Re: In Pain Again and Need Some Advice.....Some answers to your questions..

From: kim morrisey (morrisee@optonline.net)
Tue Nov 26 12:58:33 2002


Helen and Robin,

Thanks for taking the time to respond to my questions. Yesterday I sent an e-mail to Lisa Graven for some more details. Today, I sent an e-mail to Dr. Reich to ask him whether he is performing surgery in Germany. I will await responses and hopefully be on the road to recovery soon. I am soooo anxious to put this behind me and am committed to seeking out the BEST doctors and methods available!! If I could, I would be on a plane to Germany next week.

Thanks again for your support. I will post more when I find out some details. I am somewhat new to adhesion problems (have only developed problems this year) but have had many tests performed in an effort to diagnose....MRIs, CatScans, colonscopy, small bowel series, cystoscopy, etc. If I can be of any assistance to anyone please let me know!

Kind regards, Kim

At Mon, 25 Nov 2002, Helen Dynda wrote: >
>Dear Kim,
>
>I have responded to your questions - within your message (below)...
>
>Love, Helen D.
>
>At Mon, 25 Nov 2002, kim morrisey wrote:
>
>I am confused as to my next steps...here are some questions:
>
>1.) I have had an MRI - is it safe to assume adhesions will not show up
>on a pelvic MRI?
>
>H> A diagnostic laparoscopy is the only way adhesions and endometriosis
>can be diagnosed!!
>
>2.) Is another surgery the only answer for diagnosing this?
>
>H> Yes...BUT your best chance is with either Dr. Matthias Korell at
>Duisburg, Germany or Dr. Daniel Kruschinski at Frankfurt, Germany. Both
>are very experienced laparoscopic surgeons - and they are very skilled
>in performing technically difficult surgical procedures.
>
>3.) If I do need another surgery, what are my next steps for finding a
>doctor? I am in NY area, and know of Reich and Redan. However, I know
>we don't have spray gel in the US yet. How long would it take for me to
>get an appointment and surgery scheduled in Germany with Dr. Kruchinski?
>How would I go about setting this up? Does Dr. Reich also perform
>surgery in Germany with Dr. Kruchinski?
>
>H> Dr. Kruschinski's website is at: http://www.EndoGyn.com/ . Dr.
>Reich was injured in a bike accident in August or September. Depending
>on how his recovery is going, Dr. Reich was planning to perform some
>surgeries (not full-time though) at Frankfurt. The only way to know for
>sure if Dr. Reich will be performing surgery with Dr. Kruschinski is
>to email Dr. Kruschinski at: Daniel.Kruschinski@endogyn.com .
>
>H> Lisa Graven (Lilylover5555@aol.com) has had surgery with Dr.
>Kruschinski -- and she is the Patient Advocate for Dr. Kruschinski's
>patients. If you write to Lisa, she will provide you with up-to-date
>information as to what is involved in planning a trip to Frankfurt,
>Germany.


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