At Thu, 5 Jan 2012, Shay wrote:
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>My name is Shay. I am 26 years old. I was born with gastroschisis.
>This was repaired and all was fine until a few years ago when a dermoid
>cyst was found on my right ovary. My OBGYN took it out along with my
>right ovary and fallopian tube. About six months later the pain
>started. It is best described as a sharp stabbing pain that was not
>triggered by anything (ie food, stress). The pain would last anywhere
>from 30 seconds to a few minutes and this could happen for many hours at
>a time. It took me a year and countless negative tests to convince a
>surgeon to do an exploratory lap to see if adhesions were causing my
>pain.
>In the first exploratory lap the surgeon removed my gallbladder (as it
>was being constricted by adhesions). Six months later, exploratory lap
>number 2...he took out more adhesions and this time he applied Seprafilm
>adhesion barrier. A year later (12/14/11) was surgery number 3. He
>took out more adhesions and used Seprafilm again. Discovered loop
>adhesions on my intestines. I had asked him to look at my intestines
>because I felt that no matter what I ate or when I ate, I was at risk
>for the horrible pain. I felt that as the food was passing through me
>it was causeing the adhesions to move and cause me a great deal of pain.
>He did not remove any of the loop adhesions. This would require a
>laparotomy. It has only been a few weeks after surgery. The pain I am
>feeling now is worse than before. I really believe it has to do with my
>intestines. He said he would go in again and remove them, but I just
>lost my insurance. Is there anything I can do to reduce this pain. I
>work on my feet all day at a pharmacy and I go to school full time. Pain
>meds are not an option.