Re: I was a experimental subject.....
From: toni welsh (twelsh1@hotmail.com)
Tue Jul 31 07:07:17 2001
At Sat, 28 Jul 2001, pauline wrote:
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> Hi everyone,
>I am new to this site. I was given your page through a good friend and
>fellow suffer of adhesions.
>I was an experimental patient for adhesion surgery with interceed in
>July of 1994. The surgery procedure was much different then todays
>techniques and was very uncomfortable, but it was the best thing I could
>have done.
>My surgeon was Dr. John Semertzides located in the Cincinnati area, a
>wonderful surgeon and person.
>I had adhesions on my small intestion which had looped, also around my
>pelvic area.
>After years of being told that I was depressed, a hypocondriac, or that
>I would just have to live with chronic pain it was wonderful to hear
>from a physician that I was not crazy.
>The surgery took, as a matter of fact, I did develope small adhesions
>near the gallbladder area just 2 years ago and Dr. Semertzides was able
>to go back in remove the new adhesions and look at the old removal and
>repairs from 7 years ago. I had no trace of adhesions from that
>previous surgery.
>I am proof that the interceed works and I am pain free. I have had very
>physical jobs and until my back was injured I had no physical
>limitations at my jobs. (If you have ever worked fast food, you know
>how physical that job is)
>So, doctors keep up the good work and the studies. Fellow
>suffers--don't dispair, there is help.
>
>--
> Pauline
Pauline,
Are you from Cinti? I saw this dr in 98, and he told me it would take 5
to 6 suregries for him to get me pain free, he said they would all be
laparotomies, and that he would use seprfilm. I was not impressed with
him after he told me that, and he mentioned a test before EACH suregry
where they put a NG tube in and put some sort of dye in and while awake
you had to tell them when it hurt, and the test ACTUALLY showed
adhesions and he would go in and take ONE adhesion at a time! This dr
scared the daylights out of me! I HAVE heard he has helped some women
here. I am i Cinti PLEASE email me about htis if you can or post ere!
THANK YOU!! HE is a very short guy right and sort of has an accent?? He
talked to us fer 2 hours that day!!
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