Cedar Sinai in Los Angeles has the best adhesion clinic west of Florida. The motility clinic is run by Dr. Mark Pimentel, and the best colo-rectal surgeon I've ever had the honor of doing surgery on me is there also, named Philip Fleshner. They're both on the Cedar Sinai website. Reba
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From: "IAS Admin (Tracy)" <tracy.joslin@adhesions.org>
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> Sender: lkatn4@aol.com (Katkat)
> Subject: WHY do so many surgeons not believe in adhesions causing PAIN???
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> Hi all!
> I have been reading this site for awhile and have a question. I had my
> gallbladder removed last Dec and still have problems. When he removed
> it there were also extensive adhesions to my omentum and transverse
> colon areas. He removed them and the only way I found out about them
> was when I requested his report... Now a year later I still have many
> problems and pain on that side as well as a bad pain in upper right side
> right below rib area. My dr thought maybe I had hernia but I have had 2
> surgeons examine me as well as CT scan and MRI and they both ! say no
> hernia... I am thinking it might be more adhesions?? WHY don't
> adhesions show up on anything? Or can they? I had multiple testings done
> before I had gallbladder out also and not ONCE did any dr say oh I see
> adhesions in there!!!
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> I am very discouraged because the surgeon I saw yesterday basically told
> me WE (he means the surgical community I guess) do NOT believe adhesions
> cause pain!!!!! And when I tried to further question him about it he
> basically blew me off. I asked him if by chance he knew of any dr's or
> surgeons that specifically dealt with adhesions and he said OH NO, there
> is NO SUCH THING!!! Gawdddd.... I was so frustrated when I left there.
> Now I am not 100% sure that is my problem but it is worth a shot since
> everything else has been ruled out. And I did have extensive adhesions
> in this same area where I still have pain.
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> S! o I gue ss my questions are, is there any dr's that specialize in this?
> And do adhesions actually cause pain? And why can't these adhesions be
> seen with these tests? And lastly WHY did this surgeon dismiss me so? I
> don't get it!
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> I live in the southern california area. So if anyone knows of any dr's
> out this way I would really appreciate it!
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