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Sent: Monday, March 19, 2007 5:38 PM
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Subject: sigmoid blockage scared to death
>
> I had a flexible sigmoidoscopy last week which showed that the distal
> sigmoid colon was flat and the scope wouldn't go through. They suspect
> adhesions from a hysterectomy 18 years ago. I've spent 3 years getting
> worse with nerve pain till I'm in a wheelchair and just got a diagnosis
> of trapped nerve at T12 but they now think that nerve is tethered by the
> adhesions.
>
> When I wake up my abdomen is pop pop popping as gas tries to get through
> the blockage. Haven't had a BM since the scope last Wednesday. The
> pain when this happens is horrific; I soak in sweat, my BP shoots up and
> pain rips up my back.
>