Angie,
Thanks for the info. Now I wonder if I should have one done. The pain doc
did look at all of my surgery records and the adhesion surgery tapes so I
wonder does he believe it helps adhesion pain or does he think I am not
having adhesion pain. I better ask before they do it Huh? Thank you very
much for the info. I like input whether it is pos. or neg.
Kel
-------Original Message-------
From: adhesions@adhesions.org
Date: Tuesday, July 23, 2002 10:45:15
To: Multiple recipients of list ADHESIONS
Subject: Re: Sally from Kelly
Kelly,
I pray the blocks work for you, I had several of them from my pain
Docter(Anesthesiologist) & they did not help at all, & do
have some risks, I just wanted you to be aware of the small writing on the
forms you sign, & ask about the risks of the blocks, these
are nerve blocks you are talking about, that the pain management
gives?????? Some of the risks on the blocks they gave me I wasnt
aware till I started having problems, & they never told me till I was having
problems, he said you signed the forms & it said all the risks on there,
heck no-one explained it to me , at the hospital they were just initial here
..here...& here, so I just thought it was routine
consent forms, I just want you to be aware of the side effects
because now I cant do a darn thing about it because I signed the consents,
so just Please have them tell you the things that CAN happen, not meaning to
scare you just being a friend & want you to be aware, I had 7 of these
blocks done this year, & ended up
having surgery on july 12...... The pain Dr. I WAS going to informed
me that nerve blocks will NOT help Adhesion pain, but if it is
Phantom, or systomatic pain due to so many abdominal surgeries
then they will help, so just ask!!!!! Good luck & feel free to E-mail
me at "Sammyd832@aol.com", Hope this helps you & wasnt at all
meant to discourage you at all, just an experiance shared & thats what we
are all here for..................................................
Hugs, love, & luck...........Angie