>----- Original Message -----
From: "Susan" <tsmenear@yahoo.com>
To: "Multiple recipients of list ADHESIONS" <adhesions@forum.obgyn.net>
Sent: Saturday, March 11, 2000 7:44 AM
Subject: Aggravated
> I had TAH,BSo,appendectomy 5/26/99.Since surgery I have had lumpy
> feeling under right rib,real bloated,constipated and you know all the
> feelings.According to Dr, who did surgery no Endo,just adhesions on
> female parts and appendix from C-section,tubal ligation 22 years ago.I
> am scheduled for a Lap on 4/7 with 2 Drs.who are in Atlanta.First I will
> have an ENdoscope,possible gallbladder removal as the lst Dr.said my
> gallbladder is borderline functioning(38 on scan)Then if lots of
> adhesions 2nd Dr, will step in and do his parts.Both of these DRS, are
> expert in their field and neither one does Laparatomies.THis is my
> dilemma.My Internist told me I was crazy,that I would be worse after the
> surgery.Both at having gallbladder out and adhesions removed.Now do I
> want to sit here and wait for a gallbladder attack and have to have
> surgery just anywhere or a bowel obstruction and have to be cut wide
> open.Why would my Internist not know that this might happen?He said 38
> on a Hiata scan was functioning.WHo out there has had trouble after
> having gallbladder removed Lap?I don't think I have ever heard anybody
> having that much trouble after having a gallbladder out.As for the
> adhesions I know more will form but this Dr, is an Endo specialist and
> an expert in his field.How does my Internist know I want be better?He
> only offered me RX for acid refux which I think is the last thing I
> could have.Some indigestion but not when I lay down and I hardly ever
> burb.Please someone out there give me some suggestions.Thanks.Susan
>