Surgery In August
From: sdh (shick11@comcast.net)
Fri Jun 30 22:49:21 2006
Hi Everyone-
I am having my fifth surgery in August to remove colon adhesions, and I
am a little concerned about the procedure to remove them. I have had
four operations in the past two years to remove adhesions, (one of them
being a hysterectomy)and all of the operations were laparoscopies. Since
having the hysterectomy and having my condition worsen, I went to doctor
after doctor to get their opinions on adhesiolysis. The general
consensus from all of these doctors was that they felt that the only way
to really remove adhesions and see all of them was to perform a
laparotomy, which is a completely open surgery.
The doctor that I am seeing now, and having surgery with in August feels
that he can get rid of all of the adhesions laparoscopically. He has a
wonderful reputation, and has a lot of experience with adhesion
patients, so I have a lot of confidence in him, but I am starting to
wonder if maybe I should have a laparotomy instead of a laparoscopy
because of all of the other opinions I got. Have any of you gotten
longterm relief from adhesion removal laparoscopically? I would hate to
have another operation only to get them back again and wind up having
the open surgery anyway. Please let me know if you've gotten any relief
from the laparoscopy or the laparotomy.
Thanks!
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sdh