--- Susan <tsmenear@yahoo.com> wrote:
> 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
> >
> >http://fifaworldcup.yahoo.com
>
> --
> 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
>
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