At Thu, 5 Mar 2009, Katie wrote:
>Seriously, drinking that stuff was the worst test i've ever been through! No one told me that it causes constipation. Well, in someone who is already blocked up from adhesions, it's a nightmare. I didn't go to the bathroom for nine days! Of course, i ended up in the ER. 3 enemas later, nothing happened. They sent me home with more meds to have a bowle movement. I spent 3 days on the couch, feeling like I was in labor the whole time. My family was off, enjoying the annual fall renaissance festival and I was home, miserable. It was awful!! >I had a study done last week and had to drink 2 bottles of the "chalk" >stuff. Anyhow, I spent a couple of days researching that junk and >actually found a couple of sites that stated that it could possibly >"cause" adhesions or in some cases, make them worse. > >If there is any truth to that, a bunch of us (myself included), are in >BIG trouble. I can't even count the number of studies I have had done >in the last 5 years and all because I was trying to find out why I am >hurting so much. > >And of course all the studies were "normal" because I have adhesions. >Now the question is ... do I have MORE adhesions because of the liquid >concrete I was forced to drink???? > >-- >Katie >