Thanks so much!
At Sun, 11 Jan 2009, Jenny wrote:
>
>I just wanted to send a quick message to all. I have been suffering for
>about 7 years with major abdominal pain. It all started (I will make it
>a quick overview, as I have shared my story before!! and I don't want to
>bore people.) So, it started with my inability to get pregnant - leading
>to surgeries for ovarian cysts (complex) and stage 4 Endo -- leading to
>major adhesions. ALWAYS after just a few days or a couple of weeks,
>having the pain start up again and again. I thought I had lost all hope
>-- I thought I was just going to live in pain for the rest of my life,
>so the question was how will I continue?? I started seeing (as a last
>result) Dr's at Rush hospital here in IL. If you want specifics, please
>feel free to email me. Anyway, I ended up at the pain clinic, they
>reviewed a CT scan I had recently and noticed some hernia's around the
>area I had been cut into so many times before. They referred me to a
>General surgeon, whose specialty was hernias and adhesions. He repaired
>the hernia with mesh and took down more adhesions. Needless to say the
>recovery was horrific, I had never experienced pain like this after
>surgery-- but to my surprise as the pain from surgery lessened, there
>was NO other pain. I have none of my "typical" adhesions pain at all!!
>I have been completely pain-free since November, which I know is not
>that long, but it is the longest I have EVER been without pain in
>years!!!!!! So, I am not exactly sure what happened, but if anyone out
>there is suffering in pain AND has a hernia, check into it-- I had mine
>for about 3 or 4 years (one) and then a few more popped up.... It may
>help your pain. God bless to all!
>
>Just wanted to share, what I hope is a success story of R E L I E F !!!
-- Stacy