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Re: Catamenial Pneumothorax. Has anyone else been diagnosed with this?????
From: anonymous (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Thu Apr 18 03:04:09 2002
Funny lol, I forgot to post his email addy lol
hrlscp@aol.com .
I'll email you tomorrow. No, I have not been dx'd with Catamenial
Pneumothorax. I had symptoms which led me to believe that I may have
had diaphragmatic endo but nothing was seen at lap -- this is good news
- but ...
At Thu, 18 Apr 2002, anonymous@obgyn.net wrote:
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>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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