ARACHNOIDITIS...
Posted: Tue Mar 15, 2011 6:08 pm
Sorry to be a drag, and of course, I won't be the least bit offended should you all choose to ignore this topic room all together, but for the first time ever, I found an honest, forthright article dealing with my disease. I am working hard with the "Life with Arachnoiditis" group on FaceBook to try and get the word out on this awful plight. The medical profession (in general) has buried this long enough and lay people must be sure to constantly arm themselves with knowledge to survive the damage that is being done. The in-discriminant use of epidurals to 'lessen pain' is driving the percentage of arachnoiditis cases up, up and up. It is absurd to put women that are in labor through an epidural for something as natural and finite as labor! I am appalled that there is never a true 'informed consent' involved, because the physicians and other 'caregivers' do not disclose the possibility of arachnoiditis to the patients. How many women would assent to an epidural during labor if they knew there was a possibility they would end up in horrible pain--worse than labor--for the rest of their lives? Anyway, try to read it through, and if you or anyone you know and love is for any reason considering an epidural for any kind of pain relief--please, please, please have them read and think the article and think hard before assenting...
http://www.gaia-health.com/articles/000 ... stem.shtml
http://www.gaia-health.com/articles/000 ... stem.shtml