hello!i am new to the quilt,and i have had 28 surgeries in the last seven
years and i need to go for another on,i need some much needed advice of
where to turn ,my family doctor has me on lortab ,but it does not take all
the pain away.did you ever use a pain patch ,if so does it work.help me
please.kimberly knoxm: "Kelly Murray" <mkmurray@cyberport.com>
>Reply-To: adhesions@adhesions.org >To: Multiple recipients of list ADHESIONS ><adhesions@mail.medispecialty.com> >Subject: Re: Why I'm having another lap and... >Date: Sat, 2 Feb 2002 12:34:28 -0600 > > Sue, >I know how you feel. I had my last surgery in May of last year and I am >back to the same 24/hr a day pain and Gastro. problems. I also have the >burning pain and feel like my rectum and vaginal area are "Smooshed" >together along with a lot of bladder problems. Some days I am ready to have >surgery again just to have a few days relief but then I know that it would >just come back full circle. >My massage therapist friend started some chinese threrapy on me last night >for the intestinal disturbances and I will go every other week to have it >done. She worked a lot on my feet and did some cranial work. I am hoping >this will help a little. If it does, maybe you could look into this for >your >intestinal problems. >Kel > >-------Original Message------- > >After reading many of your heartfelt messages, I feel the need to >express why I have agreed, and actually requested to have another >laparoscopy. > >It is not so much the many types of pain I have experienced be it >sitting (which also seems to go along with pelvic congestion syndrome), >but also like many of you, standing, lying down, walking, bending, etc., >etc., it is the sickening and totally debilitating gastrointestinal >problems that may be the result of adhesions or, possibly endometriosis >or both. Thank god the pain can be managed with meds. As for the >gastrointestinal symptoms, the drug companies haven't come up with meds >that seem to do the trick at least not totally. If it weren't for >Reglan, my bowels, in particular my sigmoid wouldn't move at all. What >I cannot endure is both - pain, and feeling like I'm going to vomit, or >the extreme agitation I experience from the burning-like pain I have in >my lower abdomen at 3:30 A.M., every A.M. which is only relieved when a >stand up, walk around for a bit and hopefully have a bowel movement. >After that if I'm lucky, I'm able to get back to sleep. > >On top of all of this, there's depression. I feel my life has been >robbed. I should be grateful that I am in fact alive as, I was >diagnosed and treated successfully (I hope) for early stage breast >cancer last year, but I guess maybe I'm greedy. I want to be able to >enjoy my life HOPEFULLY longer than a couple of days a month which >brings me to the laparoscopy. I need to know what is going on in there, >have the situation assessed and if its not any worse than the second lap >which was virtually clean then perhaps take down the adhesions and >remove any endo and perhaps I can get some relief and enjoy a little of >my life. > >Thank you for opening your hearts. > >Love, >Sue > >.