature, listened to all of their audio tapes, and viewed all of
>their videos -- I then requested a list of endometriosis specialists
>from the state where I live, Minnesota.
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>For anyone who has endometriosis or has had endometriosis, the best
>advice (I am not a medical professional) I can give you is that you...
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>1.) become a member of the Endometriosis Association
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>http://www.endometriosisassn.org/
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>2.) click: LINKS (at the top of this web page) and then click:
>ENDOMETRIOSIS. You will find a lot of information
>here!
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>NOTE: The Links web page is still in the early stages of development -
>meaning you may find ERRORS and/or Duplications. With patience
>eventually these problems will be corrected.
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>3.) If you have endometriosis, you will find a forum for
>endometriosis-sufferers, which is much like the Adhesions Message Board,
>at the following web site:
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>http://forums.obgyn.net/endo/
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>4.) The best endometriosis specialists *do not* believe in drug
>therapy!! These speciaists have found that excising endometriosis gives
>their patients longer lasting results with less side effects.
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>5.) Where are the best endometriosis specialists located in the United
>States? Georgia, Louisiana, New York, Oregon
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>6.) Endometriosis is an incurable disease much like Adhesions. Just as
>surgeons cannot guarantee adhesion-free results following surgery for
>adhesions - surgeons cannot guarantee endometriosis-free results as a
>result of excision of endometriosis.
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>The body is in charge of the healing - not the surgeon.
>There is ongoing research to try to find solutions for both of these
>diseases. Intergel, a gel-adhesion barrier, is ready for FDA approval -
>which could happen sometime in mid-2000.
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>With patience there is HOPE !!
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>The 15th century proverb which summarizes the purpose of medicine is:
>* To cure sometimes, to relieve often, to comfort always. *
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-- The 15th century proverb which summarizes the purpose of medicine is: * To cure sometimes, to relieve often, to comfort always. *