I made my decision to have another operation and with Dr. Reich and Dr. Redan
based on the ultimate hope that I would be pain free. I also decided I wanted
to minimize the risk of further damage. My last laproscopic surgery, my doctor
cut my bladder by mistake and then gave me a full open operation to repair the
bladder. So when picking a doctor you want to avoid ones who have had very
little experience. You want ones who have done it literally thousands of
times. I also felt that it was inevitable that I would have a bowel blockage
eventually, sooner or later. I wanted someone good to remove the adhesions
from around my intestines. And in fact the adhesions had grown around my
intestines and were just starting to tighten up, so I would have wound up in
the ER with an unskilled doctor who would no doubt do their best but leave me
with more and more adhesions. These decisions are not simple, obviously. Good
luck and best wishes, Sally Grigg