Re: When people are looking for doctors
From: kann (stew@cowtown.net)
Wed Nov 13 21:34:25 2002
karla,
I tend to agree with you. I think a person should only have surgery if they
feel it is VERY necessary. In our experience, there are doctors that are
eager to operate and I am not sure it is for "patient benefit". There are
also doctors that actually have your best interest at heart. I am leery of
any doctor that comes across as "my way or the highway"......we hit the road
running (and there have been several). One called my daughter on her cell
phone and told her not to bring "your mom" back with her anymore. She was
LIVID. Normally a quite person, she read him his rights!!! I was beyond
belief! He had begun as one of the most seemingly best doctors Melissa had
been to. She and I kept noticing that one woman in his office treated us
terribly!! After his phone call to Melissa, we later found out the woman was
his wife!!! So, what was up her crack--who knows??? We gladly took his
advice tho, not only did I not show up (with her), neither did Melissa.
just want you to know, I think it is sometimes difficult to post what you
REALLY think and, I agree.
karen
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From: adhesions@adhesions.org
Date: Wednesday, November 13, 2002 06:13:55 PM
To: Multiple recipients of list ADHESIONS
Subject: When people are looking for doctors
I would like to make a statement here. So often we have people who come to
this site looking for doctors in their area who are knowledgeable about
adhesions...or who can help them with their adhesions, but are we helping
them when we just give out names? As we have all learned, many doctors say
they know about adhesions...they even come out and tell you that they can
cure adhesions (a while back there was a doctor that advertised he could
cure anyone of adhesions in 13 or less surgeries). We, the unsuspecting
patients, trust them. But soon we find ourselves pain ridden again and full
of adhesions. After these "experts" take our money we are left to our own
pain...them unwilling to help us. It is my firm belief that as people come
to this site we need to help them as much as possible, but at the same time
we need to warn them they need to be extremely cautious in seeking out
doctors. They need to be told to educate themselves by re! ading this site
and digging into the archives. Tell them to read the stories on the quilt.
If they feel that they need to have surgery then they should proceed very
carefully because there is no "cure" offered here in the states and only now
is there any hope that answers lie either in the future here or in other
countries now. As adhesion sufferers we need to avoid surgery at all costs.
...unless it is a medical emergency. Pain, itself, is not a medical
emergency and while very uncomfortable, is something that we can live with.
I am not saying that we should'nt see doctors.....but find a doctor that is
educated into adhesions as we are educated. That is often not the case. I
have found a large number of doctors that are very sympathetic to my cause
and would bend over backwards to help, but at the same time that help could
kill me and that is not where I am willing to go.
Please understand that I am not saying that anybody has done anything wrong.
But, I do believe that we have all forgotten to give the warnings to people
I understand that we need to present things positively...that can be
achieved if we take the time to think about how we say it. As for me, well
the old-timers on here know....I'm pretty blunt. I need to start telling
people like it is. DON'T HAVE ANYMORE SURGERY unless its a medical
emergency. Don't end up like me!
God Bless!
Karla
cindy shruhan <cindyandbobby@webtv.net> wrote:
HI LINDA DARLINA, BOY WE ARE CLOSE, IM IN VEGAS, I WILL EMAIL YOU
PERSONALLY VERY SHORTLY ON DOCTOR'S FOR YOUR AREA, I JUST GOT THE
WEBSITE FROM TISH, SO I WILL GET THAT GOING FOR YOU, AND KEEP ME POSTED
IF YA NEED MORE HELP, THIS BOARD HAS MORE THAN I CAN EVER SAY, SO LET US
ALL KNOW WHAT YA NEED MY FRIEND, AND GREAT JOB ON THE POSTINGS, GO
GIRL..LOVE CINDY SHRUHAN.............. DOCTOR'S NEED FOR THIS
WONDERFULN NEW MEMBER, IM ALSO EMAILING INFO TO HER, BUT AGAIN, ANY HELP
WOULD BE GREAT, THIS IS OUR LINDA GARCIA, SHE NEEDS DOCTOR'S FOR THE
AREA OF FORT COLLINS, COLORADO ARE..VERY URGENTLY NEEDED, SO IM OFF TO
SEND THE WEBSITE..HANG IN HERE KAREN..YOUR IN MY PRAYERS..LOVE YA
ALL....... cindyandbobby@webtv.net
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