-- At Sat, 2 Nov 2002, morrisey wrote: > >Rosemary and all, > >I am new to this website and fairly new to the pain of adhesions. My >name is Kim (32 yrs old.) and I just want to say thank you to all who >have posted the invaluable information that appears on this board. Up >until I found this board I spent very emotional weeks and months of >feeling extremely alone in my pain (since all the doctors I have been to >day in and out are no help at all). > >I sent a quick e-mail to Dr. Redan and he left me a voicemail at 7 PM >at work the same day!! This is much more than I can say for my own OBGYN >office where I can't even get past the nurse on the phone. I will most >likely be forwarding my records to Redan and Reich and meeting with them >over the next few weeks in NY. I am battling two years of infertility >and almost a year of adhesion pain. My adhesions seem to keep affecting >my bladder and uterus (the two organs attach to one another. The >thought of another surgery is dreadful but I want to get pregnant and am >afraid of failure with very expensive assisted techniques with IVF, etc. >I also don't know if my body will let me get pregnant if my uterus is >bound to my bladder again....or if I will cause further damage than is >already there. > >I have been trying to read through many of the archives on this website >and the feedback on Redan and Reich seems very positive. If anyone has >any strong feelings on them can they share them with me? > >Rosemary, I would love an update on your sister if you have time to >share. Thanks again to all and I look forward to sharing more >experiences with this support group. > >Kim > >At Wed, 30 Oct 2002, morrisey wrote: >> >>Thank you so much for posting a reply....I just visited the website and >>printed all of the contact information. Good luck to your sister....I >>hope her recovery is smooth. I will keep yuour e-mail address in case I >>have any questions. Thanks again! >> >>At Tue, 29 Oct 2002, Rosemary F wrote: >>> >>>I just looked up Drs. Redan & Reich's email address for you. It's >>>http://www.adlap.com. The only problem you may encounter is the fact that >>>these doctors do not participate in any insurance. I'm not sure how >>>much my sister's surgery is going to cost out of pocket as her surgery >>>was just last week. I would be more than happy to answer any of your >>>questions. If you want, you can email me to my personal account. I >>>wish you luck with your research. Rosemary >>> >>>At Tue, 29 Oct 2002, morrisey wrote: >>>> >>>>Does anyone know of any adhesion specialists in the NY area? I am >>>>recovering from a laporoscopy (adhesions from a prior surgery removed) >>>>and fear the adhesions are back again......not getting anywhere with my >>>>OBGYN. Any advice on doctors would be greatly appreciated. .