At Thu, 28 Sep 2000, NANCY wrote:
> >I AM A 49 YEAR OLD FEMALE AND HAVE HAD A HYSTORECTOMY WHEN I WAS 25.. UP >UNTILL ABOUT 3 YEARS AGO I WAS OK AS FAR AS ADOMINAL PAIN... THEN I >DEVELOPED A HERNIA IN THE UMBILLICAL AREA AND IT TOOK MONTS AND MONTHS >TO DISCOVER THIS... THEN THEY DISCOVERED THAT MY GALL BLADDER HAD JUST >UP AND DIED SO I UNDERWENT SURGERY LAPROSCOPIC.. ONCE I HAD THAT DONE >IS WHEN I STARTED WITH ALL OF THE STOMACH SWELLING AND FEELING AS THOUGH >I WAS 9 MONTHS PREGNANT.. TO NO AVAIL AND AN HMO I WENT THROUGH MONTHS >AND MONTHS OF AGAONY... STILL NO AVAIL... WENT THROUGH EXPLORATORY >SURGERY AND FOUND MASSIVE SCAR TISSUE IN ABDOMIN AND HERNIA WAS FIXED... >AT THE END OF ALL OF THIS I HAVE MORE PROBLEMS THAN EVER BEFORE AND NOW >I AM TOLD TO LIVE WITH IT .. MY DOCTOR TELLS ME I HAVE FIBROMYALGIA OF >THE STOMACH... HA... >SO NOW I AM SEEING AND ACCUPUNTURIST WHO HAS HELPED ME SOMEWHAT AS FAR >AS THE RIB PAIN... I CANNOT WEAR A BRA NOR CAN I WEAR PANTS THAT ARE TO >SNUG SO I CUT ELASTIC OUT OF WAIST SO I CAN DRESS AND GO TO WORK >DAILY... I DO THINK THAT I HAVE MASSIVE ADHESIONS OF THE STOMACH AND >RIBS AND WHERE EVER ELSE THEY HAVE DECIDED TO GO... IS THERE A TEST >DIAGNOSTIC THAT WILL SHOW ADHESIONS AND EXACTLY WHERE THEY ARE BEFORE >THEY GO IN AND START REMOVING THEM?? PLEASE HELP I HAVE BEEN IN SUCH >PAIN FOR SO LONG I AM ABOUT TO GIVE UP HERE ... THANKS IN ADVANCE