At Tue, 19 Apr 2011, bradyjm3551@mccmail.mohave.edu wrote:
>
>Hello dorethy i am also very thin, however when i hurt my stomach ( by
>bending or sneezing) my stomach does swell. In fact im lopsided. Left side
>is bigger or more swollen all the time. I think its because my adhesions go
>through many layers of abdoman. Good luck to you. Please let me know how
>seprateeese works for you. Im curious. Also i found studies reporting less
>bowel obstructions by taking cranberry suplements. U might also try that.
>Good luck again. Sincerly jennifer
>-----Original Message-----
>Date: Sunday, April 17, 2011 10:11:01 am
>To: "Multiple recipients of list ADHESIONS"
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>From: "IAS Admin" <tracy.joslin@adhesions.org>
>Subject: an ever increasing waist line...
>From: dmmoran@hotmail.com (dorothy)
>Subject: an ever increasing waist line...
>
>Hi all! I have had 3 small bowel obstructions in 27 mos. It all started in
>Dec. 08 when I had a ruptured appendix, but it took the hospital THREE
>weeks to diagnose, well they diagnosed it by doing exploratory surgery.
>Praise God that the appendix somehow took a B-line and settled in a lump in
>my groin, otherwise it would have secreted toxins and I would've died of
>sepsis. BUT the situation caused a secondary SBO, and the surgery was an
>ordeal -- the abdominal organs had begun to fuse together and so had to be
>separated. The surgeon at the time said with the amount of trauma that
>occurred, it was very likely I would have tons of adhesions.