Donna, I wish you good luck. Your story is so familiar, I've had 24 abdominal surgeries for the removal of adhesions and their related complications. I'm in so much pain everyday it takes my life over. What are you going to have done in Germany? Who are you seeing? If you don't mind telling me. I'm desperate. I've gone from the East coast to the West coast having surgeries along the way, and they can't get in with a laproscope, they have to do the laprotomy every time. I keep hearing I'm the worst they have ever seen. I don't know what to do, HELP!! Kathi
-----Original Message----- From: IAS Admin (Tracy) <tracy.joslin@adhesions.org> To: Multiple recipients of list ADHESIONS <adhesions@mail.obgyn.net> Sent: Mon, 2 Jun 2008 9:03 pm Subject: SprayGel Hope Sender: "Donna Johansen" <donnajohansen@telus.net> Subject: Re: SprayGel Hope
Hi Debbie, The more I hear from people who suffer from this the more I think all doctors need to be tied by their noses and drug to Germany to see what is going on there. What the hell is wrong here? I have a theory. This is for the most part a woman's issue. It isn't so very long ago that breast cancer wasn't taken seriously. A woman's issue. I am scheduled for knee replacement in the summer but it has taken me a long time and in the end I had to insist. In addition to the adhesion nightmare I am dealing with end stage arthritis throughout my spine and knees. A study in my area (Vancouver, BC) found that men were taken more seriously and given their needed replacement before women were. Women were and are made to suffer more. r phone.