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Posted by Don Doney on September 30, 1997 at 19:11:36: In Reply to: Re: Hyperhidrosis Newsgroup posted by Ron Pedersen on September 20, 1997 at 04:43:54: Following is a letter written to the surgeon who performed a primitively radical T2-T6 sympathectomy on me in 1994. I caution anyone thinking about this procedure that the denervation goes far beyond the affected regions. The surgery has destroyed my life, in that I cannot tolerate heat, stress, or physical activity. Denervation also involves the elimination of body heat dispersion in the denerved areas. The surgeon did not communicate to me that denervation would occur far beyond the affected regions, nor did he inform me of the body's inability to disperse body heat in the denerved areas, creating a debilitating compensatory heat/hyperhidrosis condition. I was a user of the Drionic devices for palmar hyperhidrosis, and wish I would have decided to continue woth those instead of the dangerous surgery. Don Doney -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sunday, July 16, 1995 M.D. Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery Medical College of Dr., It has been nearly one year since my surgery for palmar and axillary hyperhidrosis, and I wanted to take this occasion to inform you of my condition. There continues to be no diminishment in severity of the torrentially grave compensatory hyperhidrosis condition. I continue to routinely experience drenching compensatory hyperhidrosis in the areas of remaining sympathetic activity with as little as one minute of exposure to 80 degree temperatures without physical activity, or under emotionally stressful conditions. This summer's hot weather has only exacerbated this devastatingly catastrophic condition, producing daily physical and psychological punishment that is now beyond my ability to cope. The hot weather produces nausea and vomiting in addition to the torrential sweating. I am literally a prisoner to this insidious condition, feeling
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