>At Sun, 8 Jun 2003, Barb wrote:
> >
> >In 2000, I had gallbladder surgery
> >laprosopy and the attacks before
> >surgery were horrible. When I
> >came to, the surgeon said that
> >my glallbladder had been entirely
> >encased in adhesions (scar tissue)
> >and that is was already completely
> >shut down. I thought that was
> >the end of it, but shortly
> >after surgery i have the pain along
> >my side, under my ribs shooting
> >down to my hip area and can
> >hardly stand to sleep on that
> >side again. They did a
> >ultrasound and said nothing looked
> >out of the ordinary .before that
> >they kept telling me that I had
> >probably pulled a muscle or strained a ligament or whatever
> >and pilled me up with muscle
> >relaxers and pain meds. I just
> >give up..it has made my life
> >a strain and Made having a
> >normal relationship with a man
> >a hardship because "nothing is
> >wrong" it is all in my head
> >according to everyone. oh well,
> >thats my story with the adhesions.
>
>Hi-I also have had right side pain since '99 when I had my son c-sec.
>All the dr's I went to thought it was my gall bladdar. I had a
>laparascopy
>in '02, but the scar tissue was so dense they couldn't get the scope to
>far in to check it out. SO... more pain-more ultrasounds..normal
>tests..
>my dr said the next surgery we would do if I was still in pain was a
>laparotomy because the scar tissue was so dense-anyway I had that
>surgery
>Feb '03-tons of scar tissue everywhere including all around my liver &
>gallbladdar & a severe case of endo. So I feel your pain &
>understand-I've
>had to swith dr's since & this guy doesn't believe scar tissue causes
>pain!!
>