>----- Original Message -----
From: Tldoon@aol.com
To: Multiple recipients of list ADHESIONS <adhesions@forum.obgyn.net>
Sent: Friday, May 19, 2000 9:07 AM
Subject: Re: ADHESIONS DON'T CAUSE PAIN !
> Hi Jaynie,
>
> My Pain Clinic Dr. told me that my adhesion pain, although real, should
not
> have been as severe as I was experiencing. She said that they have found
> that people that experienced either head or spinal injuries, (especially
as
> children) that may have been considered minor (like a slight concussion),
> sometimes actually HAD damage done to the pain center or pathways.
> This doesn't show itself until later in life or until another injury or
> surgery occurs. Then, the pain signals go from the site of injury to the
> brain, which does not process them properly. This causes the pain signals
to
> go into "emergency/severe" mode. Thereby making it seem like the pain is
> excruciating, but it's not... really.
> (I always thought that when it FELT excruciating it was, but hey, I'm not
a
> Dr.)
> Because of this they did neurological testing on me and found numbness and
> weakness on my left side.
> This does nothing to change my severe pain, but it DOES help them to
justify
> the heavy doses of narcotics I'm on.
> I figured maybe this might help sombody else.
> Tracy
>