At Wed, 25 Sep 2002, Tish wrote:
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>Dearest Charlie.
>Well of course i will keep you in my prayers..i will say special prayers
>for you..ok..
>Im sorry i have missed your story here on the board Charlie..my life is
>is just chaos right now..but i am wondering..ok so please bear with me.
> Is your pain problem solely related to adhesions???
>The reason i am concerned Charlie..is this..and i speak from
>experience..ok.
>Adhesions form after surgery..you know..and the more surgery you have
>the more adhesions you will end up with..you see my concern for you
>here...
>I had a TAH in 10-2000 by 11-2000 i was in such pain i could not even
>move..so by 5 2001 i had surgery with the scope to take down my
>adhesions..and i was pain free Ohh i was sooo happy..for about 2 weeks
>and then Charlie..the pain was back full force..to the poiint i was bed
>ridden...back on pain meds..til Nov 2001 and my ob-gyn said ok lets go
>in and do it again and this time i will put a barrier and fill you full
>of water afterwards so the adhesions will not come back ok...well life
>wwas wonderful again..no pain no meds no nothiing...for about 3 weeks
>this time...now i am more incapacitated than i have ever been...i cant
>work i cant stand i cant sit i cant lay down i can walk with incredible
>pain....then i found this forum and after reading everyones story on the
>quilt and talking to others here i realized that..SURGERY IS MAKING ME
>worse every single time...so finally i figured out that the only way
>that i am going to get well is to go to either Germany or Australia for
>surgery with spray gel..which is not approved in the US...yet..and with
>the skilled surgeons who are producing the only good results in getting
>rid of adhesions..
>So now Charlie..i am in Pain Management..and working on going to Germany
>for surgery..With Spray Gel.
>So please please Charlie..if you are simply looking to get rid of
>adhesions ..PLEASE i hope you will reconsider and consider going to
>Germany or Australia for surgery...or maybe get into pain
>management...and wait for Confluent Spray Gel to become available in
>US...
>Because as i already said (but cant say enoough) is that surgery is one
>of the causes of adhesions and chances are you may come out of this
>surgery in much more pain than you are already in ..
>The trip to Germany is not that expensive and my insurance company is
>willing to pick up alot of the cost ..so think about it ok Charlie..
>And i will be praying that you will bee leaad to make the correct
>decision foryou...and that you will be PAIN FREE very very soon.
>Much Love..
>Tish
-- Charlie