I had a TAH in November and had a partial five years before that, is this your first surgery for adhesions? I also had two c-sections and a tubal before that. I just don't know what to do...I don't know if I need yet another opinion, and if it would do any good to have some else do surgery. From what the dr. said yesterday laparoscopy would not be possible. I really don't care what I take I just need some relief. Do you know anything about Pain Clinics? I am going to try the celebrex first and see what happens, I will give that two weeks and then I am going to have to do something different. I am praying that God will just heal me and I can be through with this mess. Good luck with your surgery and with the barrier I hope that it works for you! Teri
>I have the same issue as you do.. I had a laparoscopy and adhesions
>removed in April of this year... My colon was adhered to my pelvic
>sidewall. He only cut them that time.. My pain is back now, and I am
>going back for a follow up laparoscopy in November.. This time he will
>try the barrier... Like your doc, mine said sometimes they use it, and
>it works, and sometimes it doesnt... I have found that to be true
>here.. But for me I would like to give it one more shot... As for pain
>relief, my doc told me that the only thing that would really help for me
>is narcotic pain relievers, as the Celebrex, or other
anti-inflamatories
>do not good as the pain is not from swelling, but from pulling... So
>for now, I have nothing but pain until November... I believe there are
>currently NO barrier sprays approved by the FDA in the US.. The only
>barriers that I know of currently are Interceed, or the Gore-tex... Good
>Luck to you.
>At Fri, 15 Aug 2003, Teri wrote:
>>
>>Iwent to the Dr. yesterday. I went to a different one this time. I
>>told him about all the pain I'm having in the left side and he reviewed
>>my chart. He said that he was almost 100% sure that the adhesions had
>>come back and were probably adherring my colon to my pelvic wall this
>>time. He also said that he didn't know anyone that would operate on it,
>>which is fine with me. He was very good about sitting down and talking
>>to me about everything. He also said it would be a good idea to start
>>using something like Citracell just so everything flows out properly. He
>>put me on Cellebrex for pain and inflammation. Have any of you used
>>this before? I told him I didn't want to take any kind of narcotic if I
>>could keep from it. He agreed that would not be a good idea at this
>>point. I asked him about Barrier sprays and he said that sometimes they
>>used them and sometimes they didn't, because they didn't always work.
>>Are there any Dr.'s in the US that treat Adhesions? Thanks for all the
>>support and help!
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>Sammie
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