At 06:30 AM 11/10/00 -0600, you wrote:
>Dear Pam, Jaynie, Toni, Terri, Verna, Mary, Kathy, Lynn, Bob, Marieke,
>Cindy, and all others writing to this message board...
>
>My name is Sylvie, I live in Belgium, Europe,
>You haven't heard of me much on the message board,
>but that will change as soon as I have an internet connection at home
>..!
>
>Anyway, this is just a small message to let you know that tomorrow I'm
>going to meet all those lovely ladies and men you all know... !!Belgium
>is nearby Germany, so tomorrow
>morning I take the train and I will arrive around 2.30 in the afternoon
>at the famous Duisburg klinik!!
>
>I was touched by the many messages that were posted by so many of you
>thinking of and praying for all those who were going to undergo surgery.
>I talked to Beverly and Helen yesterday over the phone and all the news
>was great so far, as you already read in Pam's message.
>
>Since I don't think that Bev can access the message board in Germany, I
>will print out the messages you sent and hand them over to them.
>
>I'm so excited to go to Germany and be part of the first truly IAS
>gathering, and of the message of hope it brings to all of us. Life can
>be strange. Until may this year I
>thought I was the only one suffering from this disease (in my case
>caused by a c-section performed in 1998), then,
>by one day typing in the word "adhesions" I saw the words
>"International Adhesions Society"- "You're not alone"....
>And now I'm going to meet 'in real' so many people of our IAS family....
>I'm feeling so much stronger knowing that I'm not alone anymore. Thanks
>to all of you keeping this message board 'alive and kicking' and thanks
>to Dr. David making this happen !
>
>I will ofcourse tell you all about my visit when I get back.
>
>Take care !
>Sylvie
>P.S.: I'm not good in writing 'small' messages.
>