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Re: Catamenial Pneumothorax. Has anyone else been diagnosed with this?????
From: anonymous@obgyn.net
Thu Apr 18 01:22:37 2002
OOps! My email is Cryjn@aol.com. Have you been diagnosed with this
condition. I am going to email Dr. Reich today. Thank you.
At Thu, 18 Apr 2002, anonymous wrote:
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>Dear Anonymous lol :o),
>You didn't post your email addy. I'm posting, below, Dr. Reich's email
>addy which I got off of his adlap website. If you would like, you could
>email him and tell him your situation and see what he thinks -- he is a
>very nice person/dr., so you needn't feel at all uncomfortable about
>emailing him.
>
>At Wed, 17 Apr 2002, anonymous@obgyn.net wrote:
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>>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.
>>>
>>>http://www.thetrocar.com/journal/articles/art_005/articles_005.shtml
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>>>http://www.adlap.com/
>>>
>>> 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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