Take care,
-- Kathy L.> >Hi Everyone: > >Sorry I haven't been on the board as much but I am fighting the war on >pain management for ARD in the Phila. area and have been pounding on >doctors' doors (and a few hard heads as well) for weeks. I am reading >most of your postings and welcome all the new faces!! > >I have a 19 year old daughter who has been diagnosed with severe >endometriosis. >She is scheduled for exploratory surgery and Laser treatments tomorrow. >She is bright and caring and desparately wants children someday. >Right now her eyes are dulled by pain medication and pain, and her >spirits are low. She has seen what MAY lay ahead for her as she's >watched me struggle for years. >I was exactly her age when my ARD began. I had 6 miscarriages and 2 >live births and a hysterectomy at age 30, 14 operations since then, blah >blah blah. > I am praying Erin won't follow in my sticky footsteps. > >Please, if you have a second or two, will you send a quick little prayer >to your higher power and ask that Erin come through her surgery without >complications, and that the doctors can "fix her" while she's still very >young? > >Thanks so much! > >My hugs to all of you > >Ginny