Hi, i have been suffering as you have for over 6 years, my pain management doctor has found that a lydocaine infusion can give some relief for a few days, i have been using it for nearly 6 months and although it does not take away all the pain i do find a little relief for about 3 days. hope this helps. God Bless-Melisa
________________________________________ From: "IAS Admin (Tracy)" <tracy.joslin@adhesions.org>
-- ________________________________________ Reply-To: adhesions@adhesions.org To: Multiple recipients of list ADHESIONS <adhesions@dns.obgyn.net> Subject: new here - adhesion help Date: Sun, 9 Jul 2006 19:51:48 -0500 >Sender: jen.ford@telus.net (Jen) >Subject: new here - adhesion help > >Hello. How on earth have I missed this website? Now that I've found it >where do I go? My story began several years ago when I had a laparotomy >to remove a large (24cm) mass on one of my ovaries. Pathology showed it >was a form of ovarian cancer, so several months later I was admitted to >a cancer center where they performed a second laparotomy to perform a >cancer staging. And again, several months after that, another >laparotomy to remove more 'masses' which were benign. This was 2-3 >years ago and now I have considerable excruciating pelvic pain. The >surgeons have told me it is caused by adhesions and neuropathy. > >I understand that there is no treatment for this pain, and that additional >surgery will give temporary (a couple of months, maybe) relief but then >more adhesions will form. I have been seen by gynecologists, pain >specialists, oncology specialists etc. Currently my GP is prescribing >60 mg of oxycontin daily, along with amitriptylene, and effexor (the >latter for depression). I have tried neurontin with no success. I am >unhappy taking oxycontin and concerned about addiction (and also my GP >is unhappy prescribing the oxycontin for the same reason). But, what to >do instead? No one ever talked to me about adhesions, and certainly >didn't tell me about the chance that they could cause so very much pain. >It destroyed my marriage (I am divorced now, living in a different >country than my ex-husband), is systematically working towards >destroying my job, and has left me financially bankrupt. It (the pain) >has just permeated every aspect of my life, even my dreams at night, in >my dreams I am experiencing this excruciating pain. There just seems to >be no relief, even with the oxycontin. If anyone here has any >suggestions that I might share with my doctor I would appreciate it, I >am ready to try (almost) anything.