Lesa,
Welcome to this site! First all wow so much you have gone through! I
feel for you ! I'm new at this adhesion thing only 7 months i had a
hysterectomy last dec.This site has truely saved my life a couple of
times, the days i'm so depressed these wonderful woman help bring you
back up we all help each other! You take care!
Love colette
> >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. > >-- >Lesa >