Re: Anybody's adhesions CAUSED by gallbladder removal?
From: Rita Steele (cdsteele@citlink.com)
Mon Apr 29 21:12:57 2002
At Thu, 28 Mar 2002, RNURSERAS@aol.com wrote:
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>Karla:
>Adhesions form within the first 10 days after surgery. They sometimes get
>tougher as the years go by. I don't know what type of scan your doctor is
>talking about. There is no way to tell if you have adhesions for sure unless
>they go in and look. You could have something wrong with your bile ducts
>instead, or something else in that area. I had my gallbaldder removed two
>years ago and I also have pain there. No adhesions though. What I eat tends
>to make mine worse. There is no diet for adhesions. You just have to learn
>what you eat that causes most of your pain and avoid that. Also you can form
>adhesions any where they hae cut on you. I would seek another opinion. Maybe
>go see a gastroenterologist. You could have ulcers causing your pain. A GI
>doctor could do the necessary testing needed to check everything out in htat
>area. Keep me posted.
>Hugs,
>Raven Spurlin
>rnurseras@aol.com
April 29,2002
I had my gallbladder removed 3/22/00, my pain started in Jan. 2000.
I was told I would feel great 2 weeks after surgery instead I got
sicker. I lost 25 lbs. and was in excrutiating pain. IN May 2000 I
had a procedure where they inserted a laprascope into my stomach but
everything was "NORMAL". The Dr. ttreated me like I was a