Adhesions & Pain

From: IAS Admin (tracy.joslin@adhesions.org)
Thu May 21 20:46:00 2009


From: adhesions@adhesions.org [mailto:adhesions@adhesions.org] On Behalf Of carynlruzich@comcast.net Sent: Thursday, May 21, 2009 12:02 AM To: Multiple recipients of list ADHESIONS Subject: Adhesions & Pain

I totally disagree.  I know adhesions do cause pain.  I've had about 6 hernia repairs and I swore up and down that the hernia was back again and when my doc did laprascopic surgery it turned out that it was a great big, long adhesion.  I even saw the picture of it before he cut it down.  Adhesions can and do cause pain.  Don't let anyone tell you different!  

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From: "IAS Admin (Tracy)" <tracy.joslin@adhesions.org> To: "Multiple recipients of list ADHESIONS" <adhesions@mail.obgyn.net> Sent: Monday, May 11, 2009 11:01:17 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern Subject: Dr. Cook

From: adhesions@adhesions.org [mailto:adhesions@adhesions.org] On Behalf Of kelly murray Sent: Saturday, May 09, 2009 11:57 AM To: adhesions-request@adhesions.org Subject: Re: Dr. Cook

Adhesions themselves do not cause pain but when they are dense, they "glue" your intestines together or to your stomach wall. They get on organs and constrict.  I can feel my intestines pulling way down in the vaginal area. I am supposed to get a Morphine Pump.  Would you recommend it?  

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From: IAS Admin (Tracy) To: Multiple recipients of list ADHESIONS Sent: Friday, May 08, 2009 4:35 PM Subject: Dr. Cook From: "lindahalford" <lindahalford@comcast.net> Subject: Re: Dr. Cook

Cheryll, I haven't yet gone to Dr. Cook but I like what he says he can do for people with adhesions.  His website is:  http://www.vitalhealth.com.  He explains the different kinds of adhesions and the procedure he uses to remove the adhesions that are actually causing the pain.  He does the procedure laparoscopically while the patient is awake.  I'm no doctor so I don't know how he can do it while one is awake.  In any event, I did speak to one of his staff who was very informative.  She said Dr. Cook is a very compassionate man and wants to help those of us who are suffering with painful adhesions.

We both have had surgery with what we believed to be the best Laparoscopic Adhesiolysis doctors there are.  The doctor in Germany comes highly recommended and I've read some reports on this site that were very favorable of him.  Patients who finally got relief from the adhesions causing their pain but you say you've gone twice and are still in pain.  So, who do we believe?  I wish I had an answer because my life is slowing slipping away and I'm having to live every day with pain.  I've even had a morphine pump but exhausted every medication the doctor could use and became immune to them so I had it removed.  Injections in the spine don't work.  A hot whirlpool feels good but who can stay in one indefinitely.  My pain specialist will only give me 3 Lorcet 10/650 mg. per day.  The little relief it gives only lasts a few hours and sometimes I get absolutely no relief from them.  I need a compassionate pain specialist who believes me when I say I am excruciating pain.  Many pain specialist treat you're a drug addict.  I believe Marinol may help us but alas, it is only for those dying of cancer.  Well, we are dying with horrific pain!  There's also a drug one can suck like a lollipop which, according to my physical therapist at Mayo, ACTIQ, is the best pain med.  It is also reserved for only terminal cancer patients.  I don't know about you, but I feel like I have a terminal problem.  At least, I feel like I'm dying sometimes.


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