Re: actions to the Intergel
From: anna smith (annasmith_007@msn.com)
Mon May 19 11:09:41 2003
At Fri, 11 May 2001, joanne Thorpe wrote:
>
>Hi all,
>Well, I am now 5 weeks post op and getting stronger everyday. I was in
>such a brain fog! I just wanted to sleep most of the day. What I wanted
>to discuss was allergic reactions to the Intergel. When I came home
>from Germany I completely fell apart. It wasn't until then that all the
>swelling started. I had the same thing last year and so now I am sure
>that it must be the Intergel. It felt as though everything was too big
>to fit in my abdominal cavity and so everything hurt from my back to my
>ribs. It is like living with the flu without the nausea or vomiting!
>And the pain was unbelievable. There was no relief at all but lying
>down made it tolerable. The first 2 weeks were the hardest and then it
>slowly started to get better. I was swallowing gas pills and Motrin and
>thank God I was still on the Methadone or I wouldn't have made it. By 4
>weeks it was almost completely gone. I am now only having pain where he
>took out the nerve mass. But everyday it gets better and I am now
>taking a half of a pill instead of 2 pills at a time! And today I swam
>in my pool for 15 minutes. I would go through it again in a minute just
>to be adhesion free. I hope this helps people who are afraid of the
>Intergel. I do know, however, that there are those who have had severe
>reactions and I am not sure what their symptoms are. Hope this answers
>some questions. Love, Joanne
--
Could any please contact me at my e-mail with an information on severe reactions to barrier gel. Please this very urgent??