Re: seprafilm
From: Rita Steele (steelerita@yahoo.com)
Tue Dec 17 14:17:44 2002
I had surgery for gall bladder adhesions on 07/29/02. Seprafilm was used in four different places. My duodenum, pancreas, colon, intestines, etc. were adherred to my liver. I am still in pain!!! I feel the Seprafilm did not help me. I am going to wait for Confluent Spray gel is available before I have another surgery.
Take Care,
Rita in AZ
webaholic@aol.com wrote:At Thu, 4 Nov 1999, toni welsh wrote:
>
>Has there been anyone here that the drs used seprafilm? I know the gyn
>used interceed on my surgeries, and he said that he felt it worked
>better!
>
>The general surgeon that I talked to, but he did one adhesion at a time,
>and he kept opening you up every 6 months to do one, after a NG test no
>one EVER heard of, he uses seprafilm. But the trouble with him, is mine
>are so extensive to do one at a time. he has a patient I saw her in his
>office last year, and he did 25 laparotomies on her! And she looked like
>it, and she was AOT younger than I am my husband even feaked out. My
>gyn said there is no reason to do ONE at a tme, would not even work in
>my case cause of the density and thickness. But the general he would
>work with could use seprafilm, but again like Interceed, there is not a
>quarantee. Like the pain center nrse said uesterday, they are going to
>have to find SOMETHING that WILL release these adhesions for people like
>us !
>
>Toni
HELP!!! I RECENTLY FOUND OUT ABOUT SEPRAFILM. I AM
A BACK SURGERY PATIENT. LONG STORY..BEGAN 2000. I
AM IN TREMENDOUS PAIN CONSTANTLY AND WONDER IF THIS
PROCEDURE WOULD HELP ME. ARE THERE ANY DRS. OUT THERE
THAT ARE FAMILIAR WITH THIS PROCEDURE FOR BACK PATIENTS?
PLEASE FEEL FREE TO RESPOND TO EMAIL ADDRESS. I AM DESPERATE
TO BE FREE OF PAIN AGAIN SO I MAY POSSIBLY RETURN TO WORK
SOMEDAY. THANK YOU.