Just chit chat...but, it sounds like this doctor is
actively trying new things...if we read between the
lines...and dismiss the bad and good of it...you can
see "awareness." That in itself is something positive
and nice to see. And my husband was saying last
night..."I don't believe that there is no other way to
find adhesions." I re-assured him that surgeory was
the only way...however, I said to him..."why can't
they make a dye similiar to barrium and be able to see
if it shows adhesions? (sounds like what Toni is
talking about here in '98). All the funding is in
prevention and not enough research is done on other
ways of finding it less invasively." I wouldn't
want to be the "guinea pig"...but, I can see the
positive side to these e-mails...at least the doctor
is experimenting on adhesions specifically. It's
something...no? Love, Marianne
--- toni welsh <twelsh1@hotmail.com> wrote:
> At Sat, 28 Jul 2001, pauline wrote: > > > > 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!! > > > > http://www.adhesions.org/forums/listcmds.htm
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