LNewman@milbank.com wrote:
>
> Bob, welcome!!!! You are in the right place, and we are all here to
> welcome you with whatever you need. Any questions about stuff going
> on in your life, just ask. We also have no qualms about discussing
> remedies like a popular one, constipation -- therefore, if you have
> some suggestions, please feel free to express them. I haven't heard
> anyone yet say they are offended by our lack of candor. We are all
> simply sick people and are grateful for every bit of information that
> can help in some way, curb at least one-tenth of the stuff that comes
> along with ARD. Believe me when I tell you, just read all of the
> postings that are exchanged back and forth all day long and weekends
> -- you will become so used to what we all say, that you won't even
> remember this conversation!!!! (smile) Again, any questions or
> suggestions will always be responded to!!!!! Gotta run, but have a
> blessed day and again, WELCOME BOB!!!!!
>
> LauraN
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: bawbee@lineone.net [SMTP:bawbee@lineone.net]
> Sent: Tuesday, July 18, 2000 8:21 AM
> To: Multiple recipients of list ADHESIONS
> Subject: Diagnosis of Adhesions
>
> Hello Everyone,
>
> I have just been reading Dr. David Wiseman's 'Patient's Guide'
> or 'You
> Are Not Alone'. I was starting to think I was alone, then I
> happened
> along here and still thought I was alone, with all the references
> to the
> problems suffered by the females of this world. Then I noticed a
>
> gentleman's name on the 'Quilt' and thought that I may be in the
> right
> place after all, am I?
>
> I have been attending my doctor for nearly two years now, with
> pains in
> my lower right abdomen. It was first diagnosed as a kidney
> infection
> and there, subsequently, followed 12 months of investigation of
> the
> kidneys and bladder. Nothing was found to be wrong here and the
> problem
> seemed to clear up itself. After being admitted to hospital
> twice in 7
> months during 1999, I was seen by a surgical team and I have had
> more
> bodily intrusions that I can take no more and more barium than I
> can
> stand, with no positive results. I was sent by my employer to
> see the
> company doctor yesterday, and he is of the opinion that my pain
> may be
> caused by Adhesions (due to the fact I have had three operations
> in the
> lower right abdomen during my life).
>
> I did tell the surgeon that the pain felt like the pulling of an
> elastic
> band to its extremeties and I now find that some of the pics I
> have seen
> today certainly *look* like the pain *feels* (does this make any
> sense?).
>
> Sorry for the long post, but I feel better already (not).
>
> Thanks,
> Bob
>
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