Re: Anyone have good luck with a laparotomy? I'm scheduled for Feb. 17!!
From: Sally Grigg (LostCst@mcn.org)
Wed Jan 29 15:35:41 2003
At Wed, 29 Jan 2003, Amanda wrote:
>
>My dr after doing a laparoscopy in Jan '02, said my adhesions were so
>dense he
>could barely get the scope anywhere. Anyway, I've still had a lot of
>pain &
>had no luck in getting pg-except 3 mths after the lap, then I lost the
>baby at
>9 1/2 weeks. I've been on fertility med,had tons of fertility tests,
>but my
>dr says my ovaries are encased in adhesions, as well as a lot of other
>organs.
>So-after a lot of thought & a lot of dr's & more tests, we decided on
>the
>laparotomy. I want to know if anyone has had good luck with this
>surgery or
>if they just experienced more pain. What kind of adhesion barrier was
>used?
>Thanks! Amanda
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Dear Amanda, Its hard to say this, but I didn't want a laporotomy
even when I was dying from appendicitis. Please go onto the quilt
and read other people's stories. Are you functioning normally? Do
your organs work? If you are prone to adhesions you may be starting
down a slippery slope to agony and eventually death. I know that sounds
alarming, but read Karla's story. There are no barriers that work on
most people available in the U.S.A. However, Europe, Australia and
other places are using SprayGel which is currently being tested in
this country. Many people, myself included, have decided to have a
laproscopic surgery done by Dr. Kruschinski near Frankfurt, Germany.
He is excellent, plus he uses SprayGel and does not use carbon dioxide.
I am not saying this to alarm you, but there are many years worth of
experience on this board, and you need to educate yourself before you
make a deision that potentially you will regret. I know the desire to
have children is strong, but adhesion prone people need to have special
surgeons work on them. There are only a very few in the world who are
good enough to keep from hurting your organs while they take down the
adhesions. Please, please read the quilt, past emails, etc before you
let anyone do a laporotomy on you. With kindest regards and with only
good intentions, Love, Sally Grigg