At Tue, 16 Jan 2001, Stacey wrote:
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>Hi everyone,
>
>Dr. Redan got my records and he called me today. He is such a nice
>man. He gave me some insight as to what he thought could be causing my
>pain. First off, adhesions of course, seeing that I have had 5 open
>abdominal surgeries. One of which was a TAH. He also told me that he
>wouldn't be surprised if I still had endo. That surprised me a bit
>because my doctor burned my endo off and said that I had no more. This
>was about three years ago. I just had surgery 3 months ago for
>adhesions and the surgeon said there was no definite evidence of endo.
>Dr. Redan told me that burning it off does not get rid of it. To get
>rid of it you have to cut it out. I was not aware of this, none of my
>past surgeons had ever even mentioned that to me. I told Dr. Redan
>that I still have extreme cramps, just like I did with my period, even
>though I have had a hysterectomy. He said that I most likely still had
>active endo. I can't afford to go see Dr. Redan, as much as I would
>love for him to help me. My husband has been so worried about me
>lately. He became very upset tonight and started crying because he
>thinks I am going to die. He doesn't want me to have another surgery. I
>really don't know what to do. I am disabled right now, I can't do
>anything because of the pain. I want someone who knows what they are
>doing to operate on me and make me better, but it seems like that is
>impossible. I feel like such a burden to my entire family and everyone
>else in my life. Please keep me in your prayers, I don't know how much
>longer I can take all of this pain and feeling so hopeless. Thank you
>all of the support and kindness everyone on this forum gives. It really
>does help.
>
>In Friendship,
>Stacey
>
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>Stacey
>