I,too, have suffered severely form PHANTOM PAIN!
I had my gall bladder removed on 3/22/00 instead of
getting better I was in more pain than ever. Over the
next 2 1/2 years I saw 15 different Drs.,all over the
state of AZ. 99% treated me like I was a NUT!!! I even
went to counseling, all they wanted to do was give me
anti-depressants. Nothing to deal with the pain. I had
ever tests imaginable some ever twice. ZIP,NADA
NOTHING! To make a very long story short I finally
found a surgeon who did exploratory surgery on me.
Guess What? I was full of adhesions. My intestines,
colon,duodenum, pancreas were all adherred to my liver
with dense adhesions. My surgeon used Seprafilm, I am
50 to 75% better now. But not 100%, and it was not
immediate, it was several months after my surgery in
July of 2002 before I started feeling a decrease in
pain.I have my life back, not as it was before my
Nightmare gall bladder surgery but as good as I can
make it on a day to day basis. If you have any
questions or comments, feel free to contact me. Take
Care, Rita