Re: Surgery again? I need your advice!!
From: Peggy (pklippe1@nycap.rr.com)
Mon Aug 9 07:42:07 1999
At Sun, 8 Aug 1999, Valerie Gates wrote:
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>Well, here I am faced with the difficult decision of whether or not to
>have surgery again! I swore 8 1/2 years ago that I wouldn't let anyone
>cut on me again unless I was dying! Well, I'm not dying...(feels like it
>sometimes) but I'm seriously considering surgery again. The tests I had
>Friday showed a partial bowel obstruction due to adhesions kinking the
>bowel on my left side. I'm out of sick leave because I've been sick
>with this stuff so much this year, and I really don't know what to do!!
>For over a week and a half, I have been so miserable that I am only able
>to lay around and sleep. I have so much I need to do.....so many things
>I'm supposed to be.....and all I can do is nothing because of my stupid
>gut!! I'm supposed to get up tomorrow and go to work and sit at a
>computer all day.......I don't know if I can do it! WHAT DO I DO? Please
>offer any advice you might have!
>
>Valerie
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>Valerie Gates
Valerie,You have a very diffacult dicision to make.no doubt about
that.Have you ever had a bowel obstruction before?From what I hear it is
terrible. You are the only one tha can decide for yourself on the
surgery.But if it is going to help you If it were me I think I would
have to opt to have the surgery.Good Luck in whatever you decide to do
and know that we are here for you and that you are never alone.We all
know how scary surgery is,We have all been there several times.
"FRIENDS THAT STICK TOGETHER" PEGGY
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