Re: Endometriosis stage 4 - terminal?
From: anonymous@obgyn.net
Wed Oct 31 18:53:41 2007
I have never heard of anyone dying from endometriosis, I suppose
anything is possible. If this is your friend, why would she scheme for
money?
The surgeries are in fact very expensive and many of the specialists do
not accept insurance. I have stage 4 endo as well and had a successful
surgery by Dr. Nezhat, he did accept my insurance. He is also in
California not too far from Dr. Cook, you could tell your friend to try
him, he is in Palo Alto.
At Wed, 31 Oct 2007, wrote:
>
>At Fri, 17 May 2002, Susan wrote:
>>
>>I have a friend who has told me the following about her condition:
>>
>>"I have a chronic disease, Endometriosis stage 4 with severe
>>complications right now. I have it in my bowels and now it is
>>effecting the Central nervous system. The medicine that I'm taking is
>>giving sucha bad reaction and is giving more neurological problems! I'll
>>need $10.000 to have surgery with Dr. Cook an Endo Specialist in
>>California.
>>My family doc was very sad because he can't help me anymore.
>>He said....I can die because of the severe complications that I have
>>right now. The insurance co. said that it's too expensive to cover
>>any treatment."
>>
>>I have known many, many people with Endometriosis- but never heard this
>>before. I am concerned this is not a true story and a scheme for money,
>>can anyone verify that this could be true? I would appreciate it. I do
>>not know enough on the subject to know for sure, and what I have
>>researched online seems to make me think this person is lying.
>
>--
>I also have stage 4 Endometriosis that has spread to my bowels. There is no cure for this disease let me make that clear. It is extremely painful as well.
>I went to an expert named Dr. David Redwine in Bend, Oregon for my third surgery. He is an expert in Endometriosis like Dr. Cook. I too had to pay 9,000 cash upfront in order to have him do my surgery.
>He is not in my insurance network. I had two partial bowel resections done with him and I do not have a colostomy bag today. My in-network doctors told me I would have to have a colostomy bag because it was so bad.
>All of my organs are stuck together in a ball due to the large amount of adhesions I have from the disease. There is nothing they can really do for that either. This creates more pain as well. I have also had a complete hysterectomy.
>I am 40 years old now. I was 36 when I had that surgery. I can have no harmone replacement either!
>
>This ia a horrible disease to have. I hope you give your friend all of the support you can. I take medication everyday to control my pain even after 4 major surgeries. I am not cured but I am better than I was.
>I have since adopted my only child which was nothing but a blessing from God. My marriage I am sorry to say did not make it. Being this sick and not being able to have children or sex for that matter can really
>strain even the best marriage.
>
>If you would like to give your friend my email address I would be happy to talk with her and lend any advice I can to her.
>
>Wendy
>
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