Congratulations...no matter how confusing it is
putting all the pieces together...it still sounds like
good news to me!!! Did you ever do GI tests to see if
you were having a gastroineous problem. Maybe, it's
something completely different. This is inspiring
for me though, Lisa. Thanks for this update.
--- Lisa <anonymous@medispecialty.com> wrote:
> Hi Everyone! > > Im back. Well first of all thank you all for your > prayers during my > surgery. > Im here with what I guess is good news. When they > "opened me up" they > only > found ONE adhesion around my belly button (which I > did have alot of > pain) > from. They found scaring on my bowel, but only > minor. So, I guess what > they are saying is that my last lysis of adhesions > (Sep 00) worked! The > problem - Im still in pain and nauseas! What they > did find was that the > right ovary ususally has two blood supplies, the > fallopian > tube (which it was) and a ligament. The ligament is > missing which they > believe is causing the pulling sensation. I was too > out of it to really > have any sort > of conversation with Dr. Palter (this all came from > my mothers > conversation > with him). So In two weeks I have my stitches out > and then we talk > further. > He told my mother that he thought if the ovary seems > to be the source of > pain > then we may need to look at removing it, but he > wanted to try and save > it. > He also said that many people have residual pain for > lengthy periods of > time > after lysis of adhesions, so I could be in pain from > my last surgery > still. > Have any of you ever heard of this? > > This has left me with quiet a predicament. This > pain was identical to > the > pain I had before my last surgery - so was the pain > I was feeling then > due > to all the adhesions they removed in September or > something else? Also, > the last surgeon said my fallopian tube and ovary > were "destroyed" so > why is > it that Dr. Palter (a reproductive endo) thinks > differently? Now, like > I > said Ive yet to talk to him yet, so I still have > questions to ask. I am > concerned as to where the pain is coming from and if > my reproductive > organs > are fine (which I would be greatful for) then why > did the other surgeon > tell me for the past 10 months that it would be > nearly impossible for > me to have children naturally. It leaves me feeling > as if a whole new > can of worms has been opened and now its figuring it > all out (which i > thought the surgery would do). > > Anyhow, so Im confused and looking forward to > getting question answered > from Dr. Palter. To anyone interested in surgery > at Yale I would > reccomend > it. I am in almost no pain compared to my last > operation here in NY. > Now yesterday I had 3 injections of morophine and 1 > toradol but am now > taking > percocet. After my last operation I couldnt move > for almost 1 week!!!! > > So again thank you for your prayers. I guess I was a > success story last > september after all, now why though am I still in > pain??? > > Thank you. > Lisa > > -- > Lisa > > http://www.adhesions.org/forums/listcmds.htm
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