Dear Christine

From: Sally Grigg (lostcst@mcn.org)
Sat Jul 7 23:43:03 2001


Dear Christine, please , please, please don't do anything to hurt yourself. There are knowledgeable people on this board and also on a pain web site. We all are in pain here, and we believe that you need and deserve help and that it will come to you. Please read the quilt stories, and try to find the archives. Maybe somebody on the board knows a doctor in your area. I used to think that I could no longer tolerate my pain either, but I found this site and a lot of new friends, and just had another operation which went very well. But you have to find the right doctor. I know that's the hardest part, but the most important. Do not let anybody cut on you unless you've researched them thoroughly. They can do more harm than good. Anyway, welcome, and keep the faith. It can get a lot better. With kindest regards, Sally Grigg

christine wrote:

> I had a laporoscopic gallbladder surgery about a year and a half ago,and
> wound up w/ such complications as: a massive bile leak, perontonitis,
> septicemia, acute respiratory distress syndrome, bilateral pneumonia. I
> was so close to death that the doctors were giving my family survival
> rates.. God bvrought me back from death, and I have had nothing but
> intense pain that has gotten so intolerable that I can no longer
> function any more. My doctor seems to think that Im 'faking it' and
> gives me such a hard time when I ask for a vicodin refill(which doeesnt
> even help!).She said that she wont refill my prescription anymore,and I
> will be out of them by the 20th of July. Ive been to so many
> doctors,but the general consensus is that 'nobody wants to reoperate on
> me because they are so afraid of more damage to my insides"..HELP!!! I
> live in Maine,and Im ready to jump off of a bridge!!I cant stand it any
> longer!!
>


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