Re: I need your help: Have you had or are you having some of the same symptoms this lady is having?
From: Diane Bolis (newattitude4u@cox.net)
Fri Mar 8 23:03:57 2002
My name is Diane .... when I had my hysterectomy five years ago they
found that I had these huge vains in my pelvic area .... they took them
out ... immediately after I started feeling all these shocks in my
rectum area ... I went to all kinds of doctors, tests ... they
couldn't do a colonoscopy because the doctor said I was screaming so
much that he couldn't do it unless he put me out ... lived on donetol0
and other anti spasm medicines ... went to upper GI specialists etc...
all said I had irritable bowel syndrome ... I got so frustrated and
thought that all this pain was in my head ... things got worse ... five
years later I went through the same tests again ... spent thousands of
dollars ... still the result came up that I had IBS ... Frustrated the
doctor told me to get rid of stress which I really had none that was any
big deal .... went to the hospital one day because the cramping got so
bad I was desperate to relieve it ... they gave me a shot of demoral
and charged me over 1,000 dollars! Week later I crawled to me obyn
Doctor Bradley ... told him everything ... he did surgery and said the
adhesions had attached themselves to my colon which got stuck to my
abdomon wall .... now three months later here is symtoms .... certain
food ... not sure which ones ... acts up anytime ... gives me spasams
in my colon ... the pain is so bad my eyes roll ... I guzzel my
donetol and withing ten minutes ... after diarrea it eases up ... the
next day I am so bruzed that I can't function ... I wake up feeling
like I have the flu every morning ... more like I drank too much or did
drugs the night before I don't do either .... during the night I have
pain when I turn .. especially in my back I think its my kidney area
... I am usually a VERY active person ... by the end of the day I get
dizzy, weak and tired ... I constantly am in pain AGAIN .... I don't
know what to do ... I am so upset over this .. everything I read
doesn't help .... I feel like taking ROUND UP WEED KILLER! PLEASE
someone respond ... with any medication that helps .... diets? HELP!!
I CAN"T STAND THIS!
Lots of blessings to you
Diane
At Tue, 31 Aug 1999, Helen Dynda wrote:
>
>Since I have not had any of the following symptoms, I am asking for your
>help with the following request (in the 3rd paragraph) which I received
>from a lady:
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>In her first letter to me, this lady said: "I have had several surgeries
>to remove adhesions and endometriosis - even though I had a hysterectomy
>thirteen years ago. I also have inflammatory bowel disease and they are
>looking right now at the possibility of crohn's disease. I am in
>constant pain everyday and am looking for a solution. The doctors tried
>Interceed on my last surgery less than a year ago, but it had basically
>no positive effects. Any info you have would be greatly appreciated.
>I'm sick of suffering.
>
>Her second letter said: "Of the women that you have talked to with
>severe adhesion problem, have any of them had chronic diarrhea? I am
>unable to eat very many things at all. I have lost alot of weight. I
>am 5' 5'' and weigh 107 with clothes on. It seems to me that every
>doctor I deal with only wants to go in and cut out more scar tissue when
>in fact I think I have lived with the pain for so long I can tolerate
>that it is the sick feeling that I have everyday the nausea and it's
>getting to the point that I don't even want to eat because I know how I
>will feel. I have always been a very happy, energetic young woman with
>a spirit that I never let go through everything, but I am getting to the
>point where I can feel myself giving up hope.
>
>She is asking for help with the following question:
>
>"I hope that you can answer this question. In all the letters you have
>read and the research you have done, has anyone ever had chronic
>diarrhea, limited amounts of foods they can tolerate - and weight loss,
>nausea, and flu-like symptoms? Please answer this question for me."