What is an ileus, and what is the difference between a
laparotomy and laproscopy? I had a laproscopy for an
endo search and ended up with surgeory for an
intestinal attachment to the ovary. Does that make it
a laporatamy? I guess after I ate a bowl of clam
chowder tonight. I got really sick, vomited, (butt on
the can, head in the trash-graphic, but reality). That
pain was the worst pain I've had since recupe. My
insides still feel twisted when I walk, and the
stitches really hurt, if I sneeze or cough. I really
thought I was better. Now I'm a little worried...A
rectal or intestinal problem? The ob is sending me to
a gastroinologist. I just don't want it to be so soon
after surgeory. But, I just can't believe I'm not
farther along in the healing process. Does any of this
sound like normal recupe to you. I will call my dr
tomorrow. When I called Monday he said that he didn't
touch my intestine, and that I shouldn't be having so
many bowel problems, that the foods I ate sounded
fine. He put me on a liquid diet then. I weigh 100lbs,
and am very weak (I lost 10 lbs. 2 weeks before
surgery from being sick). So, since I felt better and
had a bowel movement I felt I could eat more solid
foods, I want to get the weight up. Yet, it's futile
if I have to play the milk of magnesia-pepto game. I
use to poop every morning...those were the good ole
days....funny, what we cling to now, huh?...nice to
meet you. thanks for replying. We should all bond
together and start petitioning our local (govt?) with
letters and documents stating that this problem isn't
so "rare & few", and to plead for better medical
coverage for these issues (I'm lucky I have insurance,
I didn't pay a dime. One woman at this site has to pay
$1,00's of dollars for a lap), and for better medical
awareness, compassion, and prescription drugs. Chronic
pelvic pain is a disease...not a sickness. It's to
have stomach pain that lasts longer than 6 months. It
is as much a disease as chrone's, and demands the same
respects. Love you all, after only 3 days on this
site. I have a feeling that Lynda in AZ enjoyed some
fireworks with her husband and children for the
4th...I hope so...let us know...it'll make me feel
good to picture the kids playing, people laughing, and
you feeling good, too. (lynda, you have a beautiful
way with words) Marianne
--- toni welsh <twelsh1@hotmail.com> wrote:
> At Wed, 4 Jul 2001, marianne bolding wrote: > > > >Well, it's the 4th. I'm going to explode in my > stomach > >if I can't make a "natural" bowel movement. It's > been > >6 days since my lap. w/surgeory to detach the > >intestine from the ovary (no prior surgeories), and > he > > had to turn the ovary around as the intestine > turned > >it upside down. My husband seems so bitter. I > vomited > >this morning and he came in to ask me if I knew > where > >his check stub was. He knows I got sick, I think > he's > >tired of it. I need to make a bowel movement > without > >going back and forth from milk of magnesia to pepto > >bismol. I only weigh 101 now. I've lost so much > wait > >with this. Any help out there? Marianne > > Marianne, > You should call the dr to see if he can help you, I > had an ileus after > the laparotomy the gyn did in 98 and he told me if > it did not resolve he > would have to take other measures, so I did what HE > said and that was to > drink as much HOT liquids that I could. I drank > alot of boullion broth > and then a cup of coffee. I hope maybe this might > help you ! > > Love, > Toni > > http://www.adhesions.org/forums/listcmds.htm