Take Charge of Your Health...

From: Helen Dynda (olddad66@runestone.net)
Sat Feb 1 22:25:00 2003


The first step in seeking help for adhesions related disorder (ARD) is educating yourself about adhesions and everything related to adhesions.

Based on my experience of having lived with ARD for 33 years (massive adhesions resulted from a laparotomy in February 1970), I know how important it is for an adhesion sufferer to learn as much as possible about ARD--and how ARD affects a person's life - physically, emotionally, psychologically and spiritually.

Currently, ARD is not recognized as being either a disease or disorder; however, on October 1, 2002, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS)--in conjunction with the National Center for Health Statistics--issued a new ICD-9 code for the application and administration of an adhesion barrier for the prevention of adhesions. This new code will finally give the CMS a means to track the use of adhesion barriers at the conclusion of a surgical procedure. To learn more about the ICD-9 Procedural Code 99.77: Enter: http://www.adhesions.org/ and click: Patient Advocacy.

The following website stresses the importance of learning as much as you can about the medical condition you are having to deal with.

X> Take Charge: The Five Cardinal Steps...VERY IMPORTANT!! http://www.epler.com/s_steps.html

X> The Extraordinary Story of Dr. Roberts http://www.epler.com/s_epsd1.html


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