At Sun, 28 Aug 2011, Jennifer wrote:
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>I am a 34 year old female who recently had a intestinal blockage caused
>by adhesions. I had gastric bypass in June 2010 and then in Dec 2010 I
>had to have my gallbladder removed. Both of these surgeries were done
>laperscopically. 5 weeks ago I was having severe abdominal pain along
>with nausea and told my husband to take me to the ER right away. The
>did a CT scan and found I had an intestinal blockage. They told me
>surgery had to be done ASAP. After the surgery the surgeon said the
>blockage was caused by adhesions probably formed from previous surgery.
>
>I felt so much better after this surgery but then 2 weeks later I
>started to have severe abdominal pain again but no nausea. I told the
>surgeon and he said its probably muscular pain and should go away within a
week or so.
>Another two weeks went by and still same pain. When I went back to see
>him he said he thinks unfortunately it may be more adhesions forming
>from this surgery he just had performed. This surgery was an open incision
surgery.
>My question is how long do I have to live with this pain? I now have to
>go back to work as I have been out of work for 5 weeks since my surgery
>but I am still suffering. Everytime I get up to walk or move I am in
>pain! I still cant sleep good at night. I bought an abdominal surgery
>support brace to see if it would help but it doesnt help the pain! Does
>it ever get any better? Will this be something I have to live with for
>the rest of my life and worry about another intestinal blockage? Any
>advice would be greatly appreciated.
>
>The other issue I have read is many women seem to become unfertile with
>adhesions. I really was planning on having more kids with my husband
>and now Im worried. Is this true? It has brought me so down and
>depressed. I just feel hopeless at this point.
>
>Thank you for listening.