Re: I spoke to Dr. Redan today

From: Robin (rmasse2333@aol.com)
Wed Jan 17 07:37:11 2001


Stacey, I know exactly what you are going through, except for the endo, I never had that, thank goodness. Dr Redan would have done surgery for me in Oct, but, I didnt think I could afford it. His office personell told me they charge $10,000. to $18,000. I knew I couldnt afford that, & risk loosing everything. I then feverently started asking about Dr Korell in Germany. His fees are a lot less. I spent less than $7,000. for everything in Germany. Helen & her husband went there & together they spent $7,000. Dr Korell is a wonderful man & dr. He even picked me up at the airport & got a speeding ticket trying to get there. You will need to plan on 2 weeks there, as apposed to the 1 week in PA. If this is an avenue that you would like to persue, please, just let me know. I sent all my info to Bev & she got everything arranged for me. There was a time, that I didnt think I would make it until the end of the year, but, now, even with a possible 15-30% reformation of my adhesions, I hardly ever take any pain meds. I feel like I have a new life!! Good luck Robin

At Tue, 16 Jan 2001, Stacey wrote: >
>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
>
>--
>Stacey
>


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