At Tue, 14 Aug 2001, marianne bolding wrote:
>
>Jan...this is a letter I sent to one of the Doctors
>you are talking about. You will see they are very
>helpful and responsive to e-mail questions. Send them
>an e-mail...My best...Marianne
>--- "Clark D. Gerhart" <hsa@epix.net> wrote:
>> From: "Clark D. Gerhart" <hsa@epix.net>
>> To: "marianne bolding" <ojowojo@yahoo.com>
>> Subject: Re: adhesions & hiatal hernia
>> Date: Fri, 10 Aug 2001 23:31:23 -0400
>>
>> Marianne,
>>
>> Your hietal hernia can certainly be repaired at the
>> time of adhesion
>> surgery. Both are done laparoscopically (using only
>> small holes, and no
>> large incision) to speed recovery and prevent
>> reformation of adhesions. To
>> be considered for treatment you must begin by
>> filling out the history form
>> found on the adhesion page at
>> http://www.generalsurgeryinfo.com. I will forward
>> this email to our office so they forward your
>> history form to me as soon as
>> it arrives.
>>
>> I look forward to discussing your treatment with you
>> further.
>>
>> Clark D. Gerhart, MD, FACS
>>
>>>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "marianne bolding" <ojowojo@yahoo.com>
>> To: <hsa@epix.net>
>> Sent: Friday, August 10, 2001 3:48 AM
>> Subject: adhesions & hiatal hernia
>>
>> > I have been having pain from a prior adhesions
>> removal
>> > done on June 28th of this year (fallopian tube to
>> > sigmoid colon and the ovary to a ligament in the
>> side
>> > wall...labeled as "rather dense")...On Monday
>> (after
>> > an upper GI) a hiatal hernia was also found.
>> > My question is...if my pain continues to worsen
>> over
>> > the next few months and I considered having
>> surgeory
>> > at your clinic...could you also repair the hernia
>> at
>> > the same time? I would like to consider repair to
>> the
>> > hernia as I do not wish to be on acid inhibitors
>> for
>> > the rest of my life (as they can cause tumors) or
>> > deal with a strangulation as I age. I am 32 now.
>> Nor,
>> > do I wish to have two seperate laporoscopies
>> > performed...(assuming you can use this method.)
>> > I believe the problems were caused by an auto
>> accident
>> > as I had never had prior surgery before adhesion
>> > removal. Thankyou. Marianne Bolding-AZ
>> >
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