Re: Doctors in Chicago
From: Karen Steward (kann@charter.net)
Tue Jun 17 10:46:50 2003
Sherry,
I agree with the post this morning from Connie. Also, I would LOVE to know
who your
US doctor was, as there are people writing me that cannot go to Germany due
to the
fact that they have no funds and their insurance will not cover the "out of
country".
I didn't see that Carolyn claimed her results were any better than anyone
else's, so I
really didn't understand the attack on her post.........she was merely
telling HER story.
Again, please tell us YOUR story since you have had success...........please
don't rain
on Carolyn's parade unwarranted............and leave us hanging on your
story.........
I can tell an equal story about my own daughter and surgery in the US---and
it will be
much the same as Carolyn's.........I spent 13 plus years trying to find
Melissa help.
She had 2 surgeries in the US and within 4 months of the first surgery, she
was very
ill again--but more importantly, never felt ANY relief after that surgery...
.... in fact, I
was bouncing around her living room right after the first surgery, in
ecstasy, as I had
PROOF finally of her illness,
(photos) and PROOF the problems had been removed (photos)...........when
Melissa
said after many hours of seeing my joy, "Mom, I really hate to tell you
this---I still FEEL
very, very, sick--just as before".................WHAT???? How could that
be?? I was certain she was mistaken, but I said nothing. My mind couldn't
comprehend what she was saying....and
I KNEW my daughter had held it in as long as she could--------she had
watched me for hours, smiling, laughing, rejoicing over the "problem" being
removed!!!!!! She didn't want to tell me
her body felt the same..... but only hurt a little more due to the surgery.
A second surgery in California left her in bed for 8 weeks upon our return
home........and as ill as ever. Mind you, the surgeon was "world renowned",
a wonderful person, etc...........BUT, once again..........she still hurt...
........and once again, same pain, with the additional surgery pain.
For us, the third time was the charm, as they say............Melissa too
had surgery with Dr. Kruschinski in Germany. Upon being wheeled down the
hall into her room at the Emma Klinik,
Melissa looked up at me rather groggily and said, "Mom.......I feel
different this time"............
within HOURS she was ready to get out of bed (although she was not allowed
to) and immediately began telling me her breathing felt different (Dr.
Kruschinski had already told me "adhesions on diaphragm--she will breathe
better now)..........the next day she was walking the hall so fast that I
was worried she would hurt herself.........granted, other women that had had
surgery weren't moving like Melissa, but they were not as young either...
another American woman said, as they passed in the hall, "you'd better slow
down"..............lol..............
Melissa was afraid to speak too much that she really felt better---------as
she had been sick for so many years and the 2 prior surgeries that had not
helped her left her so saddened and angry that she had fought me about going
to Germany (convinced it would be a worthless trip)..............THAT IS HOW
THE US SURGERIES AFFECTED MY DAUGHTER!!
So, all that said.........whew......this is why Carolyn is happy......same
reason we are happy.........she and Melissa FELT DIFFERENT RIGHT AFTER
SURGERY.......not something
that was achieved after US surgery.
Melissa and I were walking downtown, by the river, etc. on the third day
after her surgery with Dr. Kruschinski. The next day, we went again.......
and then she began saying her intestines "seemed to be trying to work"......
.....she had surgery pain, but was not intolerable and she was on very
little pain medication (for surgery pain)............Melissa was one of the
few that had to have more surgery at her second look and that surgery was a
little harder to jump up from.........but, still not as bad as what she had
had in the US...........by the time we boarded the plane to fly home she was
opening up a little, talking more, etc........but still rather reserved--and
the suspense was killing me..............
during the flight she said, "Mom, I am a little worried.........I can no
longer feel my intestines........it makes me think something is wrong.......
.even though I am not hurting in my stomach like I was, I can't feel my
intestines...........and it is making me worry...........you feel your
intestines, don't you???"
I realized then, she had NO recollection of what wellness felt like.........
..and I had to cry........I gently explained to her, "No, you are not
SUPPOSE to feel your intestines".................then she began telling me
that her stomach had felt SO relaxed since surgery that she thought
something HAD to be wrong!
Dr. Kruschinski said there was not an area of Melissa's large or small
bowel that did not have adhesions............loops and loops and loops of
adhesions..........and he stated to me after her
surgery "food could not pass through"...................
I was told in the US surgeries, "her bowel is not involved".............
So, Sherry, no one is stating anything "for certain"...........as we all
know LIFE is uncertain.
Carolyn was only stating her experience and how glad she is to be FREE from
the pain of adhesions.
There was a difference after the surgery with Dr. Kruschinski, a difference
that is FELT in the
body, a difference that makes you want to share with others................
Best Wishes,
Karen
-------Original Message-------
From: adhesions@adhesions.org
Date: Monday, June 16, 2003 07:20:30 PM
To: Multiple recipients of list ADHESIONS
Subject: Re: Doctors in Chicago
I don't mean to be a skeptic, but truth is, guess I am. When did you have
your surgery in Germany? Is it not true that adhesions can reoccur even
years later? How do you know that you are absolutely going to be adhesion
free?
--
I had an adhesiolysis here in the U.S. in December and am still adhesion
free. How do we know for sure your results will be any better than mine?
Again, don't mean this harshly in any way...just don't see how you all can
know for certain that your results will be better than mine or anyone elses.
Sherry