See my hystory at http://www.soltec.net/~onery1/health.html
Any invasive procedure can cause adhesions to form. If the adhesions entrap a nerve in the process it can trigger RSD which is another problem all it's own. I cannot stress enough how important it is to stay away from invasive procedures when you know you are susceptible to adhesions UNLESS they are performed by a doctor (like Reich, Reiden and durn the meno fog but I can't remember the german guys name at the moment) who has extensive, Proven ability working with an adhesions patient.
-- MarlaDear Bonnie
NOPE!!! Nothing can...nothing!! No diagnostic test known to man today can show an adhesion due to the density of the tissue composition of the adhesion. BUT...a bowel x-ray might show an intestine pulled out of alignment..but still a DR. is leery about giving an interpretation as to the cause of that.....please keep in mind that even though adhesion tissue does not show in a diagnostic test, something else MIGHT show up and that is very important to keep in mind.
Not all abdominal/pelvic pain is caused by adhesions, and not all adhesions cause pain!!
>----- Original Message ----- From: Natalie Shook <airportss@redshift.com> To: Multiple recipients of list ADHESIONS <adhesions@mail.medispecialty.com> Sent: Tuesday, July 04, 2000 5:17 PM Subject: Re: ADHESIONS AND PAIN
> 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 > > >