At Fri, 17 Jan 2003, mary wrote:
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>I have been dealing with adhesions and the pain that they cause for the
>last 2 years. I have found that a lot of Doctors think they don't cause
>real pain, I even at one point lats year had a "Pain Management
>Specialist" tell me to keep taking more pain medication even, though it
>wasn't working. I would be interested in chatting with anyone about
>this problem, I live in oregon and have yet to find anyone who is
>dealing with the same stuff. I found this site and was amazed to
>realize I'm not the only one in this mess alone. I just had surgery
>again on Jan 2. So far I am pain free, my surgeon found a huge band of
>scar tissue wrapped around my small intestine and bowel. He used the
>barrier product in hopes of keeping me pain free for awhile. I really
>hope it works.
-- Christine