If I have the surgerythat is the same thing they told me, the surgeon would wrap the entire intestines with seprafim, just getting the nerve is where I am at, I have been through so much surgery in 98 all within 5 months, and the thought of it makes me ill>
Good luck and prayers to you, Toni
>with the scope and the quick recovery. Feel like I am slowly dying and if it
>weren't for my Mom, who got a leave of absence from her job and moved in to
>help with my kids and take care of me I don't know what I would have done.
>Thank you all for worrying about me. Have any of you had the Seprafilm? The
>procedure this doctor is talking about is wrapping the entire intestine piece
>by piece in it and says he has has good results. I have been too weak to get
>on the computer much so anyone out there have any experience, good or bad
>with it? I will let you all know when I finally go for this surgery, I am so
>scared and dreading the gastric tube, the staples, the whole thing, but have
>to do what needs to be done at this point. My kids need their Mom and my
>husband needs me too. You are all so warm and sharing and filled with
>support and sympathy that sometimes I feel overwhelmed when I read the posts.
> I am so mad at the girl who was not happy with the forum, she doesn't
>appreciate good people. Dr. Wiseman has personally responded to e-mails from
>me and has been extremely helpful and kind. Take care everyone, one day at a
>time, we have to be the toughest bunch of people in the world. We fight our
>way through it day after day. Thank you all, Ginni