I can understand the response to Igor's sharing on his ideas and
practices of pain management and the fact that they do indeed appear to
be opinionated and very principled in nature. I also understand that
Igor is coming from a whole differrent environment then we have here in
the USA. I would bet that Igor does not have the comraderie or support
from his fellow countrymen as we do here and he probably does not have
near the medical benefits such as caring, knowledgable proffesionals who
devote themselves to thier patients as our medical proffesionals do. Oh
yes, we do meet some in the medical proffesion who do lack the
aforementioned quality's, but all in all, our medical care and expertise
here in the USA is among the best in the world. Igor simply speaks what
HE must live, he speaks what HE finds effective for his pain, he speaks
from what appear to be emotionless thoughts, experiences, and he speaks
from what appears to be an illiteracy of that human outreaching from one
person to another in a caring, understanding and giving manner...simple
human concern and support! I beleive that Igor doesn't have those types
of things available to him, and he has had to find whatever means he
could to find releif in his sufferring. I also believe that Igor
probably is surrounded by a very different type of advice, news
information and public address's then we are, and if he hears what I
think he hears, then I too would want to shut it out and attempt to
become one with nature, not only as a way to find pain releif, but as a
way to find peace within pain and within a very restrictive lifestyle.
Now, I too have assumed to know something about Igor, " a restrictive "
lifestyle. Who am I to say what he lives IS restrictive? Is it just
because I would find livingin the Ukraine restrictive..well, yes, I
suppose, but at the same time, maybe Igor doesn't find it so
restrictive, after all it has been his life style for as long as he
knows. I don't see Igor's advice as anything but what he would say, I
would find it challenging if he were from New York,, wait a minute, no
not from new york, it would be the same...:-) but you get my picture. I
don't think Igor ment anything but an attempt to help those who are
sufferring with adhesions as it appears he has. If Igor has found a way
to not only decrease his pain and sufferring, but has been able to find
complete releif from Adhesion disorder, I am very happy for him, and in
light of my ignorance of his country and wether it is progressive in
medicine or not, he, like all of us, deserve to be as comfortable in
life as possible. His thoughts on death are interesting, and indicative
of his teachings and possibly upbringing. We in the USA deal with lots
of emotions, thus we have a much more emotional veiw of life and eath,
religion also plays a role in the thoughts of death as it relates to
life. I don't know what Igor has been exposed to in order to draw the
conclusions on life and death that he has, but I would bet to say he was
exposed to things very different then we have...not wrong or right, just
what is, a different country heard from...it is difficult at times to
seperate how we take another person's opinion or view, especially if it
seems a bit hard on what we have been trying to accomplish for ourselves
and others. Here in this forum, we all suffer, or have sufferred
greatly with a very difficult and frustrating disorder that is just now
getting SOME medical attention. We are seeing progress in the area of
recognition and treatment and hopefully a cure, but we must rely on ne
another to gain the education it takes to get adequite medical
intervention for Adhesion Disorder, we must rely on this group and
others to get attention focused on this disorder so others who suffer as
we do can also be educated and helped, we must share our stories, our
treatments, our diagnosis's, our feelings and our triumph's
if we are to learn ways to help ourselves and our family's. We all
suffer a very difficult disorder, and those who choose to seek support
through this forum will hear many different view points and opinions,
you give and you take, that simple. You may challenge at times, I
suppose, but all in all, I take what I find helpfull and i leave what i
am not interested in. I feel that everyone on here can make thier own
decisions as to what they want to accept and what they don't want to
accept...I also beleive that everyone should be as free to project thier
thoughts, and feelings and share information, and last but not least, at
times we will be subject to the opinion of a person outside our country
who neither lives as we do, experinces things as we do, but who
physically sufferr's just as we do, and even though thier opinion will
be expressed differently to us at times, they too should be welcomed
with open arms...after all, we can learn from them and they just might
learn from us and in the end know one knows just what information from
whom could make the biggest impact in finding the relief from the pain
of Adhesion Disorder. May we who suffer offer the hand of Peace to each
other, no matter who we are or where we re from, let us open our hearts
as well as our minds and not take to heart everything our mind tell us.
Don't take things so literal, lighten up and let go. After all, you DID
ask Igor to share and he did...and I liked it, wether I agree with all
of it doesn't matter, how wonderfull that our society has been able to
reach as far around the globe as it has....and I once thought I was
alone in sufferring adhesions....boy was Dr. Wiseman right on when he
said, " YOU ARE NOT ALONE!" Thank-GOD for the
" INTERNATIONAL Adhesion Society! " Your friend Beverly Doucette