I'm booked for surgery with Dr Korell on 24th October. We're due to travel to Duisberg on Sunday 22nd October.
His e-mail address is M.Korell@t-online.de
Good luck.
Lynne.
At Wed, 11 Oct 2000, Marc Remijn wrote:
>
>Hi,
>
>For 15 years I've been having problems. Difficulty breathing, lots of
>gas, pain and discomfort in my abdomen and because of that I get cold
>sweat feel cold etc. But I have these problems only when there is
>pressure on the lower right of my abdomen. But just wearing trousers
>(I've tried comfort fit, stretch, and what have you) gives enough
>pressure to start these problems. So I feel bad almost every day. At
>home when I wear these very light surfing shorts with loose elastic band
>I feel OK. Only when I sit down e.g. reading a book and let my elbow
>rest on the right side of my abdomen I get the same trouble.
>
>I have had appendectomy when I was 12. Problems started when I was 20
>and are getting slowly worse. Now I am 35. I have had many tests done,
>including barium contrast X-ray series of small and large intestine. The
>G.I.'s involved said they couldn't see anyting unusual. A doctor doing
>a checkup because of some insurance issue suggested it might be
>adhesions caused by the appendectomy. G.I. said it could be but the
>only way of knowing for sure is laparoscopy, which he was not very keen
>on prescribing. Said I had to learn to live with it.
>
>I've read many many messages over the last couple of months. I have
>seen many thing that were recongnisable to me. But what I have not seen
>is anyone having this strange external pressure trigger.
>
>I will have an appointment with a surgeon next week. But he is not as
>far as I know a specialist on the subject of adhesions. I live in the
>Netherlands. I read your article about Dr. Korell in Duisburg,
>Germany. This is a 3 hours drive. And maybe the Dutch medical
>insurance might cover it. Have you got an e-mail address so I could
>present my case to
>him.
>
>Thanks very much for your time,
>
>Yours,
>Marc