Re: can ANYONE give me this info?-Surgery

From: Millie (milliem@citlink.net)
Mon Sep 1 21:14:32 2003

Nancy, I am sorry to seem too inquisitive, but did you have to pay Drs. R & R a few thousand upfront? That's what I was quoted back in 2001. But due to my own foul-up, they cancelled me out. The gastro who sent me for a pelvic/abdominal Ct scan and then did a colonoscopy on me, left word that he wants me to see a surgeon for an exploratory. I am going to call him tomorrow, as I need his answers as to how much trouble he had passing the pediatric scope, and as to how serious he thinks the enlargement of the sigmoid muscle wall is. He told me that both tests were o.k. But how can they be, if the Ct showed the muscle hypertrophy? I had to read it for myself on written report. He never told me. I am so afraid of more surgery, more pain, and even more afraid of ending up with an ostomy. I have never hurt so much for so long. I've lost over 10 lbs. in a month, or less. You may send a reply to my personal email, if you prefer. Thanks. Millie.

>----- Original Message -----
From: "Nancy" <anonymous@msn.com> To: "Multiple recipients of list ADHESIONS" <adhesions@dns.obgyn.net> Sent: Monday, September 01, 2003 6:40 PM Subject: Re: can ANYONE give me this info?-Surgery

> I just had surgery with them last week in Wilkes Barre, PA. They also
> work in Scranton and New York City (or so I am told). Call the 877
> phone number from the http://www.adlap.com web site. You can also submit your
> history from that web site.
>
> I'm still recovering, but I can tell that my pain is greatly improved.
> Since this was my 6th surgery, I know that I have to wait for a while to
> provide an accurrate long term assessment. I found them to be the most
> knowledgeable about the endometriosis/adhesions problem than any other
> surgeon I've seen. They also gave me a video of the whole procedure so
> I could see exactly what went on. The others only gave me snap shots.
>
> Once again, I'm hopeful. In a few weeks I am also going to explore
> physical therapy to stretch any adhesions that do form. Dr. Gerhart
> applied something he called sepragel after he was finished with the
> lysis. He told me that they take Seprafilm, grind it up and mix it with
> lactated ringer solution to form a gel.
>
> I feel that this experience has left me the best prepared to move
> forward and take control of my recovery. I talked to Dr. Reich and Dr.
> Gerhart about the physical therapy and they told me that research has
> not proven that physical therapy will help, but that in theory it may.
> They also said it couldn't hurt. They are supportive, but both seem to
> believe that final surgical removal of the endometriosis is what is the
> most important part. They found it in some tricky areas so I believe
> that some was missed in the past.
>
> I can only hope and do my best.
>
> Nancy
>
> At Sun, 31 Aug 2003, MICHAEL MURRAY wrote:
> >
> >I had surgery with R & R in Scranton, Pa a few years back.
> >

>> >> ----- Original Message -----
> > From: 'Elan Management
> > To: Multiple recipients of list ADHESIONS
> > Sent: Sunday, August 31, 2003 9:02 PM
> > Subject: Re: can ANYONE give me this info?
> >
> > He has an office in Shavertown PA but the main one is on 5th Avenue in
NYC > >

>> >> ----- Original Message -----
> > From: MakeMineLatte@aol.com
> > To: Multiple recipients of list ADHESIONS
> > Sent: Sunday, August 31, 2003 9:49 PM
> > Subject: Re: can ANYONE give me this info?
> >
> > I think Dr's R&R are in Scranton, PA
>

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