Re: long talk with gyn yesterday

From: Karen O'Keefe (kareno@azlink.com)
Tue May 11 20:05:05 1999


Wow - a doctor that cares - thanks for sharing your story.

>
> I too have been having alot of bowel trouble getting alot worse, the gyn
> did say he wants me to try to take dupholac syrup, he said it will cause
> more cramping than the senekot.
>
> when I told him I did not go after 3 days and had increase the laxative
> his face dropeed, he asked him if I went and I told him I drank tons of
> prune juise, and then I went alot.he did say he was very concerned with
> me, and is hoping for now the pain clinic can at least get me functional
> again.
>
> He sat with us and showed us the pictures and explained them, and he
> said that each one of them were over an inch thick, he said these are
> the adhesions that definitely bind up the bowels, and he said he was
> sure that it is in the same condition it was, but he feels that surgery
> at this time would be very hard on me, I was in the office in tears, and
> he told me he cares and wants to help me, and when they come out woth a
> barrier , he will go in and lyse them again, but he has to know that the
> new barriers will work, he also sadi he knows that I would have to have
> a llaparotomy, he said teh last lap, the scope was not able to get too
> far into the pelvis, and get through the adhesions, he said that they
> are VERY think, and VERY LONG, some of them were, even 2 inches wide, so
> it is bad!
>
> He starrted me estratest, for they loss of sex drive, and said do not
> ever hesitate to call,, he was himself yesterday the caring gyn I am
> used too, he said he will help me, as soon as he is SURE this will work.
>
> Chris, I am having the same smptoms you are having, and I told him I was
> running from morming to night trying to forget. I was back down to 95
> lbs, he said I can see you do not feel good, but I am running my self
> down, I told him I have not been able to eat any meat, and he said I
> need to find other things for protein.
>
> I am going to see grandmohter now talk to you all later.

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