Re: Help

From: Mary Wade (acbcsrt@kansas.net)
Fri Jan 12 05:33:17 2001


Dear Pascale,

I am saddened to read about the difficult time you have been having. There is a surgeon in Germany, Dr. Mathias Korell, who has seen and helped several women who post on this board. If you do a search of the message boards using his name, you will be able to learn more about their experiences. Hope this helps. Mary

At Wed, 10 Jan 2001, Pascale Vlaun wrote: >
>Good day,
>
>I am sending this message as my last hope and hoping that somebody can
>give me some relief.
>
>Let me start by giving you my surgical history:
>
>April 7 1999: Laproscopy to remove a ovary cyste.
>April 11 1999: Laprotomy by bowl obstruction.
>May 12 1999: Laprotomy by bowl obstruction.
>July 3 2000: Laprotomy to remove adhesions.
>August 12 2000: Laprotomy by bowl obstruction.
>
>After every surgery I had every possible complication you can think of,
>with the result that I had to stay in the hospital very long.
>And now I am only talking about the hospital stays for the surgeries, I
>also had to go to the hospital several times for observation and
>conservative treatment by bowl obstruction.
>It took me over 3 months to recover from the first set of surgeries in
>1999, but I continued to have severe abdominal pain.
>Which led to the first surgery in July 2000.
>Since that surgery everything went wrong and only got worse.
>I stayed in the hospital for 3 months including the 2nd surgery in
>August 2000.
>Since then I am living continues with very severe pain, a belly as if I
>am 6 months pregnant, a lot of vomiting and I keep losing weight because
>I am afraid to eat.
>Every doctor I see keeps telling me that they can not help no more, they
>will only perform a next surgery in case the situation gets life
>threatening.
>
>In December 2000 I went in the hospital for a week for pain treatment,
>epidural pomp for 7 days.
>As long as that pomp was inside me it had effect, but the minute they
>took out the pomp the pain came back one time.
>I am eating proper, I exercise and do everything the doctors told me to
>do.I even went to see a psychologist.
>But nothing is changing !
>
>I haven't been working since July 2000, my marriage is suffering, they
>told me I would not be able to conceive anymore and I am ONLY 27 years
>old.
>Do I need to say more ????
>
>I am very desperate and sometimes I wonder what's the point of staying
>alive for me?
>
>Current medication:
>Prozac
>Xanax
>Ketalar
>Durogesic Plasters
>Neurontin
>
>I really do hope that somebody has a suggestion to, at least ease the
>pain a little bit.
>
>Thank you so much.
>
>Best regards,
>Pascale Vlaun
>St Maarten
>Netherlands Antilles

--
Mary Wade

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