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>At Sat, 20 Nov 1999, Helen Dynda wrote:
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>>The following is in response to the message which Peggy posted in regard to the title of my November 17th message:
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>>In my November 17th message, "Adhesions>>Should you have surgery for
>>adhesions?", the information about endometriosis and all of the reasons
>>why a person should not have surgery for adhesions, is not only based on
>>information from the Internet but it is also based on my personal
>>experience.
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>>As I was trying to read everything I could about adhesions,
>>endometriosis entered the picture too - because of their similarities.
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>>I do not have endometriosis; but in my story at the following website:
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>>http://www.healthseek.com/forums/physicians/
>>messages/38.html
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>>you will read that I actually joined the Endometriosis Association (EA)
>>in order to be able to order their educational materials. So I ordered
>>ALL of their books, pamphlets, audio tapes, and video tapes.
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>>After reading, listening, and viewing everything I could find about
>>endometriosis, I came upon the one clue that enabled me to have hope for
>>the first time in 27 years! I discovered that I was definitely not a
>>mental case - that my chronic pain was "Not All in My Head".
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>>That clue is/was: There is only one way that endometriosis can be
>>diagnosed -- via a diagnostic laparoscopy, which is a surgical
>>procedure.
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>>A diagnostic laparoscopy had never been offered to me over the 27 years
>>that I suffered from chronic pain!
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>>I also learned that the Endometriosis Association has a list of doctors
>>who specialize in endometriosis. So once I had read all of the EA
>>literature, listened to all of their audio tapes, and viewed all of
>>their videos -- I then requested a list of endometriosis specialists
>>from the state where I live, Minnesota.
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>>For anyone who has endometriosis or has had endometriosis, the best
>>advice (I am not a medical professional) I can give you is that you...
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>>1.) become a member of the Endometriosis Association
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>>http://www.endometriosisassn.org/
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>>2.) click: LINKS (at the top of this web page) and then click:
>>ENDOMETRIOSIS. You will find a lot of information
>>here!
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>>NOTE: The Links web page is still in the early stages of development -
>>meaning you may find ERRORS and/or Duplications. With patience
>>eventually these problems will be corrected.
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>>3.) If you have endometriosis, you will find a forum for
>>endometriosis-sufferers, which is much like the Adhesions Message Board,
>>at the following web site:
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>>http://forums.obgyn.net/endo/
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>>4.) The best endometriosis specialists *do not* believe in drug
>>therapy!! These speciaists have found that excising endometriosis gives
>>their patients longer lasting results with less side effects.
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>>5.) Where are the best endometriosis specialists located in the United
>>States? Georgia, Louisiana, New York, Oregon
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>>6.) Endometriosis is an incurable disease much like Adhesions. Just as
>>surgeons cannot guarantee adhesion-free results following surgery for
>>adhesions - surgeons cannot guarantee endometriosis-free results as a
>>result of excision of endometriosis.
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>>The body is in charge of the healing - not the surgeon.
>>There is ongoing research to try to find solutions for both of these
>>diseases. Intergel, a gel-adhesion barrier, is ready for FDA approval -
>>which could happen sometime in mid-2000.
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>>With patience there is HOPE !!
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>>The 15th century proverb which summarizes the purpose of medicine is:
>>* To cure sometimes, to relieve often, to comfort always. *
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>The 15th century proverb which summarizes the purpose of medicine is:
>* To cure sometimes, to relieve often, to comfort always. *
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-- The 15th century proverb which summarizes the purpose of medicine is: * To cure sometimes, to relieve often, to comfort always. *