This tears at my heart so when I hear about someone suffering. Now I know of two of you in NH that need help. Right now you need to work on getting pain medication to help you through until you can get to Drs. Reich and Redan. Please try the ASAP site I recommended and see if you can find help there. Once you are in the site, go to the pain map and you will find your state, once there it will give you contacts for your state. You must fill out a pain form and e-mail it to your state rep. and they will contact you. This is all very legitimate, these are real doctors who care about people in pain and are not afraid to prescribe pain medication until you can have surgery. The doctor that I went to see used to be an anesthesiologist, so he knew what to prescribe and how much to prescribe. I actually, for the first time, saw a doctor who had tears in his eyes for me; it was usually me with the tears and them sitting there playing God and refusing me pain medication. When my appointment was over I jumped off the table and gave him the biggest hug ever with tears running down my face that I was believed and I didn't have to suffer needlessly any longer. He had no kind words for my GYN, he told me to tell him to try to live with his bowel adhered to his abdomen and see if he could take an advil and deal with it. It was pure joy!!! Please feel free to contact me if you have any problems or have any questions.
At Mon, 6 Nov 2000, Tooolgirll@aol.com wrote:
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>reply to susan... i too am in your place as far as pain and adhesions and
>possible endometriousis.... my doc has given up on me and will not refer me
>me out anywhere for help... i have an hmo insurance plan and that alone has
>made me suffer now for so long... i want a new doctor but the thought of
>starting over is so davastating for me to even endure right now.. i too want
>to go see doctor reish or reydon but the $$$ are so far out of my reach....
>each day i read scripts from the group and i relate to all of them.. i have
>now taken to laxatives so that i can atleast empy or half empty my bowels...
>feels so much better when i do... but not great as i spend each hour on the
>throne ya no lol not much of a weekend really.. i have to work all week in
>this pain and i die alittle bit each day from it.. but i know i have to keep
>going or i would just give in.. most important to keep going in this
>condition i have found/... pain or not... it hurts to sit it hurts to wear
>pants it hurts to wear a bra all of which i have to wear at work.. as soon as
>i get home it all comes off.. not restrictions at all... what a way to live
>huh... but anyway i know how you feel and i hope that you can get some
>help... i am going to try to myself it all just takes time.. i first need to
>gather all of my medical reports of significants and then go from there..
>goood luck to you and all that are here...love nanc in NH
-- Helen Chalmers