Re: Surgery Scheduled
From: MeLissa (lissamelwh@aol.com)
Sat Aug 7 02:03:56 1999
At Fri, 6 Aug 1999, Meg wrote:
>
>Well, I have pre-op on Monday, and surgery first thing on Thursday. I
>have to admit, I'm scared. What scares me is getting put under and
>waking up. I get pretty terrified. I'm thinking of taking a walk-man
>with me and listening to some of my Reiki/Astral music to try and calm
>myself.
>
>I'm not sure if Dr. Hyde will actually cut any adhesions he finds. We
>decided that we may just have a look, and take more photos so we can
>discuss together what to do. I agree with him that of they are indeed
>back in force, that cutting this time may make things worse since I
>produce them so quickly. At that point, we may look at some of the
>products still in clinical trial, or consult with some surgeons who have
>used these products to prevent adhesions. Or I may just accept that
>this is a permanent part of my life and go from there.
>
>Can anyone who has had an adhesion barrier used of any sort let me know
>what their personal results were? It would help me a lot.
>
>Hi Meg, I had a barrier called Interceed used on me just this last April. Sorry to report, it didn't seem to help at all. Now, just 4 months later, I'm back where I started from. Only this time it actually seems to be worse
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The best of luck, I'll be thinking of you,
MeLissa