Re: are men o.k. here
From: Susan (tsmenear@yahoo.com)
Mon May 27 09:17:49 2002
At Sun, 26 May 2002, Rita Steele wrote:
>
>Flick,
> Men are more than welcome here. I believe most of the
>people who are on here are women, but it's because
>women have hysterectomizes, c-sections, etc.,etc.,
>that men don't have thus they have more adhesion
>problems. My GB surgery was done laporoscopically,
>too. It is possible to get adhesions from this type of
>surgery.
>I know exactly how you feel about the GB surgery
>ruining your life. I try to do as many normal things
>as I can do each day, most people don't even realize
>what I'm going through. They think because I can walk
>& talk that I'm healthy & should be working. I wish
>you luck in whatever you decide to do. Keep in touch
>with us here, I'm especially interested in your
>results since we seem to have similar adhesion pain.
>Take Care,
>Rita in AZ
>--- Flick Rahke <flick1@earthlink.net> wrote:
>> Hi everyone this is flick here. i noticed that
>> everyone here seems to
>> be a woman, It's o.k. to be a man here isn't it. I
>> am a man. Thanks
>> for the posts. Is it really possible to get
>> adhesions from a
>> laporoscopic gallbaldder surgery? I can't figure out
>> what else could
>> have been causing the inflammation and tightness and
>> pain in my abdomen
>> 1.5 years after the surgery. i do not have any
>> bowel problems though. i
>> did get addicted to xanax after the surgery when I
>> got very worried when
>> it did not heal. I had to go to a rehab 8 mos. ago
>> and I still have
>> withdrawal symptoms from the xanax on top of the
>> abdominal pain. I feel
>> like that gallbladder surgery ruined my life. I was
>> a dancer and surfer
>> and athlete before it and have not done anything
>> since, so i am very
>> depressed. I don't want to use any drugs, including
>> antidepressants,
>> because they give me major side effects. I am
>> considering adhesion
>> surgery when i feel better from the drug withdrawal,
>> but I read some
>> horror stories on the quilt. i have tried a little
>> myorfascial release
>> bodywork therapy, but doubt it can heal something as
>> tough as adhesions.
>> I wrote to that Dr. Reich and his associates in New
>> York. Are there
>> any good success stories of cured adhesions from
>> this sort of
>> laproscopic adhesion removal? I feel like a surgery
>> has ruined my life,
>> and I don't want to jump out of the frying pan into
>> the fire, but if a
>> good surgery would fix the bad one, I am not opposed
>> to it necessarily
>> when I am feeling better. Thanks Flick
>>
>> --
>> flick1@earthlink.net
>>
>> http://www.adhesions.org/forums/listcmds.htm
>
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Well Rita and Flick,
I guess I can join you with this pain. I also had my GB removed May 00.Have both of you had cardiac workups as sometimes this feels heart related. I did have normal EKG and Echo.This is very uncomfortable. The bloating is awful.Also I feel a beating inside.Do either of you have this sensation?Is this what your DRs. tell you it is and how common is it?Have you had the surgeons that performed the surgeries tell you that is what is is?I am right in the same boat as you so I am very interested.Please keep posting.Right now I feel as if my insides are trying to push up my neck.Hurts all the time.Is there sometimes your discomfort is worse than others?Either of you have ERCP?I am curious to see if maybe in our cases the bile ducts were damaged or somthing.Please let me hear from both of you. Susan