At Tue, 31 Aug 1999, Polly wrote:
>
>Hello everyone! Wow it has been a rough couple of weeks! My pain hit an
>alltime high last Thursday and was coupled with intense chest pains. I
>saw my surgeon yesterday and he was totally undecided on what to do with
>me because all of my tests (previous) came back ok with the exception of
>the colonoscopy which revealed some stricture around the outside of the
>colon in the upper right side. (exactly where my pain happens to be) He
>acted like maybe I was overreacting to what was happening to me (he
>neglected the fact that my blood pressure and temperature was elevated
>as of yesterday afternoon coupled with the same persistent pain in the
>URQ and milder chest pains) What gives with these surgeons??? Anyhow, I
>gave him the videotape of my last surgery of lysis of adhesions 3/97 in
>pelvic region and he said he would watch it and call me in the morning.
>Well, what do you know the tape must have made an impression on him
>because he has me scheduled for surgery tomorrow morning! Wish me luck
>friends and an end to this pain, at least for awhile.
>
>Thanks for letting me vent - this entire experience has been so
>emotionally draining for me.
>
>Love and friendship - Polly