At Tue, 10 Jun 2003, Lesa wrote:
>
>Hello all! It's been a really long time since I've posted a message
>here. Things have been about the same with me. For all of you who
>don't know or remember me, I'm on the quilt, you can read my story
>there. Tonight I was searching the archives to see when I first began
>experiencing my "abscess", sure enough all the emails were there and I
>was able to gather all kinds of dates as to when this all first started.
>I have been taking oxycontin now for over a year and it seems to work
>well except for the past month or so the pain was fierce, nothing seemed
>to help, then all of a sudden....BOOM, my abscess was back with a
>vengeance. It popped on it's own this time and boy was it gross. I
>went to the doctor on monday and he just packed it, told me to go home,
>take it easy and come back tomorrow. I guess he's going to repack it, I
>don't know. I just want to know why after five years is it happening. I
>have an appointment with the surgeon at UCLA next Tuesday. I need your
>help...is the adhesion barrier that they have been using in Germany
>approved for use here in the US yet? I need to be loaded up on info so
>when I see the surgeon, he'll see that I've done my homework. Any info
>will be greatly appreciated. I need statistics, what has helped you?
>Has anyone had the surgery in Germany and can give me any advise/help?
>Has anyone had surgery here and has it been successful? I had the UCLA
>appointment already scheduled to see about doing the lysis of adhesions,
>the flare up of the abcess is just coincidental.
>
>So....any help/advise/etc. will be appreciated. I look forward to
>being a part of this site again.
>
>Love to all,
>Lesa