How wrong your doctor is! Adhesions form with laparascoppy.....probably just as easily as with laparotomies....the only difference being that due to the fact that a laparascopy would be less invasive. Please research this information....or perhaps Helen or someone else on here can email you the facts to support it so that you can go into your doctor's office armed and ready. You really need to find a surgeon that uses the appropriate technique to lyse your adhesions....so that they do not reform. If you are interested in finding out more information let us know.
I apologize for my rambling....my pain meds were increased the other day. I was moved from a duragesic 75 patch to using duragesic 125....plus 2 vicodin es every 4 hours. It is after 11 pm and they are really beginning to hit me....I'm falling asleep at the computer.
God Bless.
>Karla----- Original Message -----
From: kathlyn.gadd@virgin.net (Kathie)
Sent: Friday, July 28, 2000 5:10:14 PM
To: Multiple recipients of list ADHESIONS <adhesions@mail.medispecialty.com>
Subject: Re: small bowel obstruction
> Hi Jim
>
> I went back to my doctor this week who basically said what you have just
> advised - I suggested the wait and see approach but she wasn't happy
> with that as the pain is becoming almost constant and she feels I have
> probably had several temporary/partial obstructions already and she
> doesn't want to leave things until they become a clinical emergency. She
> is referring me back for a laporocsopy with a view to removing the
> adhesions causing the obstructions, if this is possible. I have been
> assured that laproscopic procedures have a very low risk of causing new
> adhesions. She wasn't sure at my appointment whether to refer me back
> to the gynae who diagnosed the adhesions in the first place and who had
> scheduled my for the laparotomy or whether to refer me to a general
> surgeon. I guess I'll find out when the letter drops through the door!!
>
> Thanks to everyone for your advice and support on this!
>