Re: IMPORTANT INFO, PLEASE ALL MY FRIENDS AT IAS READ THIS..TEST THAT DONT SHOW ADHESIONS..

From: Robin M (rmasse2333@aol.com)
Mon Oct 14 08:46:07 2002


I just want to put my 2 cents in. I think it is a good idea to go through the tests. I have had all of them. Several DRs have remarked that there were no other test for me to have. I had a barum enema test done. They did find polups that I had removed during a colonoscopy. At the time they were neither cancerous or pre cancerous, but, they could have been! But it explained why sometimes I had blood in my stool. & the colonoscopy proved my intestines were not twisted or being pulled in any direction, but someone else might be able to find out that their intestines are involved in their adhesions. Also, if you have the tests that the Dr recomends, then you prove to him/her, that you are wanting to do everything you can to rule out other posibilities. And it also goes to prove that adhesions don't show up on any test. I once told a Dr I didn't want any more tests, & he told me then it must be that I want drugs more than I wanted to find out what was wrong with me. Of course, most of my tests are paid for by my insurance company. Many have not been, & I just paid then & added them to the cost of adhesions & the related problems. This isn't a silent "illness". It costs us with money problems, Mental problems, family problems, relationship problems & the list goes on. I think everyone should think about if they should have the tests or not. Each person has to be responsible for their own health. robin M

At Sun, 13 Oct 2002, cindy shruhan wrote: >
>HI, JUST A FAST NOTE, I HAVE BEEN READING ALOT OF YA ARE SPEAKING ABOUT
>HAVING TESTING DONE, ONLY TO SHOW NEGATIVE RESULTS...PLEASE LISTEN, THIS
>IS EXALLY WHAT I WENT THROUGH BEFORE I FINALLY HAD MY ADHESIONS
>DETECTED, WITH MY FIRST SURGERY IN ABDOMEN IN 1981, THEN 2ND AB SURGERY,
>ALSO A 3RD AB SUGERY, ALL FOR INFERTILTY PROBLEMS, BUT..THIS WAS 19
>YEARS AGO, LIKE SO MANY YOUR FEELING YOUR PAIN EXALLY ABOUT THE TIME I
>DID..MY POINT, I HAVE ULCERATIVE COLITIS, AND I WANT YOU TO KNOW THIS
>DOCTOR HAS BEEN IN EVERY OPEN PART OF MY BODY, EVERY TEST THAT IS OUT
>THERE, HE HAS DONE..AND NOT ONE TIME DID ANY OF THEM SHOW, THAT ON MY
>RIGHT SIDE, WAS AT LEAST 7-8 LBS, OF ADHESIONS EXALLY WHERE THE ORIGINAL
>PAIN STARTED, THESE TEST DO NOT ALWAYS SHOW ADHESIONS, THEY ACTUALLY
>NEED SOME BETTER TYPE OF TESTING, AS WE CAN SEE WITH MY CASE, I LOOKED 9
>MOS PG..SO IM SURE SOME OF YOU ARE IN THIS SITUATION...TEST LIE..I HAVE
>IBS, I HAVE COLITIS, AND THIS ADHESION PAIN IS SO FAR REMOVED FROM THAT,
>ITS SCARY...IBS HURTS ALOT, ADHESIONS WILL SEND YOU TO THE ER ROOM..SO
>JUDGE YOUR PAIN ON A 1-10, AND I THINK MAYBE A SECOND OPINION..HAVE YOU
>ALL HAD EVERY TEST OUT THERE THATS AVAILABLE..MRI'S ETC, ETC..THERE ARE
>ALOT, IBS CAN BE DIAGNOISED..WITHOUT HESITATION IF CORRECT TESTING HAS
>BEEN DONE..BUT THEN AGAIN, I HAD THEM ALL. AND I STILL HAD ADHESIONS SO
>BAD, THAT ALL MY DOCTORS WERE SHOCKED. AND SAID TO ME HOW SORRY THEY
>WERE, NOT TO HAVE LISTENED TO ME, THEY COULD NOT BELIEVE I WAS STILL
>HAVING BM'S DAILY ALSO, BUT THESE BM'S WERE ALL WATER..AGAIN, IM JUST
>WORRIED SOME OF YOU MIGHT NOT BE GETTING ALL THE INFO, AND TESTING DONE
>TO PROVE ITS IBS, OR SOMETHING ELSE..AGAIN, THE TEST DO NOT ALWAYS SHOW
>ADHESIONS, IM PROOF OF THIS..SO RE-THINK HOW YOUR PAIN REALY IS ON THAT
>SCALE, IF YOUR CERTAIN IT MIGHT BE ADHESIONS, YOU MIGHT BE RIGHT, I
>WAS...IM SORRY IF IM BUTTING IN, IM JUST WORRIED, THATS ALL, AND I
>CARE...EMAIL ME WITH QUESTIONS.JUST SOMEONE WHO IS IN THE SAME BOAT, AS
>WE ALL ARE...LOVE, AND FRIEND...CINDY SHRUHAN.....MY PERSONAL EMAIL
>IS..cindyandboby@webtv.net, I THANK GOD YOUR ALL OUR THERE FOR ME...MY
>HEART, AND PRAYERS ARE WITH YOU ALL...GOD BLESS


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