adhesions, fused bowel

From: scared in alaska (shameless88@yahoo.com)
Sat Jun 11 09:30:16 2005


I dont normally post messages with anyone but i am scared and dont know what to do.

let me start by givinga little bit of history on my situation:

I was 23 when i started having problems (about 6 months after the birth of my daughter) i went to the dr. they couldnt find anything then i found out that my little sister had endometriosis and had almost identical pain as me so i said what the hey ive tried everything els so i got a referral and went to the obgyn,,after some testing and poking and proding he wanted to go in with a scope to see if it was endo, it was, so i went on hormone therapy along with a bunch of other stuf and nothing worked, i was in constant pain my back pain was so bad that i was on narcotics and i couldnt do much of anything, so my husband and i talked about it and the only option left was a complete hystoretomy, well i did it and felt sooo much better for about 6 months or so(i had discomfort the whole time which i atributed to healing) , then i began to have terrible stomach pain that jsut wouldnt go away we were in the process of moving and i have 2 kids and a husband to take care of so i did what i usually do when i have discomfort or pain, grinned and beared it, until it was to the point that my husband was concerned at the fact i couldnt pick up my daughter without almost crying or exercie at all , playing with my kids was definantly out so he made me an appt. the dr referrd me to the obgyn, when i explained to her she gave me some med.

and said if not better in 2 weeks come back or if i couldnt bear any longer come in sooner, well one week later i was in her office schedulling surgery to see if it was adhesions, it was and she spent about 2 hours unsticking my intesines from each other, i feel better now, it has only been a month, i still have a little discomfort but nothing i cant handle (for now) but for the first time in a long time i can run and play withmy kids and hold my daughter for more than 30 sec without pain, (shoot for the first time in about 3 years i can even have intercorse without my husband having to ask if im ok due to pain) Anyhoo the reason for me being scared is i went in for postop appt today the dr showed me the pics and stuff and told me what she had done and that she will be stationed here only another year and a half and she will do the surgery again if i need before she leaves, well i was dumbfounded when she told me this , i asked what i the world she was talking about "i thought you fixed it " she then informed me that she did .....for now,,,(huh???) totally confused at what she was saying she explained that the intestines(bowel) would almost certainly fuse again. and if she wasnt here when it did or i wasnt here when it does to make sure i see a speacialist but since she has done it once she will do it again for me if we are in the same place.

is ther anything i can do to prevent it from happening, i cant live with the pain...my kids need there mother and my husband needs his wife not somone they can barely touch without cause aggonizing pain or someone they see in the hostpital every year or soo...PLEASE HELP


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