Re: adhesions after gallbladder removal?
From: Rita Steele (steelerita@yahoo.com)
Mon Oct 7 14:53:17 2002
No, David you are not nuts! I, too, had my gall
bladder removed 3/22/00, instead of getting better I
got worse. I went thru the same thing you did, test
after test, all "NORMAL". I've been thru Dr. after Dr.
most treating me as if I were NUTS. I had surgery on
7/29/02, guess what? I had adhesions attaching my
pancreas, duodenum, intestines, & colon to my liver!
My Dr. dissected the adhesions, unfortunately it did
not alleviate my pain. He used Seprafilm, too. Now I
am fighting to stay on long term disability because
they assume since I had the surgery I should return to
work. I went to a pain management Dr. Fri.
unfortunately she didn't understand about adhesion
pain. She did trigger point injections, which did
nothing! I have to go to an appt. tomorrow with a
panel of three Drs. (my employer arranged it) to see
if I am really disabled. I really dread this, I look
normal so they assume I am capable of returning to
work. Feel free to e-mail me anytime.
Take Care,
Rita
--- Shawna French <frenchysha@yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> David wrote:I remembering writing in this forum a
> few years but since my symptoms
> are back once again I feel compelled to try again.
> In 1994 I had my gall bladder removed. However it
> didn't relieve
> the pain. It seemed to have gotten worse. Had EVERY
> test known
> including
> liver biopsy, ct-scan, blood tests, sonograms,
> x-rays ercp, upper
> g.i.series, ect. from many different doctors. All
> said the same thing,
> nothing could be found. No organic disease. Nothing.
> Could be adhesions.
> Maybe. I'm a 51 year old male who runs ultra
> marathons (50 mile races)
> and goes to the boxing gym religiously. Besides this
> rotten ache I have
> where
> my gallbladder once was I suffer from excellent
> health. It seems to
> come and
> go as it pleases. Sometimes mild. Sometimes severe.
> Sometimes for a
> few days,
> or hours. Sometimes for weeks or months. Has anybody
> out there
> experienced
> adhesions and similar symptoms from gallbladder
> removal? Or am I just
> nuts?
>
> http://www.adhesions.org/forums/listcmds.htm
>
> david, I also had simular problems and still do in
> that area, from my gallbladder being removed the
> adhesions attached to my liver. Before they got
> worse I would have periods where one day was mild
> and another very severe. You are not nuts and I
> would advise you to look through the archives of
> messages and chats and see what others have posted
> with simular problems, but remember no tests will
> pick it up if you have adhesions. Often there are
> posts simular to yours and Helen posts often many
> interesting web sites that can help educate you on
> this. Hope this helps you in some small way Shawna
> F If i can help more let me know, we care.
>
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