" As you know from reading these postings, surgery causes adhesions. The more surgery, the more adhesions. " Get a second and third opinion, and if you HAVE TO have more surgery, chose a Dr. who has extensive experience working with patients with adhesions.
" You may want to consider that you may have an allergy to latex - and/or the powder in latex gloves/products. Ask your surgeon - and the entire surgical team - to use NON LATEX gloves and tubing. These are becoming more available in hospitals as medical professionals are developing latex allergies themselves.
" I developed an allergy to latex out of the blue, while wearing a regular band-aid (just the type you buy at the grocery or drug store). A rash, similar to a second degree burn quickly develops, then my skin dies and peels off."
From: A. Trent (atrent9@hotmail.com); June 24, 2002 10:47 AM