HELP W/MULTIPLE ISSUES
From: Lee Hope (leehope@webtv.net)
Sun Sep 28 23:20:12 2003
HI. HAVE MANY QUESTIONS AND AM RELATIVELY NEW TO THIS. HAVE MULTIPLE
ISSUES AS WELL. HOPE SOMEONE, OR EVEN SEVERAL PEOPLE OUT THER CAN HELP/
EXPLAIN. FIRST OF ALL I HAVE SPENT MULTIPLE DRS VISITS AND ER VISITS
BEING TOLD IM CRAZY THE PAIN IS ANXIETY AND IN MY HEAD. I NEED TO FIND
A GOOD DR THAT UNDERSTANDS ADHESIONS IN THE NJ/NY AREA WHO ACCEPTS
INSURANCE (ALTHO MINE IS DUE TO RUN OUT) HEARD OF DRS' REICH AND REDAN
BUT THEY WANT TOO MANY $$ UP FRONT AND I HAVE NO $$. NEXT, IVE HAD TWO
SURGERIES IN MY LIFE, ONE 5 MOS AGO AND ONE 15 YRS AGO. THE MOST RECENT
ONE GAVE ME ADHESIONS IN MY GROIN, PELVIC SIDE WALL, BACK, RECTUM,
ATTACHED TO LARGE FIBROUS UTERUS, AND UP AS FAR AS KIDNEY IN BACK. IVE
NEVER STOPPED HAVING PAIN SINCE MY LAST SURGERY 5 MOS. AGO, AND MULTIPLE
CT SCANS, BLOOD TESTS, XRAYS SHOW NOTHING. I HAVE A FEELING OF FLUID IN
MY ABDOMEN WHICH IS VERY DISTENDED BUT NO FLUID SEEN ON ULTRASOUND. 3
MOS AFTER MY SURGERY AND AFTER MY 7TH CT SCAN I DEVELOPED SEVERE
SHORTNESS OF BREATH. HAS LASTED FOR 2 MOS. NOW IM SHORT OF BREATH WHEN
I EAT. OR DRINK , OR DO ALMOST ANYTHING. HAVE TO SLEEP SITITNG UP IN
RECLINER WTH WINDOW OPEN, AND STILL GASP FOR BREATH. GYNO SUGGESTED
THAT IT COULD BE FROM ADHESIONS THAT COULDNT BE REACHED DURING
APPENDECTOMY THAT ARE UP ON MY DIAPHRAGM. COULD THIS BE FROM THAT OR
FROM A NEW INFECTION I MAY BE HAVING? fEEL FLUID AND PAIN IN ABDOMEN. i
HAVE IRRITABLE BOWEL AND DONT COMPLETELY EVACUATE AND THINK THIS COULD
BE CAUSING PROBLEMS. TO COMPLICATE MATTERS, I HAVE 4 HEART VALVES THAT
ARE REGURGITATING BLOOD IN MY HEART BUT THE DRS ARE CALLING IT
"TRIVIAL". AND A RECENT ULTRASOUND SHOWED POSSIBLE GALLSTONES. IVE
ALSO HAD KIDNEY STONES. DIET IS POOR BECAUSE WHEN I EAT I CANT BREATHE
AND FEEL PULLING/SPASMING UNDER BELLY BUTTON AND TERRIBLE FULLNESS.
ALSO PULLING UNDER BREAST BONE. DIZZINESS, DISORIENTATION, FORGETFUL,
BAD HEADACHES. SO HERE'S MY QUESTIONS: 1-- HOW FAR CAN ADHESIONS GO
FROM AN APPENDECTOMY AND A BELLY BUTTON SURGERY? ALSO MAYBE FROM A
CURRENT ABDOMINAL INFECTION?
2--CAN THEY REACH THE KIDNEYS,LUNGS, ESOPHAGUS, HEART, FROM THE ABDOMEN?
DO THEY EVER "LOOSEN UP" SO YOUCAN BREATHE? IF THEY'RE THIS BAD I OLY 5
MOS,WHAT WILL HAPPEN AS TIME PASSES? THANKS FOR READING ALL THIS AND
ANY INPUT APPRECIATED. LEE