Gosh, your story sounds very familiar. I, too, have problems eating and my stomach always hurts worse after I do. Sometimes the pain just shoots thru me like a knife and sometimes it feels like my insides are tearing apart. I have suspected adhesions, but it feels different than before I had my last surgery on August 2, 2002. I didn't have a qualified specialist, but I was hurting so bad that I let my gyno and a general surgeon try to "fix" me. I talked to a surgeon here in Boise that has an excellent reputation and he told me that very likely the last surgery made it worse. He won't even touch me unless I have an obstruction again. That was the worst pain ever!
I am glad that you are going to Germany for your surgery. I will be very anxious to find out what the doctors find out and if they can take away your pain. I hope so. When even one lady out there gets help, it gives us all new hope for our futures also. I am personally waiting for the spray-gel to come to the U.S. I'm getting married in June and I am trying so hard to get into shape so when we go to Mexico after for our Honeymoon I'll look really good. But I think the exercising is making me hurt worse. About four years ago I also had to stop exercizing because of the pain. That was when I first found out that I had adhesions. I thought I had torn my spline or something. (smile)
Well, thank you for all of your advise. You have been most helpful and I appreciate your courage to go to another country to better yourself and let us out here in "cyberland" know how the outcome is.
Please feel free to e-mail me anytime....if you just need to vent about your pain or just talk to someone who understands.
A new friend too, Tonya
>From: AprilDe402@aol.com
>Reply-To: adhesions@adhesions.org
>To: Multiple recipients of list ADHESIONS
><adhesions@mail.medispecialty.com>
>Subject: Re: stabbing pain....anyone know if this is adhesions????
>Date: Mon, 30 Dec 2002 19:32:31 -0600
>
>HiTonya,
>You have alot more left in your abdomen than they took out. I suffered
>with
>stabbing abdominal pain worse with eating and excercise. I had surgery for
>small bowel obstruction and multiple adhesions involving the small bowel.
>When I told Dr. Reich I had pain with eating, he suggested that the
>adhesions
>are back causing kinking on the bowel. I will found out soon as I am
>having
>surgery in Germany in two weeks. Excercise has been out for me for a year
>and eating has become a nightmare..................but there is
>hope.........so keep reading and gathering info and knowledge as you are
>doing. Don't let them tell you nothing is there......the pain is telling
>you
>something...
>A new friend,
>April
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