>----- Original Message -----
From: "Lisa" <lilylover5555@aol.com>
To: "Multiple recipients of list ADHESIONS"
<adhesions@mail.medispecialty.com>
Sent: Tuesday, November 05, 2002 6:33 PM
Subject: I'm home.....again
> Hello everyone,
> I just got home from Frankfurt. As many of you know I went back with
> Sally for her surgery. Helen has kept you all updated on Sally and I'll
> wait and let her tell you about her experience.
> I will however tell you about my trip, and why I went back. Again as
> many of you know I had my adhesiolysis with Dr. Kruschinski in July. I
> came home 100% adhesion free! However I continued to have some problems.
> I had a tight knotted feeling up by my ribs even before the first
> surgery. During that surgery Dr. Kruschinski found a very big vascular
> adhesion attached from my liver to my naval, so that is what I
> attributed that pain to. Except it never went away, and at times got
> very severe. And as usual the doctors here all had different opinions,
> they ran tests-blood work, ultra-sounds, CT scans. My lipase level is
> slightly elevated, but not much. They suspected pancreatitis, but none
> of them would give me a definate answer, just the usual run-around! I
> have stayed in contact with Dr. Kruschinski, since I am the patient
> advocate for Frankfurt,and he is my doctor, he advised me through all of
> it, which was wonderful- a little bit of sanity I could trust and count
> on. I'm just a little pessimistic(sp?) when it comes to doctors here in
> the US!
> When Sally made her decision to have surgery in Frankfurt, I also
> decided to make the trip and see if I could get some answers.Dr.
> Kruschinski offered to do a third look to convince me and my family(who
> were sure my adhesions were back) that my pain was not from adhesions.
> That was a really tough decision for me, but I had to admit that after
> my past experiences with adhesions that I wasn't competely sure they
> were gone either. So to prove it to myself, my family, my doctors, and
> all of you here on the board, I went for it and had the third look. I'm
> thrilled that I am still adhesion free and always will be, God willing!
> I had the pictures to prove it. The pictures are beautiful(to me
> anyway)Normal... without any adhesions!! So I'm here to say that the
> combination that Dr. Kruschinski offers to the ARD sufferer simply
> can't be beat!!! I'm proof of that, 3 months later! Anyone interested in
> finding out more about what is available in Frankfurt, please feel free
> to contact me!!
> Lisa
>