I suggest that you get referred to pain management. They can give you options on the pain. Surgery only gives short relief.
Kelly
> Date: Sun, 26 Feb 2012 19:03:53 -0600
> From: tracy.joslin@adhesions.org
> To: adhesions@mail.medispecialty.com
> Subject: New and need help
>
> Sender: mrsditrich@gmail.com (Jennifer)
> Subject: New and need help
>
> Hi all,
>
> I found this site after searching the internet for help. After reading
> so many of your stories, I am glad I have found YOU. I have not been
> diagnosed with abdominal adhesions yet. I recently went through another
> round of tests by my new gastro doctor. Although he found plenty wrong
> (diverticulitis, ulcers, internal hemmoroids, and GERD), he does not
> believe any of those is the cause for my pain. He suggested that it
> might be adhesion related.
>
> I am 39 years old. I had a C-section 20 years ago followed by a tubal
> ligation and then a complete hysterectomy. My pain started really bad
> after my tubal surgery. I complained and complained to my gyno, but all
> he would do was give me pain pills. As a mother of 2 young children
> that wasn't the answer I was looking for.
>
> It took moving and seeing a new gyno to realize that something was
> wrong. So much so that he scheduled me for surgery on my first visit to
> him. After planning just to remove my uterus due to heavy bleeding, he
> found that I had endo so bad that he removed everything. Ovaries,
> tubes, uterus, and cervix. That was 12 years ago.
>
> I have been back and forth to gynecologists, gastro doctors and my
> family doctor for my pain. This is the first time adhesions have been
> mentioned to me and after reading the symptoms of so many of you, I am
> pretty sure that is what I have too.
>
> Right now my stomach is so distended that I look about 7 months
> pregnant. I can hardly eat because I always feel full. The pain and
> cramping gets so bad that I have almost no life. I miss so many
> important events due to the pain. I haven't be able to have sex with my
> husband for 4 years because of the excruciating pain. When I complained
> about this to my gyno he told me to relax and drink some wine to "loosen
> me up." I am to the point where I don't know where else to turn or what
> to do.