Re: Suspected Adhesion at Colon, Should I Undergo Diagnostic Laproscopy?

From: mic (the_sticher@webtv.net)
Fri Jun 13 20:07:34 2003


At Fri, 13 Jun 2003, LL wrote: >
>Hi,
>
>I need advice...... I found this place after a web search on adhesions.
>
>I am a 38 year old male with a 2 year history of sharp pain in the lower
>left quadreant of my abdomen. The pain is generally centered in a spot
>to the left of my navel. There are no symptoms involving bowel
>function... no diarehha or constipation, no nausea or fever.... just
>the pain.
>
>We have gone through colonoscopies and several CAT scans. I went to a
>new doctor recently for a surgical evaluation since my GP wanted to rule
>out an abdominal hernia. The surgeon looked at my CAT scan and showed
>me a spot where my bowel was unusually close to the abdominal wall. I
>have diverticulosis and he suggested that a diverticula may have
>ruptured and and adhesion formed in that spot. He put his finger on the
>spot and it triggered the pain. He did a trigger point injection which
>helped a bit... maybe for like a day.
>
>The surgeon said that he was going to leave it to me to decide if I
>wanted him to do a diagnostic laproscopy. He said there is clearly no
>emergency and no tumor or something trully scary. The diverticli I have
>are not inflammed or infected.
>
>My question, after reading alot here about adhesions, is should I go
>through with the diagnostic procedure? I am afraid of it making it
>worse...... If there is adhesions now, they are on;y problematic in one
>spot..... I don't want them other places too. Any opinions or
>experiences? I am not afraid of the procedure, but I am afraid of the
>incredible risk of adhesions after surgery.

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