Believe in yourself...Trust your feelings...

From: Helen Dynda (olddad66@runestone.net)
Thu Sep 5 17:05:07 2002


NONE of the following tests have the capability to diagnose adhesions or endometriosis: Blood tests, X-ray procedures, CT scans, MRIs, Ultrasound, etc.!!!!!

The only way adhesions and/or endometriosis can be diagnosed is via a diagnostic laparoscopy!! However, a diagnostic laparoscopy can be a "Catch 22 situation" in that this procedure can also cause adhesions to form (de novo adhesions) or re-form. Every surgical procedure will cause adhesions!! The formation of adhesions is the way the human body heals and protects itself . This is a completely natural and normal occurence!!

Adhesion related disorder (ARD) is an adhesion sufferer's worst nightmare - causing so much physical and emotional pain and filling lives with so much indecision. As if that weren't enough, in time the effects of ARD also begin to affect the lives of our families, our relationships and our jobs. This inordinate control by ARD has the power to erode and change our lives - and not necessarily for the best!

It is so important to: Believe in yourself. Trust the feelings you have about your pain - and tell it like it is. Don't let any doctor tell you that your pain is all in your head!! You have the right to be listened to and treated with respect - nothing less!!

Now set your anxieties aside and take control of your health!! If you are being mistreated in any way by a doctor, please accept this as a sign that it's time to look for a doctor who will treat you with compassion and respect. You will "know" when you have found the right doctor for you - when he/she "does you no harm!! Don't settle for anything else!!

In Friendship,

Helen


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