At Tue, 17 Dec 2002, Tonya Fleming wrote:
>
>I am new to this forum. Until yesterday, I thought I was the only one
>that suffered from adhesions. I live in Idaho and the doctors here are
>"small time" so they seem to not know anything about them. I have seen
>many doctors and they all seem to think that the pain is either in my
>head or I'm "drug-seeking". I'm tired of not being taken serious and
>not being diagnosed correctly. I've finally moved to the biggest city
>in Idaho and finally I'm gaining some ground on them believing me and
>running tests. But now I've been referred to a chronic pain center and
>told that there is nothing that can be done for me. I'm scared because
>I need a partial hysterectomy and am scared to death that the surgery
>will screw me up even more. I've already had 4 surgeries to remove the
>adhesions to my liver, bowels and ovaries. Now, one more surgery could
>put me even in more chronic pain. Has anyone out there got any
>suggestions on this? I am desperate to find help. I appreciate this
>site so much because until yesterday, I suffered in chronic pain alone.
>I don't know another sole in this world that has my problems. Thank God
>for you all.
>
>Merry Christmas to all
>Tonya
>
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>Tonya Fleming
>