Released from the Web

This powerful and moving book is the true story of one woman's development of the little-known, progressively paralysing disease of arachnoiditis following what was supposed to be a simple hernioplasty. After months of pain and tests the condition is diagnosed but, as it is caused by epidural anaesthetic and is particularly prevalent after operations involving the spinal cord, the doctors deny all responsibility.Eventually, after nearly twelve years of suffering and many attempts at both traditional and alternative medication, a little understood course of Cranialsacral therapy, an approach which flies in the face of conventional Western medicine, cures many of the symptoms of the disease and Janet finds that she can walk again. Meanwhile her legal case to prove negligence on the part of the team who performed her hernioplasty fails, although legal action is still ongoing.A fascinating tale, 'Released From The Web' is candid and unshowy, detailing the struggle - physical, mental, legal and financial - of an ordinary woman to oversome this paralysing disease and regain a normal life. Written to strip away the obscurity in which arachnoiditis is deliberately cloaked by the medical profession for reasons of self-interest and protection, as well as to provide hope for other sufferers, this engrossing account of real-life physical and mental torment is one that everyone should read.Kraal, Janet is the author of 'Released from the Web', published 1997 under ISBN 9781861066503 and ISBN 1861066503.