Welcome to the site. Hope fully what you are feeling, is pain from your surgery, and not the return of adhesions, only time will tell. In the meantime, you are in the right place for support and to educate yourself about ARD...have you read through the stories on the quilt, and other info on the site...maybe you could add your own? After my surgeries, I usually have 4-5 weeks of surgical pain...I understand your feelings of depression, but try to hang in there and stay hopeful for now.
Love,
Janet
> [Original Message]
> From: <lizhelzer@hotmail.com (Liz)>
> To: Multiple recipients of list ADHESIONS
<adhesions@mail.medispecialty.com>
> Date: 7/19/01 12:50:43 PM
> Subject: Adhesions
>
> Hello everyone, I'm new here. I just found the site. I have a question
> for anyone that's willing to answer. Approximatley one week ago I had a
> laproscopy, the dr. found adhesions, and removed them, or at least that
> is what I have been told. I haven't had a chance to talk to him yet. My
> question is. Is is common to have the same kind of, and amount of pain
> I had prior to my surgery. It is really starting to depress me. I have
> never had this kind of constant chronic pain. I'm going on 12 weeks
> now. I only have one child, (18 years old) and It was a normal vaginal
> delivery. I have had my gallbladder removed, but I think the biggest
> contributor to the adhesions, is 6 years ago my appendix ruptured and I
> didn't go in right away because I thought it was just the flu or
> something. I didn't have the classic systoms, ie: nausea, vomiting,
> diahrea. So it was at least one day after the rupture and another half
> a day for them to figure it out, before anything was done. I've ready
> that infection can cause adhesions. So I'm thinking this is the
> culprit. Sorry to ramble on. Just wondered if anyone has any advice.
> Thanks. Liz
>
--- Janet Karam --- janetk7@earthlink.net