At Thu, 19 Jun 2003, Helen Dynda wrote:
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>Dear Karen,
>As I read your message about your ordeal in trying to find a doctor, who could/would help restore Melissa's health, I couldn't help but feel that you were writing about my ordeal too!!
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>My ordeal differs from yours and Melissa's only in that I did NOT have anyone to advocate in my behalf. I've had to trod that path alone for almost half of my life--ever since a laparotomy in February 1970 caused massive adhesions that attached my omentum to my abdominal wall - 33 years ago!!
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>I was age 39 when my ARD story began; and, at age 72, I am still searching for a resolution to my chronic pain. I'm not so sure that "Intertissual scarring from a laparotomy in 1970" is the cause of the chronic pain I endure each day.
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>http://www.adhesions.org/forums/ADHESIONS.0208/0320.html
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>When the time is right, I hope you and Melissa will want to arrange a meeting with the district senator or representative from your state - with the purpose being to seek his/her assistance in writing up a citation or resolution about ARD that will eventually be approved by the state of Texas.
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>It is not my intention to downplay what you and Melissa have been through. What you have shared, is information that needs to be heard and "shouted from the rooftops"!!
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>I say "Amen" to everything you have shared - especially at the following website:
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>http://www.adhesions.org/forums/ADHESIONS.0306/0205.html
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>Thank you for sharing!!
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>Love, Helen