Karen, Could you please send me pictures of before and after her surgery. I have not talked to you lately but I noticed you posting here. I would really appreciate it. I am so glad to hear that Melissa has her life back.
Lynn An old friend
>
>Thanks to David for helping to clear the confusion that might arise
>between the two barrier products!
>
>While we can understand clinical trials, the FDA, and the fact that the
>jury is still out regarding bona fide results of the SprayGel on patient ,
>we must also acknowledge the fact that it seems the US always lags
>behind in approving products that may restore life to a very ill person.
>
>We have all seen stories on 20-20, 60 minutes and other televised
>programs where a desperate American citizen is forced to look beyond
>our country, our medical system, etc, to find help for their particular
>medical situation. I recall only months ago an American family facing th
>fact that their son would soon lose his life due to an inoperable brain
>tumor.
>(Inoperable by US standards).
>The parents searched for help elsewhere and found it in another country.
>The segment was fascinating and one of the top neurologist
>in the US marveled that the young boy was saved by the procedure perform d
>outside our country; a procedure that the foreign doctor explained as
>"not that difficult to perform." He stated that they had faced these typ of
>
>tumors before and decided they must find a new entrance to the brain, ra her
>than the standard "learned" approach. The US surgeons advised the parent
>against the surgery, stating they would only hasten his death, they also
>doubted
>the procedure would work. The parents chose the operation. (what did the
>have to lose)?
>At the end of the segment, the foreign doctor was offering to teach the S
>surgeons the life saving procedure.
>
>I agree with David, NOTHING IS FOOLPROOF.......not even life. I have to
>disagree
>(sorry David) with the statement "even the best doctor with the best
>techniques
>will produce adhesions." This is true of US doctors and US procedures.
>Melissa
>is living proof that the 2 US surgeries caused further adhesion growth in
>her
>body. I disagree that it is true of "even the best doctor."
>
>I have a file full of photos of horrible adhesions ravaging my daughter's
>body.
>I also have complete photos of an adhesion free body after
>going to Germany. Dr. Kruschinski was the performing surgeon and deliver d
>to
>me photos of an adhesion free abdomen, pelvic, liver, diaphragm, stomach,
>etc.
>on Melissa's second look. .......the photos reveal there are no adhesio s
>and in
>fact the bowel looks shiny and healthy!
>
>I also have my daughter......true it has only been a short time since her
>surgery,
>but to date, we are seeing a new person that is out of bed, not throwing up,
>not
>holding her head in pain, her bowels are functioning, she no longer
>complains of stomach pain....she is able to eat, work in her yard, go to
>baseball
>games, and is starting to join in the game of LIFE once again. For this am
>forever
>grateful to God and the skill, talent, compassion, and hard work that Dr.
>Kruschinski
>has put forth to bring total health to the adhesion sufferer.
>
>I appreciate David's caution, as we must all weigh the evidence, the pos s,
>the
>circumstances, the products, the doctors, etc........he is right......no one
>has a
>magic wand..............but, we must remember, there will never be a mag c
>wand.
>I was not looking for a magic wand, I was looking for a doctor that would
>acknowledge
>that Melissa had no life, that she was not a hypochondriac, she was not
>depressed,
>she did not have Crohn's, she did not have IBS, she did not have spastic
>colon,
>and, and, and,.............she was sick.....sick from ARD.
>
>We must use caution, but we cannot throw the baby out with the bath wate .
>There is
>hope. We found it in Dr. Kruschinski and by traveling to Germany.
>
>Sincerely,
>
>Karen Steward
>
-- A new friend