Re: Progression of Adhesions
From: jillian (anonymous@medispecialty.com)
Sat Jun 22 15:18:27 2002
At Wed, 12 May 1999, Toni Welsh wrote:
>
>At Tue, 11 May 1999, Helen from Chicago wrote:
>>
>><<<<I saw are VERY thick, now I understand, they were like that after
>>only four months, and he said they should not be like that, it usually
>>takes years for adhesions to get that dense. >>>
>>
>>Hello everyone:
>>
>>I am a little bit confused. I have been told by my doctor...that once
>>adhesions attach themselves..they usually stay where they are..and dont
>>progress. I had surgery about 9 months ago to lyse them..and i know
>>they are back to where they were before the surgery, because I feel
>>exactly the same. He says no more surgery! Leave it alone..and leave it
>>all be.
>>
>>So do adhesions progress and keep growing? I know I feel the daily
>>burning sensation. Is this the adhesions growing and adhereing more,
>>and attaching more and more to my intestines? So overtime, what happens?
>>all of my insides get grown over with adhesions?
>>
>>Does anyone know what the burning sensation is, I am assuming that its
>>because the area is slightly inflamated? And are any of you on
>>anti-inflamatory medications?
>>
>>Thank you all for your help and advice.
>>
>>Helen
>
>Hi Helen, and everyone else, had alot of pain all day yesterday, and I
>felt a very hard spot on the abdomen, and could not eat. it has
>subsided today, I too get the sharp burning pain, and do not understand
>that pain, the pulling pain all across the groin area, makes daily life
>very hard.
>
>I was told that adhesions get denser over a period of time, my gyn had
>told us a long time ago this.
>
>So they should fimd out these things, I am just very confused and cried
>alot yesterday, I told my gyn Mon. I am learning to live with this, and
>even talked about the loss of sex drive, I told him I walk through the
>intimate apparral dept and start to but a new night gown, and walk on
>and we just laughed, but he did give me estratest, and told me it was
>very low dose of testesterone(sp), not happy about taking it. My sister
>says it make your breasts get larger. I am not taken it yet, I would
>rather stay on premarin!
>
>Toni
>
>Yes, the burng pain, REALLY confuses me!
>Does everyone get that too?
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i was wondering if adhesion keep on growing having 24 inces already removed i
feel like they have grown back and symptoms are worse