"Jean (from PA)" wrote:
> Kel,
> I know adhesions don't show on any tests.
> That isn't what my doctor is looking for....he is making sure sure
> nothing else is wrong in addition to the adhesions. I don't, and I
> don't think he has any doubts that I have adhesions.....after all I had
> them in the past and have had 7 surgeries on my abdomen alone.
> The thing that must be checked is if the adhesions are causing ALL the
> problems or if something else could also be wrong. I have gone 12 years
> this time since my last adhesion surgery and haven't had any tests on my
> abdomen in this time.
> I am 52 years old therefore in a high-risk category.
> Hopefully adhesions are my "only" problem and nothing else is
> discovered.
>
> 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:
> >
> >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
> >
>