Howdy yall,
I have had numourus surgeries for adhesions, the worst was losing my
uterus/ovaries at 22yoa. I have found I can go a few years with no
problems(pain) and then it will slowly start with having heartburn and
then getting spasms in my stomach. It feels like a cramp and sometimes
you can actually see the area moving. The last surgery I had was in Nov
'02 and I almost lost 3/4 of my intestine because the adhesions had
wrapped them into a ball. I had portions of intestine that had begun to
atrophy. I am very concerned because in the last two months I have once
again started with heartburn and the cramps. I am taking up to 4 anexia
10/650 a day for the pain. I have been warned about constipation and
have had no problems with that, mainly because I eat so little. I am
slowly losing my appitite and when I do eat I become nauseated and use
oral Compazine or Reglan.
Well, I think that is enough history so now on to my questions:
1. What are the new treatments for adhesions? I know the barriers are
being used, but it doesn't seem to help me. (in 80% of my surgeries a
barrier was used)
2. I read that removing the adhesion tissue my help reduce the
formation of new ones, is this true?
3. What about using Gore Tex? I no longer have my reproductive organs
so there is no need for me to worry about pregnancy. Is this a possible
choice?
4. Is there a difference between using lasers to lyse the adhesion
compared to surgical disection?