Re: ADHESIONS digest 953

From: jenny low (jenklow@hotmail.com)
Wed Mar 28 01:10:39 2001


Eileen,

I am not an expert and don't even claim to be. But I know that if you have atotal bowel obstruction and it is not taken care of then it can cause your intestines to burst and that can kill you. Do you remember the movie Poltergeist from years ago. Well the little girl who said "They're here" she died from a total bowel obstruction. Hers ruptured or burst and it killed her. I don't know if she had adhesions but we know that the adhesions can wrap around the intestines and cause bowel obstructions. And there have been other ladies from this board who have had adhesions wrapped around their gallbladders, appendix, bladder, and many other organs. You can also have them in your chest. So I imagine it would depend on the severity of the adhesions and what organs it might involve. That is just my opinion and what I have read. I hope this helps. If I have gotten any of this info wrong, please forgive me. I do know the little girl died from the bowel obstruction and she was only around 12.

Love, Jenny

>From: "Eileen Rivera" <charlene@prtc.net>
>Reply-To: adhesions@adhesions.org
>To: Multiple recipients of list ADHESIONS
><adhesions@mail.medispecialty.com>
>Subject: Re: ADHESIONS digest 953
>Date: Tue, 27 Mar 2001 22:00:32 -0600
>
>Hi Kelly,
>
>I'm also an adhesion sufferer. I had surgery 7 weeks ago (intestinal
>obstruction) and the adhesions are back again! I have had 9 surgeries of
>endometriosis, hysterectomy, adhesions, etc, etc, etc. I have terrible pain
>where I had a lot of adhesions. I called my doctor and he said to go to ER
>to have some x-rays done to see what is going on. The area where it hurts
>is a reddish color and swollen. Four weeks after surgery I had an
>infection.
>
>Can adhesions "wrap" ALL the organs like it did twice with my intestines?
>Can this kill me? I'm desperate !!!!! God bless you all.
>
>Eileen

>> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Kellydou@aol.com
> To: Multiple recipients of list ADHESIONS
> Sent: Monday, March 26, 2001 6:15 PM
> Subject: Re: ADHESIONS digest 953
>
> Dear Rajain,
> I had a similar experience and only had a few weeks of relief from
>surgery.
> Sorry to be the bearer of bad news. I'm new here and wrote my story on
>the
> quilt, we have a few things in common, as far as similar surgeries,
>endo, etc.
> Hope you feel better,
> Kelly Doucet


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