I have had surgeries involving adhesions 4 times in the past. Nothing ever showed on tests. I have had 17 surgeries and every test or procedure you can imagine done to me and on pretty much every part of my body over 30 years(except my heart).
I have heard all the "in your head, etc." stories in the past also! JEAN (from PA)
At Sat, 10 Mar 2001, Michael Murray wrote:
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>I have had cat scans, bariums,colonoscopies etc. that all show normal. This was
>before and after adhesion surgery. I do not want another one of these. Most
>Adhesions don't show up on these tests. I think most of the time, surgery is
>the only way to find things. Unfortunately more scar tissue results. Hopefully,
>your test will come up with something. The Gast. I went to said I had a
>functional disorder. In other words, "don't know, don't come back."Boy, have I
>babbled a lot today on this message board. I think it may be one of the meds
>that I'm on that does this. Doesn't quite help the pain but it makes me talk a
>lot. Ha Ha
>kel
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