I understand the situation that you are in...totally. The pain is one obstacle to deal with daily, but the nausea etc added to it is just sooo nasty. I have sceduled a diagnostic laparoscopy for March, to see if it is indeed adhesions or nerve or goodness knows what. I have weighed my decision since my gyn suggested surgery in October; my decision was made on the fact that I'm 39 years old and I don't think I can live like this much longer. As I had an addiction problem years ago, I am trying to avoid narcotics for as long as I can, and to get a referral to a pain clinc (here in Canada) I have to have this lap first.
So Sue, you see, we all have our reasons for having another surgery (or not, as the case may be). As you've considered the alternatives and feel that you need this surgery, please know that you are supported in your decision. It's too bad that a surgery may not help, or could possibly make things worse, but sometimes that's just the chance you've got to take.
I wish you the best, and please stay with us here on the forum and let us know how things are with you. Best wishes.
-- ClareAt Fri, 1 Feb 2002, Sue wrote: > >To all in this group: > >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. > >I'm sorry that this is so long. I guess I needed to purge so to speak. >I've been so ill for so long and most of the time I feel so terribly >alone in all of this #!*& until I come here. Please forgive me. > >Thank you for opening your hearts. > >Love, >Sue
-- csheedy