Re: Doc thinks Adhesions are on large bowel- surgery next week
From: godfrey (godfrey@doubled.com)
Sun May 16 19:49:05 1999
Michele:
Words of advice:
Pray! Pray that God will bless your doctor with the skill needed to
intervene on your behalf, to restore you to good health. Pray that your
own body will cooperate and heal without additional adhesions.
Ask your doctor if he has had any experience using the barrier films or
gels. It is not conclusively proven that they work, but since you are
going ahead with the surgery, it is the only product on the market
specifically targeted at adhesion prevention. I think the surgeons
familiarity with the use of the product may have some bearing on the
success of its use. Also, as I have been told and will admit there is
truth to it: most people who have used barriers and been helped, may no
longer correspond with support groups for adhesion sufferes--therefore,
we may NEVER KNOW how successful the barriers are. So, you MUST PROMISE
to keep us all posted. In the meantime, we will all keep you in our
prayers. Good luck!
KHG
Michele wrote:
>
> I waited as long as I could. I waited a year for improvement. The pain
> is rotten. So, because the bowel moved, and because there may be other
> damage where it is not ok, to leave them alone, I made a difficult
> choice to have surgery.
>
> I'm in absolute tears because I know it's a 50/50 dice game. It's one
> thing to not do surgery if it isn't going to cause a blockage, it's
> another when the prospect of not interceding might be worse.
>
> Any POSITIVE WORDS would be helpful.
> ---Michele
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godfrey@doubled.com