in Beverly Hills and had surgery with a Dr. Phillip Fleshner. That was in December and I have been both off the pain meds with the help of a pain specialist and totally free from pain. It's so liberating, I'm like a new person! I was on the opiates for 2 1/2 years, so I can tell you all about addiction. I beat it, though, and so can you. I used Suboxone with great success and have been completely off all medication since January 29th 2006.
I'll keep you in my prayers. Reba
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Sent: Sunday, July 09, 2006 5:51 PM
Subject: new here - adhesion help
Sender: jen.ford@telus.net (Jen)
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> Hello. How on earth have I missed this website? Now that I've found it
> where do I go? My story began several years ago when I had a laparotomy
> to remove a large (24cm) mass on one of my ovaries. Pathology showed it
> was a form of ovarian cancer, so several months later I was admitted to
> a cancer center where they performed a second laparotomy to perform a
> cancer staging. And again, several months after that, another
> laparotomy to remove more 'masses' which were benign. This was 2-3
> years ago and now I have considerable excruciating pelvic pain. The
> surgeons have told me it is caused by adhesions and neuropathy. /