Dear Jeanette, i too had endo and adhesions been dealing since the late
70's always had bowel problems used to hurt so bad i would see stars and
end up on the floor sweating and shaking when done, then one day my doc
said try Caltrate bone and colon health calciun supplement 600+D, ok i
will try whats the harm, well let me tell you for the first time in yrs,
i am going every day without pain and almost to the hour every day, I
couldn't belive it something so simple, I dont take anything else
either. having this problem kinda solved is so good!! wish everything
else could be so simple, Caltrate adhesion dissolver!!lol give it a try
whats to lose and alot to gain Hope it works for ya Take care Debra
> >From: adhesions@adhesions.org [mailto:adhesions@adhesions.org] On Behalf Of >Jeanette Chamberlain >Sent: Tuesday, March 04, 2008 9:57 AM >Subject: I just don't want to live like this anymore. > >I have been dealing with adhesions since 2002 when I had my Endometriosis >removed through laparoscopic surgery. I have since had a full hysterectomy >and four more Laparoscopys to deal with the adhesion problems. I am >currently able to deal with the pain because of a careful balance of >medicines including gapabentin and morphine sulfate. Now to the problems. > >I have extremely painful bowel movements/BMs (sorry for the bluntness but >how else can one describe it) I am grateful that I even have bowel
movements
>as this means that I am not completely obstructed. I suspect that I am >partially obstructed because of the pain I experience in two distinct >places on my intestines when I am experiencing increased bowel motility. I >take a stool softener and metamucil every day but it does not prevent the >painful evacuations. I take miralax when I have gone more than two days >without a BM. I used to eat a lot of meat but these days I mostly eat
cereal
>and easily digested food because I get so nauseated if I eat much else.
Does
>anyone have any suggestions as to what I might do to stop the BMs from
being
>so painful? I am at the point where I live in dread of having a BM. > >I wake up in the morning nauseated. I take generic Reglan twice a day to >fight the nausea. After the nausea subsides a little I eat a bowl of cereal >sometimes fortified with some nuts. There is a small window of opportunity >between 11:00 AM and 3:00 PM where I can eat normally without getting sick >to my stomach. I usually can't eat anything after 4:00 PM or I get very >nauseous which means that I can't eat dinner with my family. Even if I
don't
>eat anything after 4:00 PM I still become from mildly to extremely nauseous >in the evenings. I discovered that I absolutely can not eat or drink
certain
>things anymore. I have never been a big drinker but if I even drink a
little
>bit of alcohol I really suffer for it with acute nausea. (I obviously don't >drink alcohol anymore and it really is no loss) I also have been >experiencing headaches that coincide with the nausea. Has anyone else >experienced a situation like this? >