Dateline - Feature on Chronic Pelvic Pain

From: Anne Hayashi (mhaya0902@aol.com)
Sun Jul 2 23:32:13 2000


I have just finished watching DATELINE, and one of the featured segments concerned a woman who suffered chronic pelvic pain and the cause seemed to be related to a buried varicose vein in the pelvis. It seems an M.D. in Johns Hopkins is able to block some of the culprit veins, and has brought about pain relief for some women. I was disturbed by the fact that Dr. Arnat(sp?) listed other pelvic pain causative factors including endo., but as usual, no mention of adhesions as a possible problem. I would suggest that perhaps DATELINE needs to hear from some of us. Research is based on monetary return, and I am convinced the amount of money spent on barrier research will be dependent on the perception that there is a huge need. If varicose veins can get some recognition, why is there such hesitancy to feature the adhesion issue? Why is this issue always getting bypassed? Is it because of the link to surgery? I wonder.... Anne H.

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