-- LisaAt Mon, 23 Jun 2008, WendyEbbe3@aol.com wrote: > >Hey All, >I'm in Minnesota the home of the so called famous Mayo Clinic and so far I >can't find a surgeon willing to even try operating on me. My last three >surgeries the Dr. did a laparotomy instead of laporoscopy. I can't handle getting >cut wide open again I wan to find a surgeon that can do it through >laporoscopy. My regular Dr. tried to get me into the mayo clinic twice and they said >they couldn't do anything for me. The surgeon I had last said she would call >the Mayo Clinic and they would call me but so far I have not heard anything. >The one thing I do know is that I can not go on like this for much longer. >Anyone know of a skilled surgeon in MN? I wish everyone the best of health and >hope that one day they will find a cure and we can all be pain free. >Wendy >========Original Message======== Subj: Re: trying to get help Date: >6/22/2008 11:34:28 P.M. Central Daylight Time From:
_carynlruzich@comcast.net_ >(mailto:carynlruzich@comcast.net) To: _adhesions@mail.obgyn.net_ >(mailto:adhesions@mail.obgyn.net) Sent on: >Terri, > >Never stop trying to find help! > >And I know how you feel about changing surgeons. I had a surgeon from the >time I was 17 for about 30 years, then he retired. The partners in his >practice were not as skilled as Dr. T, so they wouldn't touch me. One even had the >nerve to tell me "They (surgeons) don't fix adhesions". I was furious and >grateful at the same time. > >Surgeons are very finicky about removing adhesions. After about 20 >surgeries (give or take), the majority for adhesions, I know one thing for sure . . . >whoever you chose as a surgeon, be sure he is highly skilled. Adhesion >surgeries are extremely difficult and if you get the impression that surgeons >don't want to operate, it's not because they don't want to help you, it's >because they don't want to hurt or kill you. > >I. unfortunately, was almost killed by an inexperienced surgeon and now, >thanks to a colorectal surgeon, now have the doctor who pioneered the >lapraoscopic removal of the gall bladder. Dr. H is one of the most respected surgeons >in the Detroit metropolitan area and he is my surgeon. So please. never stop >trying to find the best! > >Best of Luck! > >Caryn >