Hchalm@aol.com wrote:
> Dear Mr. Munley:
>
> Instead of trying to make money off of a wonderful drug that is
> helping thousands of chronic pain patients (since you came to this
> site looking for ways to make a buck), why not help us? Here you will
> find 100's of chronic pain patients that were left this way because of
> listening to physicians to have surgery only to be left in chronic
> pain. Many of us here have had hysterectomies and/or other surgeries
> and were never told that surgery could cause adhesions and now have
> been left in chronic pain that there is no cure for. Adhesions are
> caused by surgery and the only way to get rid of adhesions is having
> surgery, but once again surgery causes adhesions, and the adhesions
> reform. Some women here have had up to 23 surgeries trying to rid
> themselves of this horrible disease and many have been left worse off
> than before their surgeries. Why can't we sue for being left in
> chronic intractable pain? Why can't we sue for pain and suffering for
> not! being given the proper pain medication or any pain medication at
> all? For being called druggies and not being believed that we are in
> pain? For not being able to work but being denied SSD? For ending up
> in the ER because of denial of pain medication? Why are surgeons
> allowed to operate and not tell us the risk of getting adhesions? Why
> can't we file a class action suit against the AMA for all of the above
> reasons, and many more that I'm sure I've missed. Now this would be
> something worth suing for!!!!!!
>
> Sincerely,
>
> Helen Chalmers
> Baltimore, MD
> Chronic Pain Patient (Disabled)