I BELIEVE because a majority of WOMEN suffer!! If more men had them, you would bet there would be more recognition. Not putting men down.
Kelly
> Date: Mon, 24 Aug 2009 21:29:22 -0500
> From: tracy.joslin@adhesions.org
> To: adhesions@mail.obgyn.net
> Subject: intestinal adhesions
>
> From: adhesions@adhesions.org [mailto:adhesions@adhesions.org] On Behalf
Of
> Debbie Baranes
> Sent: Monday, August 24, 2009 10:22 AM
> To: adhesions-request@adhesions.org
> Subject: Re: intestinal adhesions
>
> I don't understand, there are so many of us suffering why cant we get
> the recognition and help we need! Debbie
>
> --- On Mon, 8/24/09, IAS Admin (Tracy) <tracy.joslin@adhesions.org> wrote:
>
> From: IAS Admin (Tracy) <tracy.joslin@adhesions.org>
> Subject: intestinal adhesions
> To: "Multiple recipients of list ADHESIONS" <adhesions@mail.obgyn.net>
> Date: Monday, August 24, 2009, 1:46 PM
> Sender: jacksoncecelia54@yahoo.com (Cecelia Jackson)
> Subject: intestinal adhesions
>
> I need a doctor in houston texas that deals extensively with patients
> suffering from intestinal adhesions. I have had several surgeries since
> being diagnoised in 1988, the last one in 2004. After all these years,
> I'm stilled having trouble trying to make doctors understand how this
> disease makes me feel. I'm so tired of having to convince them that I
> am in pain every day of my life from this. I went to see a new doctor
> this week that my endocronologist refered me to. He had a ct w/contrast
> done and blood test. I explained to him early on that ct scan's, mri's
> or any other x-ray's have never detected the adhesions. After viewing
> the results, he explained to me that adhesions do not cause pain (I knew
> then I wouldn't be going back to him), and he wouldn't be able to just
> do surgery without any evidence on the ct. I told him I WAS in pain and
> something was going to have to be done so I can have some relief. Now
> he wants me to have some type of gastgro workup to see why I'm having
> difficulity keeping my food down.