At Sun, 2 Jul 2000, Judy Lankes wrote:
> >At Sun, 2 Jul 2000, stevie wrote: >> >>I had a complete hysterectomy 3.5 years ago and I had a laparoscopy done >>(6months after because of pain that started 3 weeks into recovery from >>the hysterectomy)it didnt resolve the pain and since I have undergone >>every test there is. My pain is mostly around the bladder and hurts >>like heck when it is filling and several doctors assumed it was Ic even >>though both the cystos I had were not done under general and both were >>normal. My question is can adhesions cause pain when you push on the >>bladder area? and it also is very painful when the vaginal anterior side >>is pushed on. I also have a pulling pain when I bear down.This is all >>so frightening thinking I will have to go through another surgery, and >>then I see here so many women suffering with multiple surgeries, I was a >>normal healthy 44 year old until a cyst on my ovary and a doctor who >>thought because I was 44 that I had no choice but to have a >>hysterectomy. The cyst was gone at the time of surgery. How many women >>out there are scared into a surgery only to end up totally worse than >>they started.I am not bashing doctors but if our female parts are so >>easy to eliminate, why then cant adhesion prevention and information >>about them be practiced more often? I was never informed on the risks of >>adhesion formation and the complications after from them. > >Thank you Judy for your reply. It sounds as though youve been through alot. I only wished that 3.5 years ago I would have had a computer then, I have got alot of good information through the web. I had went to the library and got books on hysterectomies but everyone told me to take them back I would only scare myself more, that was my first mistake. I hope we are not living in unreality hopeing for something that will at least take us closer to the women we were before the surgery. I know we will never be the same weve been through too much, but all I am hoping for is relief from this pain to some degree. >-- >===================================================== >Stevie, this is Judy from Southern California. I am a 48+ year old >women with