barely anything at all! I have followed a very strict macrobiotic diet, vitamin therapy, acupunture/masasge and yoga following surgery
From: anonymous@obgyn.net
Thu Jun 13 15:28:50 2002
hi, saw your note below. glad to hear the nezhat in nyc helped you.
i was wondering if you would help give me the info behind your "barely
anything at all! I have followed a very strict macrobiotic diet, vitamin
therapy, acupunture/masasge and yoga following surgery"
such as what type of diet and so forth. i have been reading a lot about
this and your experience would help me much. thanks
At Thu, 10 Jun 1999, Susan wrote:
>
>Dear Angela-
>Sorry to "butt in" on your forum chat with yenta, but I was so intrigued
>I had to ask- I believe I know you via a recommendation you made to me
>last year! My name is Susan- I'm 42 years old. I
>was referred to Dr. Ceana Nezhat last year (actually in April of '98) by
>an Angela who was Camran Nezhat's patient, and also a Metzger patient,
>studying the pyschological effects of women & endo----it would be
>amazing if you were the same person. I was a friend of Elise (EA
>support group co-ordinator in NYC) and she introduced us by phone---
>Anyway, my surgery with Ceana Nezhat was THE BEST THING I COULD HAVE
>DONE!!!DESPITE ALL BAD PRESS---NO REGRETS AT ALL!!! I had stage 4 and
>every DR in NYC recommended a hyst through open lap---however, had I
>followed that advise, I would be wearing a colostomy bag now, as my
>bowels had adhered to my abdominal wall scar thanks to a previous very
>badm very sloppy surgery done that prior January---
>Nezhat was the only one who agreed to handle my case via a scope (I had
>just been cut open- I couldn't handle doing it again within a 3 month
>period! that would have been tooooooooo traumatic!!!!!!!!!!). He saved
>my bowels, and all that I lsot was my right ovary and a 10 cm cyst.
>Anyway, if you are the same Angela- it was a great recommendation. And
>if not, just know that there are many of us out there who have benfitted
>from the Nezhats---I am just really sorry to hear that you are still on
>so much pain---I have small adhesion pains, but that's it---I don't take
>pain killers or anything-Realatively speaking, i am relaly pain free.
>They also put me on the pill, and I take period breaks every 3 months-
>which is great- much less uptight than not menstruating at all, and my
>periods are like mini-mini periods- barely anything at all!
>I have followed a very strict macrobiotic diet, vitamin therapy,
>acupunture/masasge and yoga following surgery---all these things are
>really helping to keep a healthy balance- I am very encouraged.
>Write back to let me know if you the same Angela- it would be
>a great "small world" coincidence-
>Sincerely,
>Susan
>PS- I am so sorry to hear that you are still in so much pain---it's not
>right- it's not fair---if you are the Angela I met on the phone, you are
>also very young---and if you are that same Angela, I will always be
>grateful that you took the time to help me with the recommendation- it
>really really did save my life--and give me my life back---well, do let
>me know if any of this rings a bell.
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