At Wed, 11 Jul 2001, toni welsh wrote:
> >At Mon, 9 Jul 2001, Bobbi Yates wrote: >> >>I have ahd adhesions removed7 times with the last >>being 2 years ago. I am and have been having them >>again for the last 6 weeks, I was in the hospital >>for a week 3 weeks ago and they ran all the tests >>that I've already had done a dozen times before. >>I hadn't had a bowel movementfor 8 days they got that >>cleared partially and sent me home told me if it wasn't >>better in a week they would go in and remove the adhesions >>here I am 3 weeks later and still the pain is unbearable. >>I went to the Dr. today so he could order another cat scan of >>my abdomen and he also told me he couldn't give me nymore pain medicine >>because I might get addicted. I've tried to see another surgeon >>but no one else will touch me. The last ER doctor I saw >>said hat another Dr. doesn't want to clean up another Dr.s mess >>an I'm left to live with the mess.Any help that anyone could give me >>would be so helpful. Please feel free to email me.I'm 37 years old >>and am tired of livin in this much pain. Today my Dr. had the nerver >>to tell me to take Tyleol for the pain. >> >>-- >>Bobbi Yates >> >Bobbi, >This is exactly where I am at! It took my gyn 12 general surgeons before >he found one that would be willing to do another surgery on me Now that >it took that many telling him they will not touch me, I am to scared to >go through it. But the yn has sent me to pain management clinic, and >they have me on Trazadone, Oxycontin, and Neurotin for the pain, it has >been over two years now going to them, and now the meds seem to have >stopped working. They gave me Fentnyl patch last september. I had >COMPLETE pain relief but after 24 hours on the patch, it made me very >sick for days! It is VERY frustrating to get some dr to believe you. My >gyn does, and pain drs, I think that is it! GI dr seems to not REALLY >think adhesions cause pain. I had 2 laparptomies within 5 months in 98, >I do not think I would have been through all that if I was not in pain!! > >Love, >Toni