Is there a short term disability benefit through your current job positiion that you could take advantage of untill you could secure another means of income? Do you have a positive diagnosis of having had abdominal adhesions through prior surgery's? Are you receiving any anti-inflamitory medications along with your pain medications? Inflamation is the cause of adhesion pain...( See my forum June of 99 ) Might help bring your pain level to a livable one, of course you still need to respect your activity levels as to the pain experienced by what you do.
Best of luck
Bev
>----- Original Message -----
From: khickey <khickey@mciworld.com>
To: Multiple recipients of list ADHESIONS <adhesions@talk.obgyn.net>
Sent: Monday, November 29, 1999 9:57 AM
Subject: Re: Adhesions/Gall Bladder...I Need Some Advice
> Hi everyone, I wanted to let you know how my family doctor's visit went
> today. I was in terrible pain today, and when he tried to feel where the
> pain was(lower right abdominal quadrant), I almost came off of the table.
> He said he definitely wanted me to get to a doctor who had more skills on
> this subject. He gave me a new drug for pain that doesn't cause
drowsiness.
> It is called Vioxx. Has anyone heard of this? He said it is finding to
be
> the best drug for chronic pain with no side effects. He also gave me a
> prescription for Vicodin, and Talwin. He said he knew I was careful with
> narcotic drugs, but felt I definitely needed them. He was referring me to
> another surgeon, and wanted to know about Dr. Semertzides (who is calling
me
> back today), and the problem is, Dr. S. is not in my HMO plan. Does
anyone
> have any suggestions on how to get around this problem? I am having a
> painful day today. My walking is very hard to do, and I find that even
> moving around the house is almost impossible today. I am scheduled to
meet
> with a representative from SSI today at 2:30, so maybe having a "bad" day
is
> good, so they can see how bad this pain is. Of course, the doctor will
not
> let me go back to work today, so I will have to face this mean boss when I
> return on Wed. He just doesn't understand pain, and how it incapacitates
a
> person. Well, I will let everyone know what the SSI office says today.
> They are giving me some helpful items on Adhesions, and what the SSI is
> doing with these cases. Thanks everyone. Kim Hickey
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Rhonda R. White <samuels1@us.net>
> To: Multiple recipients of list ADHESIONS <adhesions@talk.obgyn.net>
> Date: Sunday, November 28, 1999 7:10 PM
> Subject: Adhesions/Gall Bladder...I Need Some Advice
>
> >Questions are at the end.
> >
> >I recently had a HIDA Scan which showed that my gall bladder doesn't
> >excrete. In October I had a laparoscopy to remove pelvic adhesions.
> >While the gyn was doing the lap, she told me that my liver & gall
> >bladder were covered with adhesions. So bad that she couldn't even see
> >the organs. Because I had limited her to the laprascope, she couldn't
> >take those adhesions down. When I relayed the gyn's findings to my
> >primary, she said I needed a general surgeon. The general surgeon says
> >that she doesn't take down adhesions without a bowel obstruction, which
> >I don't have. She says she absolutely won't bother the adhesions, and
> >will only bother them (as few as necessary) if they get in the way of
> >her removing my gall bladder laprascopically. She also says that my
> >pain covers a larger area than just from my gall bladder and that for
> >that reason, she's not sure that my gall bladder is the sole (or even a
> >part) source of my pain.
> >
> >I also gathered from my gyn, that while my adhesions had re-formed, they
> >weren't nearly as severe as they had be during a previous surgery
> >meaning that I didn't get any new ones and that the ones that had grown
> >back weren't as bad as they had been. This gives me hope that if
> >perhaps much care is taken then to remove my adhesions in the upper
> >right quadrant, they won't grow back; and if they do, it won't be as
> >severe. Because I want to avoid having surgery again for as long as
> >possible, I want to have my gall bladder removed as well as having the
> >adhesions taken down. That way, I'm covering all the bases.
> >
> >I don't have much experience in dealing with insurance companies but I'm
> >wondering how much success I can expect with Cigna (HMO) in getting them
> >to allow me to have 2 surgeries at the same time. Can a gyn remove my
> >gall bladder? Liklihood of getting a gyn & a general surgeon to work
> >together? Can anyone recommend any good surgeons in the Washington,
> >D.C. area? Finally, I've noticed that all of the doctors who seem to
> >care anything about adhesions are gynecologists. Am I imagining that?
> >If not, why are gynecologists the only ones who seem to work on
> >adhesions?
> >
>