Re: Can adhesions cause bowel movement pain??

From: kimberly (anonymous@medispecialty.com)
Fri Jul 13 14:15:29 2001


At Fri, 13 Jul 2001, marianne bolding wrote: >
>Though I have never had prior surgeory as you have...I
>developed an adhesion from intestine to ovary. My
>pain was exactly as yours in the begining.
>Eventually...due to blockage...nausea and vomiting
>also became an issue after the 6th month into the
>pain, lightheaded to dizzy, and many problems with
>digestion. Pay attention to your symptoms and don't
>ignore them. The possibility of adhesions is
>definitely there due to your doctors dumb mistake of
>nicking you bladder...and just because you had
>surgeory. You should have it checked, if adhesions
>are the problem they can lead to complete bowel
>obstruction....and unfortunatley, the only way to
>determine adhesions is through laprascopy. I wish you
>luck in health.

Thank you for your reply......I will keep an eye on things and start watching my diet. My question is...I thought adhesions only grew the first 7 days after surgery, and then they begin to tighten up........do they also multiply?? Do they continue to grow after that??? I guess I thought once they reached a certain stage that they just are "there"???

>--- kimberly <anonymous@medispecialty.com> wrote:
>> I had a hysterectomy 1/9/2001, there were some
>> complications,
>> my bladder was sliced, and there was more
>> endometreosis than
>> suspected, my Dr said she had her hands full.
>> Anyways, my healing
>> was going slow but sure in the right direction,
>> until a month
>> ago. I got stabbing pain in my right lower side
>> while walking,
>> pain was very tense. We sat down, and slowly made
>> our way back
>> to the hotel. I had some gas, and then a bm when we
>> got back to the
>> hotel. I was tender in that area for a few days,
>> tried using Ben Gay for relief. When we returned
>> home I went to my GP and he was concerned re:
>> appendix, so I
>> had a CT which came back good, and he sent me to my
>> GYN, she
>> concluded that it is adhesions around the bowel.
>> Until yesterday all was well, and
>> then boom, another episode just like the first, same
>> exact thing, it
>> lasts about 1 1/2 hour with intense pain in that
>> area, some gas
>> and than I have a bm and things start to lighten up,
>> I am still
>> tender today. I have a daily bm each morning, so
>> this is puzzling to
>> me. I printed off the low residue/low fiber diet I
>> found
>> on this site and am going to give that a try. The
>> info here is
>> priceless!! Is this common with
>> adhesions in that area?? I know the only way to know
>> for sure is
>> more surgery, and from the info on this site, that
>> is a question.
>> I worry about an obstruction or worse. It is not a
>> "constant" pain
>> and it comes out of the blue, no warning??? Any help
>> would be
>> greatly appreciated!! Thank-you
>>
>> http://www.adhesions.org/forums/listcmds.htm


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