Yep, sure can...but with luck and a VERY good surgeon...they can be minimized. Not all us have had this result, but some have gone this route...even a month or two release from the pain can be worth it, at times.
Good Luck, kcmo rose
At Sat, 11 May 2002, Jennifer wrote:
>
>I've been having some massive upper right abdominal pain/painful
>breathing in the same area for a while now.. and finally got to the
>point where it was totally unmanagable yesterday. My husband took me to
>the E.R.
>
>The E.R. doc said that all of my blood tests where great and that she
>believes that the pain I'm having is caused by scar tissue/adhesions
>from my gall bladder surgery three years ago.
>
>She gave two scripts for pain meds and a referral to a surgeon. Said
>that if the pain continues that they would probably go back in and
>attempt to cut through the adhesions to relieve the pain.
>
>I've never had any other problems like this from previous surgeries (
>appendectomy-11 years ago, cyst removal- 4 times over the last 8 years)
>
>Has anyone ever heard of this? Seems like if the gallbladder surgery
>caused the adhesions... that going back into the same area would cause
>more of them.
>
>Thanks,
>Jennifer
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