>----- Original Message -----
From: Mary <acbcsrt@kansas.net>
To: Multiple recipients of list ADHESIONS <adhesions@talk.obgyn.net>
Sent: Sunday, July 18, 1999 11:31 AM
Subject: Feeling good and wondering why
> Strange subject? First, let me tell where I want to go with this post
> and then talk about how feeling good fits in with that.
>
> I have made some changes during the past week...in meds...in
> habits...and in shoes...and the past two days I have felt better than I
> have in...well...in years. The question that filters to the top of my
> mind for this group are:
>
> Is there a way that we as people who suffer from adhesions help to
> fulfill the mission of this site by a systematic reporting of our
> experiences in a format that can be used in real research? Do
> researchers in this area know the answers to questions such as:
>
> -As a group, how are we alike/different in symptoms?
> -As a group, how are we alike/different in medical histories?
> -As a group, how are we alike/different in personality?
> -As a group, does our mental health suffer because because we are in
> pain OR are we in pain because we bring questionable mental health
> attributes to the table. (This sounds harsh...but those of us who have
> had the "it's all in your head" routine...deserve to have that one
> cleared up.)
> -Do we all struggle with constipation?
> -Do the same meds help most or all of us?
> -And finally, a peculiar sounding one...as a group, do we "walk funny?"
> If so, in what ways do we "walk funny" and have we always walked that
> way?
>
> Gosh...I am running out of room and that was just the intro. Sending
> this and then more in the next post. Mary
>