Re: ADHESIONS AND PAIN

From: Natalie Shook (airportss@redshift.com)
Tue Jul 4 17:15:10 2000


Do CT scans show adhesions or not?

>----- Original Message -----
From: Bonnie <lady_luck43_2000@yahoo.com> To: Multiple recipients of list ADHESIONS <adhesions@forum.obgyn.net> Sent: Tuesday, July 04, 2000 2:03 PM Subject: Re: ADHESIONS AND PAIN

> At Tue, 28 Mar 2000, toni welsh wrote:
> >
> >At Tue, 28 Mar 2000, Helen Chalmers wrote:
> >>
> >>Three months ago I had a total abdominal hysterectomy, and have suffered
> >>in severe pain ever since. Just two weeks ago my ob/gyn told me he sent
> >>my CT scan to a different radiologist and she diagnosed it as my having
> >>adhesions. O.K. now what? My ob/gyn told me that this would be my last
> >>week of pain meds. Need to figure out a better way to deal with the
> >>pain. Well, I just don't know how to deal with extreme pain. He has
> >>referred me to a general surgeon. I am not optimistic about this,
> >>because in reading all that I can about adhesions, it seems most general
> >>surgeons don't understand them very well. Can anyone tell me what kind
> >>of doctor I should see, or if anyone knows of a good surgeon who is
> >>experienced in adhesions in the Baltimore, Maryland area. I don't think
> >>I can live without the pain meds, which will stop next week (just
> >>because, my doctor, thinks I need to find an alternative method then to
> >>take them). I'd like to see him live with adhesions. Any HELP would
> >>certainly be appreciated.
> >
> >Helen,
> >
> >You are lucky someone told you that, my drs all say that adhesions show
> >up on NO tests. I ahve begged my gyn to do an ultrasound and CT scan
> >and he says it will show nothing because my female organs are gone, I am
> >planning on asking him when I take my sister Friday if he will pleas edo
> >one, it is not going to hurt,
> >
> >Then my other sister said he did an ultrasound on her 3 weeks ago, and
> >said she had some small functional cysts on her ovaries, and to take
> >provera , and she stopped it, will not listen, and she says he did
> >another one today, she tells alot of tales, when I had functional cysts
> >he always told me they are nothing to worry about, it happens when women
> >ovulate, and the eggs get stuck there each month. I wish I could talk
> >him into doing some test for me, he keeps on saying a CT scan will not
> >show adhesions, isn't it possible, I would rather have a negative test
> >befor e any surgery for now!
> >
> >Toni
>
> --
> Bonnie Truesdell
>


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