Re: Hello

From: Karla Nygren (ifirgit@up.net)
Wed Apr 19 19:16:34 2000


Toni,There are a few of us that have had things show up...I am one....I had a total hysterectomy in 87 and the mass of adhesions showed up in 95. However, my mass of adhesions were severely inflamed and that may be the reason why they were visible.

Karla N.

>----- Original Message -----
From: toni welsh <twelsh1@hotmail.com> To: Multiple recipients of list ADHESIONS <adhesions@forum.obgyn.net> Sent: Wednesday, April 19, 2000 6:22 PM Subject: Hello

> Just a quick hello tp let you all know I am thinking of you all, and
> hope that Ginni and all of you who were scheduled to have surgery are
> doing okay! I am still the same and tryiny to learn to live with it,
> until at least things get better with the family, and by then hopefully
> Intergel will be approved here.
>
> I was also wondering if any of you have every had an ultrasound after
> female organs are gone, if anything showed up as far as a mass. The gyn
> keeps telling me nothing would show since the ovaries were gone, but
> when the dr did the surgery in 98, he said the tranverse colon was stuck
> to the pelvic floor, and smothering the small bowel, and adhesions were
> running the entire length of the small bowel, you would think if things
> were like this again, it would show something on an ultrasound or scan.
> I wish someone would run a test for me again, it has been over a year
> since they did a small bowel follow through, it was 4 months after
> surgery, and then he said it looked normal.
>
> Take care,
> Toni
>


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