Re: Truth, adhesions and the American Way

From: Carolyn J Meadows (lilly-lady@insightbb.com)
Mon Jun 30 23:26:03 2003


Well Sally, sounds like you and I are running a race to see who can outwork the other. Isn't it a wonderful feeling to be able to work after being sick so long with adhesions. One would never think how happy being able to work makes you, until no longer able to do it. I walked a mile this morning, did babysitting, power washed a patio, painted the patio, had bunches of company......that was just my day up and until around noon. Thank goodness no bears around here. So you see my life is very active also. I agree with you Sally everyone's health problems are personal and between them and their doctor. Why can people not just live and let live? Sounds like you have a wonderful husband, and that he is so caring of you. I have always felt your case was different than most with all the infection from the ruptured appendix. I don't think you will have to worry about anyone thinking you are not a caring and loving person Sally, and your honesty will never be questioned by me. You are always there to give those suffering comfort. You go girl!! My best wishes, Love Carolyn

>----- Original Message -----
From: "Sally Grigg" <LostCst@mcn.org> To: "Multiple recipients of list ADHESIONS" <adhesions@dns.obgyn.net> Sent: Monday, June 30, 2003 10:25 PM Subject: Truth, adhesions and the American Way

> Hello, all, well, its been quite a busy eight months. I first went
> to Dr. Daniel in Frankfurt at the end of Oct. 2002. I was so happy.
> I had been slowly dying and I'm sure most of you know what I'm talking
> about there. I felt great. My second look showed that spraygel had
> worked
> and I had no adhesions. More important for me, I could no longer feel
> them.
> Alas, my appendix ruptured, the local doctors did nothing, I got sicker
> and
> sicker. Finally my poor husband called Dr. Daniel and he talked to the
> local
> surgeon and urged her to not wait any longer. "Open her up". Well,
> that was a good thing. My appendix had burst and was in small pieces
> and I was more than
> filled with infection/pus. Major peritonitis. A month in the hospital,
> drains,
> NG tubes, uck. I could feel the adhesions were back. I went again to
> Germany. My husband, Bless his soul, had saved money to develop our Inn
> and he used that
> money with no complaint. He never once threw it in my face. I love him
> so much. Well, to make a long story shorter, it was a very long surgery
> and lots of kits of spray gel. I was filled with dozens and dozens of
> adhesions - an explosion
> of immense proportions almost requiring a laporotomy. I had a reaction
> to the
> spray gel. No one knows why,no one had had this same reaction before. I
> told you all about this in my email dated 3/6/2003 to this board. At
> that time we
> were still hoping that I would be adhesion free, but there were no
> quarantees.
> There were too many adhesions and my body had rejected the spray gel.
> Well, I have pain back again. I'm still working, functioning, and
> active. I helped with the sheep shearing, planted hundreds of flowers
> (the deer loved them), redecorated rooms, finished the new quilts for
> the rooms, and basically did a really good deep cleaning of the Inn and
> all its eight buildings, plus
> helped with the new trail through the mountains and woods. Got a little
> scared, never saw such a big bear (hopefully he's gone now.) Sorry to
> ramble so, but I wanted to give you an idea of how active I've been. But
> I've also got pains back. I'm going back to Germany and Dr. Daniel
> Kruschinski. I was really hoping that against all odds and even with
> the massive number of adhesions and the rejection of the spraygel, that
> I would be lucky and I would escape from those horrid adhesions. No
> such luck. I've told many of you this in private emails and I've also
> mentioned it in BomboBeach.com I also just received an email from
> Beverly Doucette basically calling me a fraud, a liar, and insinuating a
> "conspiracy" of some sort to cover up my "condition". Well, Beverly,
> I'm not going to do that or let you impugn my integrity. My medical
> condition is none of your business, but since I've brought it up on this
> board, where I've felt at home for so long, I do want everyone to know
> whats going on. If any one has questions, please ask them here or email
> me privately. I've always been available to talk to fellow adhesion
> sufferers. I'm not leaving this site unless I'm kicked off. I
> sincerely want everyone to get well and I'll do what I can to help
> people. I've always wanted to "love one another" and I'm perfectly
> willing to continue on that basis. With kindest regards to all, Sally
> Grigg
>


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