My niece who is early 40's has had a chronic condition for the past 10
years. She went to the Bahama's for her honeymoon and shortly after
returning home she began to have symptoms like a stomach flu with
diarrhea and stomach cramps. Food would literally pass right through
her. She has been to many doctors and eventually had many surgeries
these past 10 years, and now they are telling her she has spagetti
adhesions that wrap around her intestines. They will do surgery to
remove them but they grow right back. This poor woman spends most of
her time in the hospital. It is heartbreaking for our family, not only
because she is so ill but because the quality of her life has become
nil. She feels too bad to do anything but lie on the couch or in bed.
She has always been a very active and vital person and to see her
reduced to this is unbearable. She has episodes of water retention and
she swells up like a balloon. I believe the main problem is she is
going to the same doctor now and he is inexperienced in treating her
condition. Surely there is someone that is more knowledgable in this
area. She lives in Florida and has even been to Shands but got no
positive results. I would greatly appreciate any information on this
condition and any treatment if any, to prevent or slow the growing of
these adhesions. I have always thought she got some exotic "bug" in the
Bahamas.