Re: abdominal adhesion treatment

From: doreen ahearn (dahearn813@comcast.net)
Sat Jun 18 20:23:22 2005


dear Fhager: it was great to read that having a colonoscopy helped with your adhesions. my doctor tried that procedure many times but it was not successful. he told me that he was not able to complete the procedure because the adhesions were so bad he could not advance the scope.

when i had my surgery in november the doctor took photos which showed that most of my intestinal tract was in one piece and looked like it was covered with elmers glue. my follow-up procedure showed that only 15% of the adhesions grew back and there were entire areas where the adhesions did not grow back at all. i am very happy for you that it works because it is much easier than surgery. however, for some of us surgery seems to be the only option short of living on pain meds. again, i am happy for you that you can put off surgery and i hope many others are as lucky. good luck to you and congrats on staying out of the or!! doreen

At Wed, 15 Jun 2005, Fhager wrote: >
>I suffer from on and off partial bowel/ intestinal blockage from
>adhesions. I just wanted to share what has helped me. when I have
>symptoms which include severe pain my GI doc does a colonoscopy and
>spreads everything open again so things can flow freely.


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