What a wonderful site this is. I have suffered with adhesions for many
years. I have had several abdominal surgeries in the past, in 1998 I
went in for a "regular" lysis of adhesion surgery and during the surgery
the doctor nicked my bowel in several places, I ended up having three
surgeries within three weeks and stayed in the hospital for over 8
months. During the eight months, I had many complications, infections,
additions...etc. It's been two years since my release from the hospital
and I am in pain daily...sometimes I wonder if it will ever end. I am
on Vicodin ES three times a day, my doctor doesn't want me to take it
forever but I cannot function without some pain medication. I have been
to pain management doctors who only want to give me more and more
narcotics which help the pain but put me into lala land. Reading
through these message boards and seeing that there are so many others in
my same situation makes me feel not so alone in this daily suffering.
Thank you all for being here and sharing with us all.