Re: To operate or not??

From: marianne bolding (ojowojo@yahoo.com)
Wed Jul 25 22:49:55 2001


Helen, I very much respect your decision...it is a wise one in many ways. And I think you're picture is very pretty, too. Soft hugs, Marianne --- Hchalm@aol.com wrote: > Dear Alsion:
>
> I have pondered the same question as you, many, many
> times. I have had one
> adhesiolysis, do to a hysterectomy (if I would have
> known what I know now, I
> never would have had it) in Dec. '99.
> Unfortunately, I woke up with right
> sided rib pain. Although I felt that a lot of the
> adhesions were gone, as
> there was some relief in some areas, as the months
> went on I felt the return
> of many of them. Since the adhesiolysis in June of
> 2000 I made the decision
> to stay on pain management. This has not taken away
> all of the pain, but it
> does allow me to live a somewhat normal life. I did
> have to quit my job, as
> I was not able to work and then come home and take
> care of the kids, house
> and husband, so the decision was made that the
> children came first, and I
> should rest during the day and be here for them in
> the evening when they get
> home from school.
>
> Everyone I know asks why don't you have another
> surgery? The answer is I am
> afraid of another surgery. What if I am worse off
> than I am now? I can go
> to the bathroom, I can eat, I can take care of the
> children, house, husband
> (sometimes), and I am just afraid that I could
> acquire more adhesions or just
> one large one that would make the pain worse and
> leave me bed-ridden or
> house-bound.
>
> I suppose until I see a major breakthrough in the
> medical field where the
> percentages are higher for the ARD patient to come
> out of surgery 100%
> adhesion free, I will sit and wait and stay on pain
> management. Others
> disagree, and look at the surgery as having some
> time of being pain free,
> even if it is only for 2 months, 6 months, 1 year,
> etc.; they will go back
> for surgery after surgery hoping that this time will
> be it, and they will be
> adhesion free.
>
> So, unfortunately, I am really of no help to you -
> this decision must be made
> by you to take the chance of possibly being adhesion
> free, being adhesion
> free for some period of time, or the adhesions
> returning immediately.
>
> It does seem as though you are not on adequate pain
> medication and I would
> look into seeking additional medication to help you
> with the pain. If you
> need assistance looking for a pain specialist in
> your area, please let me
> know and I'll see if I can help.
>
> Love and best wishes,
>
> Helen Chalmers
>

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