>----- Original Message -----
From: "anna smith" <annasmith_007@msn.com>
To: "Multiple recipients of list ADHESIONS"
<adhesions@mail.medispecialty.com>
Sent: Monday, May 19, 2003 11:10 AM
Subject: Re: actions to the Intergel
> 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??
>