Unfortunately, the surgery left me with what the doctor
> thinks might be scar tissue entraping a nerve. I've had some success
> with cold laser treatments but the pain doesn't really stay away. My
> pain clinic doctor give me a cortizone shot but that didn't help at all.
> I have to periodically take vicodin but that's not the best option long
> term either. Now my ob/gyn wants to do a laproscopy again to see if
> there are more adhesions causing the pain. But if I do this, won't I
> just create more adhesions again?
That's the adhesions problem -- surgery can well increase the problem long term. However, if the adhesion has entrapped a nerve and the pain is severe, you may have to risk it.
How much experience does your gyn have with this kind of surgery. Surgical skill counts here. There are also some barriers that can be put in place during surgery like Seprafilm that can help.
Good luck,
Kate
-- Kate Murphy katemm@mindspring.com