Re: The message board-From Sherry Perry in TN

From: George Perry (anykeyco@home.com)
Fri Jul 7 21:53:18 2000


Becky,

Are you feeling better? Please tell me your husband didn't leave you over this.

I understand all too well. I think we all do. I remember my world got smaller and smaller as I pulled away from the very people and the very things I loved. I was hurting all the time. I know it wasn't cancer, but it was chronic. It eroded my very spirit away. You know, like a little trickle of water over time can carve a canyon. Two months would go by and I would say to my husband, "Really? Has it been 2 months? Intimacy was very painful. I just didn't even want to get close to him, I was afraid I would have to disapppoint him by saying that I really didn't feel well.

We need to keep working on getting the word out. People need to be aware of this. So many suffer and don't have a clue why, they don't have a name for it. They think and are told it is in their head.

I admire everyone on this forum for their initiative and persistence in looking for answers and getting the word out. And mostly for the support given to each other. I don't always reply to all the postings, but I do read everyone. I sit here and laugh and cry with you. I pray for you too.

We're all here for each other. Keep hanging on!

Your friend in Tennessee Sherry Perry

>----- Original Message -----
From: "Becky" <jbjshaffer@yahoo.com> To: "Multiple recipients of list ADHESIONS" <adhesions@forum.obgyn.net> Sent: Friday, July 07, 2000 8:37 PM Subject: The message board

> I recently underwent an abdominal laparotomy for adhesions following an
> intestinal resectioning last year. I truly thought I was losing my mind
> because of the pain. The stress on me and my family was tremendous.
> Many times I couldn't do the things my son wanted because everything was
> contingent upon how I felt. Also, my husband's frustration finally
> peaked when he told me to get over it, it wasn't cancer. He was going
> to leave me. Fortunately that did
>
> I also thought this was a fairly rare condition. Based on my research
> and information found in this website, it isn't. It is something that
> does not have the public interest because there is no big named
> celebrity speaking out about it.
>
> It saddens and frightens me to see what others are dealing with. I will
> pray for all of you. I hope this surgery works. Of course, since it
> hasn't even been two weeks, it is too early to tell.
>
> The message board has given me some real information I can use when I go
> back to see my surgeon. I want to thank all of you for your
> contributions. It is nice to know I am not alone. I thought I was all
> alone and was very afraid. The fear is still there but it is nice to
> know there is a safe place I can go where people will understand what I
> am dealing with.
>
> --
> Becky, Florida
>


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