Re: Adhesions and Pain
From: Ann Barber (annmbarber@yahoo.com)
Fri May 14 08:27:54 1999
hey,i could not agree with u more.i have lived 17+years with pain and a
gamut of surgeries.
when i was 13 i started getting "bladder infections" every month before
my period but no bacteria was ever found.at 16 i had my appendix
removed and a month later my gall bladder and surprise i still was in
agony..at 20 i had my first lap and found out my stomach was put in
backwards from the gallbladder surgery (funny
right),cysts,adhesions,scar tissue,endo.makes u wonder if the previous
stuff was just some surgeon happy with a knife.at 26 i had my first
daughter and was hospitalized 5 times with kidney issues before she was
born.i then wound up with a c-section because i didnot dilate past a 1
cm in 26 hrs. of labor.it took me 2 1/2 years for my second daughter.i
delivered her normally but had an episiotomy and then a tubal
ligation.then the pain really did a number on me at 30 years old in
december i had my right ovary,tube,cervix, and uterus removed.i had a
bowel and bladder infection and a fever of 104 and had to stay in the
hospital for 5 days and in january i had my left ovary,and tube
removed.so nothing is in me and i would think no pain right?well in
march i had to have a neurectomy done because i had a nerve entrapment
in adhesions....i had 1 month painfree and now i have extreme pain...i
am totally embarrassed to go back to the endo specialist...i have
looked into almost evry doc on the web and found one that talked to me
on the phone for 1/2 hr.and agreed for me to come there and get full
treatment only to find out that he is out of network with my insurance
and i will have to come up with a down payment of 2500.00 before he
will do anything ...i am sorry this is sooooo long but i dont know
where to turn now..i just want my life back ....thanks for listening
everyone..i know a lot of yall have similar if not worse stories and i
can really feel for all of you...
ann barber in atlanta
--- Lynette <inspector@briz.net> wrote:
> Why do we have to put up with the pain every day and
> night? Why isn't
> there a multitude of compainies trying to find a
> solution to our
> problem? Could it be that they are all making too
> much money out of us
> because we need so many drugs and doctors visits.
> They have a win / win
> situation and we have a lose / lose situation.
>
> When will the research into adhesion growth and
> corresponding pain
> caused by these growths be a priority to the medical
> world.
>
> Curing cancer is great, but the pain that we suffer
> is similar in
> intensity to cancer. Drugs, often, do not alleviate
> the problem past a
> dull ache in our afflicted area.
>
> I am coming up for my 15th operation in less than 4
> 1/2 years.
>
> Life is great, isn't it?
>
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Ann Barber
annmbarber@yahoo.com
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