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Re: Catamenial Pneumothorax. Has anyone else been diagnosed with this?????
From: anonymous@obgyn.net
Wed Apr 17 18:41:17 2002
I would like to hear from you. Thanks.
At Wed, 17 Apr 2002, anonymous wrote:
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>I just responded re this subject a week or two ago. Contact either Dr.
>Harry Reich or Dr. David Redwine for surgery re catamenial pneumothorax
>-- both perform this surgery, however Dr. Reich and his colleague, Dr.
>Redan, can perform this type of surgery laparoscopically! Also, Dr.
>Reich will respond to emails whereas Dr. Redwine first requires your
>medical records and a consultation fee. If you would like to speak more
>to me re this subject, please leave your email addy in your next post
>and I will contact you.
>I will say that if I were in your shoes, I would go with one of the
>(above mentioned) top endo specialists -- if you want to discuss this
>with me, I will speak with you about it offlist.
>Below I've listed Reich's and Redwine's websites/articles re pulmonary
>endo. If you go to Dr. Reich's http://www.adlap.com website, you will find
>him listed under (I think, don't remember) ?surgeons -- there you will
>find his aol email addy.
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>http://www.thetrocar.com/journal/articles/art_005/articles_005.shtml
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>http://www.adlap.com/
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> http://www.endometriosistreatment.org/html/reprint9.html
> http://www.endometriosistreatment.org/html/reprinta.html
> http://www.endometriosistreatment.org/html/questions.html
>
>At Wed, 17 Apr 2002, anonymous@obgyn.net wrote:
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>>I have recently been diagnosed with catamenial pneumothorax by a
>>pulmonary doctor. I have had two lung collapses 4 months apart both
>>happening within 3 days of my menstral cycle. Lung doctor has suggested
>>that I have a pluredesis (surgery on my lung) but no guarentee that it
>>won't collapse again. Since catamenial pneumothorax is maybe linked to
>>endometriosis so he said if that is the case a total hysterecomy might
>>help but no guarentee. My gyno doctor is putting me on birth control
>>and thinks this might help. I would like to hear about other women who
>>have this diagnosis and find out what they did and if it helped.
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