I am looking to see if anyone else out there has had injuries caused
during adhesion surgery. I have had several surgeries in the past, some
for adhesions and some for other abdominal issues. Everything in the
past always seemed to be okay. Severe abdominal pain, surgery for
adhesions and then relief for a while. This time, surgery for adhesions
on 02/18/04, came home seemed fine. Woke up two days later, put my feet
on the floor to out of bed, and then the contents of my small intestine
started pouring out my umbilicus incision. Emergency surgery, 18cm and
two perforations removed from my small intestine, my "new" recovery
began. I also had to have surgery on 03/31/04 and 05/05/04 for
infections in the wound. Every surgery left the opening of the wound
larger, needing to be packed daily. Three and a half months later, I
can finally see where my wound is healing. My husband understands
because he has been there for every second of this. I usually just give
brief, humorous explainations to anyone else, but most people would
never understand what I have been through. I guess that I want to
connect with someone who has been through this and come out okay, so
that I can feel like there will be an end to this someday. I feel
traumatized along with the physical pain, except the trauma doesn't
show.