Re: Hi I'm New to this!

From: toni welsh (twelsh1@hotmail.com)
Fri Jan 26 12:33:45 2001


At Fri, 26 Jan 2001, Colette wrote: >
>My name is Colette and I'm 37 years old. On December 1,2000, I had a
>hysterectomy. Since way before the hyster. i was constipated
>sometimes, and years ago I was Diagnosed with IBS. For a very long time
>i was on lactuolose syrup, amtriplyne. then after awhile I was able to
>control it myself. I quit smoke in sept. and ever since then and after
>surgery i'v had terrible problems with constipation. I'v had a couple
>of surgeries basicaly laperascopy's. the last surgery i had was a TAH.
>Now i think i may have Adhesions. I live on laxatives, stool softners,
>i drink plenty ect...but i can not go no matter what i do. Now i'v stop
>eating cause i'm tired of the constipation. I have a juicer so
>everything i do is liquid. I drink prune juice 2 times a day. Basicly
>it has made me home bound and very moody!! I did make an gasteroligist
>appt. the first they can see me is the first of april, by that time
>i'll be wheathered away to nothing. Years ago i did this and went down
>to like 103lbs. and my normal weight is 135lbs. I almost got
>hospitalized then. Since my surgery i'v lost at least 12lbs already.
>I'v been fighting this battle for so many years and i'm tired of it i
>want to be normal so bad. I have 3 beautiful kids 15,12,my angel face
>baby girl is 3yrs. my husband has been great they are the reasons i'm
>still here if it was'nt for them i would of given up a long time ago.
>Believe me there are days i'd like to just drown myself in a bottle of
>pills but thank god for my family. I get so depressed at times. Well
>thanks alot for letting me vent!!!

Hi Colette,

I am the same way, and some of my drs look at me and tell me you have been like that all your life, and far as constipation, but I could then drink a glass of prune juice, and would go within an hour! I starved myself too, for awhile, but I was getting so tired. How did you stop smoking, I HAVE to stop, and we have tried EVERYTHING, and nothing is helping. I plan on trying the patch one more time, but it gave me the jitters, and I am already nervous.

I wish I had some answers for you, but at least you know you are not alone! I have given up any hope for now, but maybe in the future, I WILL try surgery again. I want to stop the smoking first, I am smoking too much. I have cut down, but that is not enough!

Toni


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