Re: Abdominal adhesions recently cut from bowel area during abdominal hysterectomy.

From: lsmith03@msn.com
Fri Dec 20 12:36:51 2002

Been there, done that, and still doing that. Mine started in 97 when adhesions from a previous hysterectomy created an obstruction and part of my intestine had to be removed because it was black. Since then I had lysis of adhesions because of another obstruction in Dec. 01 and another lysis, this time at my request, in August 02. It is a never ending battle. Today is one of my bad days where I can't seem to keep food in. Everytime I eat I can be sure to be in the bathroom shortly. I take hyoscyamine for the spasms and an anti-nausea medicine for when the spasms have lasted so long I get queasy. I am fortunate. My doctor has come to realize that when I say I feel them they are there. He initially thought I had IBS and that's what he was treating me for with the anti-spasmodic. When I was rushed to the hospital with an obstruction last November my doctor had to concede that I know the symptoms better than he. In June when I said that I felt it coming on again he told me to call the surgeon. It took a little longer to convince him but finally he gave in and was a little surprised when he found them just where I said they'd be. Don't let the doctors get to you. Unless someone has experienced this first hand they really have no clue what the pain is like. You need to see another doctor for another opinion. Test can't help you unless there is an obstruction. Adhesions don't show up on x-rays and swallow test will only tell if they are obstructing the intestinal tract. You are the best judge of what is happening. I have come to terms with the fact that they will continue to grow especially each time I have the surgery to remove them.

At Fri, 16 Feb 2001, Millie wrote: >
>On Jan.29,2001, I had a TAH, and the ob/gyn cut adhesions from around
>the bowel area. I have been having more pain than ever and more bowel
>problems, pain before, during, and after small bowel movements, or loose
>stool. The pain never lets up. The ob/gyn snipped the adhesions with
>Metzenbaum scissors, and placed Interceed. Now I find out the organs
>she removed were in good shape, and I didn't need that done. I have one
>ovary left. I asked her if I could already have adhesions reformed in
>the abdomen. She said no. Then she looked in my past history from the
>gastro's office, and told me it's not from the surgery, but from
>Irritable Bowel. I know it isn't , because I know what those IBS
>symptoms are like - a lot different from these. She called me her
>colicky baby. The gastro's nurse practitioner told me they've done
>every test on me, and found nothing. I told him that was before I had
>major abdominal surgery. He still insisted it is IBS. I'm fighting a
>losing battle. I have lost at least 15 lbs. I'm only about 101lbs., if
>even. I want to eat, but it feels as if everything is welded together,
>and I can only do small stools, or loose, with constant pain. I can't
>go on like this much longer. I don't know what else to do. I don't
>want to end up with an intestinal obstruction once, let alone more. I
>am afraid of ending up with an ostomy, and I can't deal with it.
>Thanks for listening to me. Are there any others out there with this
>same poblem? How did it affect you? Repeated intestinal obstructions?
>Repeated surgeries to try to correct an ongoing problem, only to find
>out that adhesions still return? Is there a Dr. out there willing to
>help me? I live in N.Y. State. I can't take the pain much more.
>Millie M.

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