>----- Original Message -----
From: "Janet Karam" <janetk7@earthlink.net>
To: "Multiple recipients of list ADHESIONS"
<adhesions@mail.medispecialty.com>
Sent: Tuesday, August 07, 2001 5:01 PM
Subject: Re: gross question
> Dear Rosie,
> I'm glad you wrote in, and hope you will continue....ther is
> no prerequisite for the hows and whys of your pain. What you've described
is
> familiar to most of us I'm sure who suffer with adhesions, especially of
the
> pelvic region. That deep recal pain is a real booger, and I'm sorry you're
> experiencing that. I experience that (well, used to!), during sex, as well
as
> with bm, or sometimes even for periods of time afterwards. Because
adhesions can
> pull or distort your rectum, sigmoid colon, etc., this can cause the
"pressed"
> poop you described.
> I try to prevent bowel obstructions by sticking to foods that
> will easily pass through, this gives me less fear and more peace of mind.
If you
> were to eat pizza, meat or other foods that are hard to digest or pass,
you will
> probably be more at risk if it is in fact adhesions that are causing
narrowing
> in your intestines.
> Please keep posting!
> Love and hugs,
> Janet