go in laproscopically. if they are too bad then they will have to open you up. i haven't had any major problems since my hysterectomy but who knows what will happen in the future. i personally am just playing it by ear. when
they do go in do they plan on using any barriers? i have had barriers used in the past and they didn't work, so my doc didn't use them this last time. he is pretty sure that i shouldn't have any more problems and i hope that he
is right but i guess i will see. i trust my dr and and have been seeing him for the last 13 years. anyway i wish you the best of luck and hope that this
surgery will be your last.
christina
>From: "IAS Admin (Tracy)" <tracy.joslin@adhesions.org>
>Reply-To: adhesions@adhesions.org
>To: Multiple recipients of list ADHESIONS <adhesions@dns.obgyn.net>
>Subject: Surgery In August
>Date: Fri, 30 Jun 2006 22:50:02 -0500
>
>Sender: shick11@comcast.net (sdh)
>Subject: Surgery In August
>
>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.