You are certainly like a God-send for me. I have felt so alone in all of this pain without any diagnosis. Of course I am still not sure about the adhesions being my problem BUT it is very possible and that will give me something to go by on my next visit to my doc. I am very sorry that you have had any problems at all but I would like to hear your experiences. Please email me! zoie15 @lyocs.com Thanks!! Susan
At Mon, 16 Dec 2002, Rita Steele wrote:
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>YES!!! I had my gall bladder removed 3/22/00. I've been in pain ever since. I had surgery 7/29/02 after numerous tests that came back "NORMAL". I've been to 15 different Drs. since my first surgery seeking pain relief. My last surgery proved I was not nuts (Drs. also prescribed me numerous anti-depressants but nothing for pain!), I had adhesions adherring my duodenum, pancreas, colon, intestines, etc. to my liver where my gall bladder was removed. The surgeon used Seprafilm in four different areas but I still have a lot of pain. E-mail me personally if you would like to talk one on one. Take care.
>Rita in AZ
> Susan <zoie15@lycos.com> wrote:Hello everyone,
>
>I am new to the board but like many of you I am sick, frustrated,
>depressed and in PAIN! I had the lap cholecystectomy 4 years ago. Pain
>immediately after surgery and every single day since. My surgery did
>not go well due to adhesions from a previous surgery almost 20 years
>earlier!! I had an appendectomy at age 11. From my understanding the
>surgeon had difficulty removing the gallbladder due to the adhesions and
>my lap surgery took over 3 hours! So now I am still at square one. No
>diagnosis - only pain. I have been to 3 GI specialists now. Each one
>performs more than enough tests (including ERCP and PH and motility
>tests) and NONE of the tests are abnormal. My last visit included that
>question "have you tried anti-depressants for the pain?". I feel like
>all of the docs have thought that it was in my head at one point or
>another. A heating pad sometimes helps - sometimes not. I am not on
>any pain meds and haven't been. Has anyone had similar symptoms? If so,
>please contact me. Thanks! Susan