Hi!
Where are you located? Actually from the sounds of things..all the stuff
they say you have can cause pain.. Pain management might help. but if you
truely do have adhessions..( which from reading your history..) may be
likely. Getting to someone who deals with these things on a regular basis is
really important. Surgery isn't always the best answer, but sometimes it is
an option..but only with Docs that deal with adhesions, and their are some
good ones out there.. I'm going on six years without having surgery
for adhesions, and actually finally have a life.. But that is only because I
found a doc that would do his best to take care of them ie with barriers etc
that actually work..Email me if you'd like..
Marlene
> Date: Mon, 27 Feb 2012 19:15:09 -0600
> From: tracy.joslin@adhesions.org
> To: adhesions@mail.medispecialty.com
> Subject: FW: New and need help
>
> From: adhesions@adhesions.org [mailto:adhesions@adhesions.org] On Behalf
Of
> kelly murray
> Sent: Sunday, February 26, 2012 7:07 PM
> To: adhesions-request@adhesions.org
> Subject: RE: New and need help
>
> 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.
>