>----- Original Message -----
From: "Nancy E. Hale" <nanny@nbnet.nb.ca>
To: "Multiple recipients of list ADHESIONS"
<adhesions@mail.medispecialty.com>
Sent: Wednesday, October 31, 2001 10:41 PM
Subject: Re: Can somebody please make me laugh?
> Dear Clare:
>
> Feel free to whine, it clears your mind and lets you get on with dealing
> with the pain.
>
> As for your doctor's comments on pain clinics, he's probably right. I was
> referred to the pain clinic in Saint John back in May, and I'm still
> waiting. When I spoke to them in August, they said it would probably be
> the first part of 2002.
>
> If at all possible, you want to avoid a laparotomy. The more damage
caused
> to the tissues through surgery, the higher the risk of adhesions
> returning. But before you agree to surgery, ask your surgeon how much
> experience he has dealing laparoscopically with adhesions. The pain you
> are having with orgasm may not be adhesions, there may be some other cause
> for your pain, but your doctor may also be talking through his hat.
>
> Now for your laugh - this morning, I had papers and earth spread on the
> floor to re-pot my plants. I also had a pitcher of water sitting there.
I
> stopped for coffee with the "construction crew", and my cat (12-year-old
> tabby) decided she was thirsty and the 2 or 3" of water in the bottom of
> the pitcher was fresher than what was in her dish. I got a beautiful
> picture of her shoulders deep into a Tupperware pitcher tilted at about a
> 45 degree angle, quenching her thirst. Believe it or not, when she pulled
> her head out of the pitcher, she didn't spill a drop, but set the pitcher
> right back the way it had been - minus a bit of water.
>
> Hope that made you chuckle.
>
> Nancy in NB
>