Re: It's Me....Lesa
From: Karen Steward (kann@charter.net)
Tue Jun 17 22:48:29 2003
Lesa,
Well hallelujah! Another wild woman that does what SHE decides to do
instead
of what her "all knowing" surgeon advises...........I believe with the
options he gave
you, I would decide for myself what to do also!!!!!!!!! Geeez, what an
encouraging
fellow!!!!!! "Live with pain or die--take your choice, baby"......and then
HE has
the audacity to roll his eyes, hate this site and blast "all" ob/gyn
s????????
So sad, another one of those men that think they are God in the white coat..
........
Welcome to the land of the free and home of the brave!!!!!1............lol..
...................
I hope Dr. Kruschinski can help you---he is ONE man that will be honest
enough to
tell you if he can or can't!!!!!!!
Good luck,
Karen
-------Original Message-------
From: adhesions@adhesions.org
Date: Tuesday, June 17, 2003 10:07:28 PM
To: Multiple recipients of list ADHESIONS
Subject: It's Me....Lesa
Hello Everyone! When I previously posted my "It's Been A Long Time" email,
I thought I had re-subscribed to the forum but I guess I didn't. I had a
couple of responses to my post but those people emailed me directly (thank
you, you know who you are). But....I didn't realize that until now. So, if
anyone responded to my first post, please forgive me for not answering as I
thought that no one responded except the people I've been communicating with
--
I went to UCLA today to speak with the surgeon that did my bowel
reconstruction and stuff in 1999. He pretty much told me I had two choices
as far as he was concerned:
#1 - Live with the pain
#2 - Die
He said doing surgery on me for anything but a life threatening problem
would be stupid and might kill me. My history is so complicated but I've
had my share of surgeries. He wants me to get an upper and lower GI to rule
out an obstuction. He thinks because of the pain I'm in and the symptoms I
have (throwing up and not pooping) that I just might have an obstruction.
He said if I do, then we'll talk about options but until then, I should just
deal with it.
I mentioned the adhesion website, he rolled his eyes and said "I hate that
website" I mentioned Germany and he said "All gynecologists think that
taking down of adhesions is the answer for all abdominal pain" I could of
killed him right then and there.
I am going to email Dr. K in Germany, tell him of my long and complicated
life and see what he says.
Thanks to all who responded to my first post that I didn't get and I hope to
hear from you all soon.
Lesa