Cheryl,
Not to discourage you, but when I had my first surgery for adhesion removal,
the Dr. said prior to my surg. that he probably wouldn't find anything but low
and behold he couldn't even get into pelvic area with a Lap. because the
adhesions were so dense. I started having prob. again soon after and went
back and he told me he couldn't do anything for me. Went to a surgeon last
week that does a lot of surg. on adhesions and he suspected Irritable Bowel
which now I'm fuming because I know that it is the adhesions causing problems
again.
I don't understand why a lot of Drs. don't believe adhesions cause so much
havoc in our lives. It has been a nightmare for me going to Drs. I am blessed
with a Physicians Assistant who seems to be trying to help me. Could it be
because she is female? Not to bash on men but sometimes females seem to be
more compationate. I know that there are alot of good Drs. out there
somewhere. I am going to my third visit to a pain clinic next week, pray that
I will improve. By the way, does anyone out there know what is good to take
for gas? It's embarrassing to ask, but I know if anyone knows, it would be
someone on this site.I guess we all need to learn to deal with the pain of
having adhesions. We need to tell each other what helps us besides surgeries.
Surgery is not an option for me at this time. There's got to be a lot of
things we can do to help control the pain and discomfort ourselves. If anyone
has any suggestions please post them. I was thinking of doing Yoga, but
haven't yet. Bless all of you!
Kel
P.S. Cheryl, since you live in Michigan, Minnesota may be a good place for you
to look for a good surgeon, I have relatives there that boast on the good care
they recieve. There's got to be a Dr. in Minneapolis that specializes in
Adhesions. If you find one there let me know, it would be worth going there.