At Mon, 27 May 2002, Jill Limpus wrote:
>
>Dear Tish and everyone else this gets sent too,
> My name is Jill and this past week I was blessed by this adhession web
>site. This is all new to me and I'm not sure who will see this. Be patient
>with me, I'm learning how this all works. It is so comforting to me to know
>I'm not alone. Your E-mail story Tish hit home. I'm 26 years old and seem
>to have no pain free days, but do have some pain free minutes. You reminded
>me that I sould be thankful for thoughs. The last two weeks of my life have
>been dreadful. I'm in extreme pain and my HMO doesn't seem to want and
>help. They gave me better pain meds this Friday to get me through until
>wed. On wed I am having a colonoscopy, then seeing a surgeon, and then on
>thurs, a new ob doctor. I just posted my story on the quilt so if you would
>like to hear all my details you can read it there. (jill pacini limpus is
>what it's under.) All the doctors think I'm crazy and don't belive I have
>adhesions. Or begin to tell me they don't see anything wrong and that
>adhesions don't hurt. HUH! I'm to the point now the pain is so bad I'm just
>ready to give up. I have a beautful 4 year old and adorable 2 year old and
>a very supportive husband. I can't even function. This nightmare has got
>to end. I need my life back. Since I've found this site I have learned so
>much. I'm so thankful for all the fowarded e-mails I've been sent. Please,
>if there is any info on doctors any of you have went to, or medicines that
>have helped, I beg for you to share them. I'm at the end of the road. My
>husband has said if we need to fly somewhere or raise money, we will to get
>our life back. Thanks agin for your uplifting message. I'll continue to
>pray for all of you and please pray for me. I know that I have a mighty
>saviour and believe my new found friends, God is going to work through to
>help win this battle. Thank you for listening.
>
>Love in Christ,
>Jill
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: adhesions@adhesions.org [mailto:adhesions@adhesions.org]On Behalf
>Of Tish
>Sent: Monday, May 27, 2002 1:28 PM
>To: Multiple recipients of list ADHESIONS
>Subject: Remember To Be Thankful!
>
>Hi yall, I hope this finds everyone at least comfy today..
>Im not real comfy right now..im dealing with some serious breakthrough
>pain today..uggh..
>But as my family and i gathered arouund the table to eat together
>today..i was kind of mad..because i wanted this one day to be a good
>day..and here i am hurting like crazy ..to the point that i am almost
>doubled over..this is the first time ive had this much pain since i
>started on the patches im not sure why either..
>And then Richard was saying the blessing and thanking God for our family
>and for every second that i find myself painfree..which THANKFULLY have
>been many many lately..and i thought yeah here you are mad..because you
>are not quite pain free today..but in the past few weeks you have had
>alot of pain free days..shame on me huh...Well i asked God to forgive me
>for being mad..and i took a pain killer..now im feeling better.
>The moral to the story is that we need to remember to be thankful for
>every second that we find ourselves comfy..even when they are few.
>Now im gonna finish my BIG slice of COLD WATERMELON our first of the
>season YUM YUM..and it is soo sweet...Boy im Thankful for this
>watermelon too hehe.
>And one more thing i am thankful for is this BOARD..and all of the help
>and support you all give to me..and i am especially thankful for my one
>very special friend who i found here on this message board....You know
>who you are..hehe The One Who said she would call me this weekend..???
>
>Big Gentle Hugs and Tons of Love
>TISH...