>Hi all
>
>I'm home. We just got home last night after two weeks in Germany. Home
>is BLISS.
>
>Anyway I'll try to fill you in as quickly as I can.
>
>We arrived in Germany on Sunday 22nd October. Our flight landed in
>Dusseldorf at about 8.30pm and we expected to go to try to find a taxi
>to take us to the Hospital.
>
>GUESS WHAT! There was a man standing with a sign saying "Lynne Brown".
>We went over to him and he introduced himself as Dr Korell. We were
>really flabbergasted (I don't know if you know this word in the States,
>it means shocked). Anyway we loaded our luggage into his car and it was
>then that we found out there is no speed limited in Germany!!!!!!
>
>Anyway he took us to our apartment and showed us about.
>
>I had to go to the Hospital on the Monday for a talk with him and bloods
>etc. Boy do those steroids cause problems there.
>
>The surgery was on the Tuesday 24th October. Dr Korell found "severe
>adhesions in the middle and lower abdomen. Complete adhesiolysis of
>small and large bowels, uterus and right ovary. Especially on the left
>side severe attached between uterus, round liagment and the bladder."
>
>To cut a long story short he freed all the organs. Massive rinsing with
>Ringer's lactate solutions and intallation of Intergel.
>
>He came to see my husband and I on the Tuesday night and explained what
>had happened.
>
>On the Wednesday morning I woke up not feeling as good as I thought I
>should have. As the day went on the pain in my left side got worse and
>we all put it down to operation pain. On the following Monday Dr Korell
>did a scan and found a cyst on the left side. He thought it was filled
>with blood or some of the intergel.
>
>Last Thursday, 2nd November, I had the second look carried out. "No
>recurrence of adhesions were found to the abdominal wall. Only severe
>attached from the uterus to the pelvic sidewall in left lower abdomen.
>Again adhesiolysis was performed by bipolar coagulation and sharp
>dissection. Covering of the defect with one Interceed TC7 net" (These
>are Dr Korell's words in his report).
>
>On the Friday 3rd November I got a kidney infection (great eh!) Dr
>Korell put me on pretty strong anti-biotics and I'm starting to feel
>better.
>
>How do I feel now? My left side is uncomfortable and sore. Dr Korell
>has said that we won't know for a couple of months how things will be
>because my tummy is swollen with all the cutting that went on.
>
>I'm just waiting and hoping and praying.
>
>We met Bev, Mary P, Helen D and her husband,Laura N and Paul on
>Saturday. That was sooooooooo nice. To be able to give these friends I
>had talked to so much a hug. They are really lovely people (which I'm
>sure you all know) and Iv'e left my heart with them as they face surgery
>this week.
>
>Dr Korell is an absolute gentleman with a laugh (or it's more like a
>chuckle I will never forget) He knows his stuff and he made me feel that
>he really cared about taking my pain away.
>
>I'm tired now so I'll cut this short.
>
>Thank you all for your prayers and messages. Our e-mail went "Wonky"
>before we went so I don't know if I got all your messages. I got yours
>Cindy, thankyou.
>
>I'll talk to you tomorrow when hopefully we'll all have heard some word
>from Germany on the surgeries.
>
>Talk to you soon, my very special friends.
>
>Lynne.
>