Donna J
-----Original Message----- From: adhesions@adhesions.org [mailto:adhesions@adhesions.org] On Behalf Of Kris Sent: Thursday, March 05, 2009 6:40 PM To: Multiple recipients of list ADHESIONS Subject: Re: Barium Sulfate and adhesions. A link?
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
>