At Sat, 3 Aug 2002, Cathy wrote:
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>I'm due to have a ct scan on Monday evening after 2 weeks of trying to
>clear an urinary tract infection - nonvisible blood and some bacteria. I
>have pressure in my right side under my rib cage and the slight pain
>towards the side and back. He's thinking possible kidney stone but
>after reading a lot about that it's sounding more like adhesions to me
>although I don't have nearly the pain symptoms that I'm reading about
>here. I did have a total hysterectomy 10 years ago and gallbladder
>surgery 27 years ago and two c-sections in between. The area of
>discomfort is about where the one incision was made for gallbladder. He
>has mentioned adhesions as another possibility. I've never had
>laparoscopic surgery before - what's involved with that? With all my
>previous surgeries, I'm not looking forward to more. Oh, I also had
>broken ribs in March and discovered osteopenia - broken on the same side
>as the pressure and pain. The pressure seems to start after I'm up and
>moving around in the morning and feels better when I'm laying down. I
>feel like a slug. sorry this sounds confusion but I'm a little nervous
>about it all. My mother also had colon cancer but that all seems to be
>functioning properly. Thanks for listening.