Re: long talk with gyn yesterday
From: Christine M. Smith (smithy@maine.rr.com)
Tue May 11 11:12:05 1999
At Tue, 11 May 1999, Toni Welsh wrote:
>
>I too have been having alot of bowel trouble getting alot worse, the gyn
>did say he wants me to try to take dupholac syrup, he said it will cause
>more cramping than the senekot.
>
>when I told him I did not go after 3 days and had increase the laxative
>his face dropeed, he asked him if I went and I told him I drank tons of
>prune juise, and then I went alot.he did say he was very concerned with
>me, and is hoping for now the pain clinic can at least get me functional
>again.
>
>He sat with us and showed us the pictures and explained them, and he
>said that each one of them were over an inch thick, he said these are
>the adhesions that definitely bind up the bowels, and he said he was
>sure that it is in the same condition it was, but he feels that surgery
>at this time would be very hard on me, I was in the office in tears, and
>he told me he cares and wants to help me, and when they come out woth a
>barrier , he will go in and lyse them again, but he has to know that the
>new barriers will work, he also sadi he knows that I would have to have
>a llaparotomy, he said teh last lap, the scope was not able to get too
>far into the pelvis, and get through the adhesions, he said that they
>are VERY think, and VERY LONG, some of them were, even 2 inches wide, so
>it is bad!
>
>He starrted me estratest, for they loss of sex drive, and said do not
>ever hesitate to call,, he was himself yesterday the caring gyn I am
>used too, he said he will help me, as soon as he is SURE this will work.
>
>Chris, I am having the same smptoms you are having, and I told him I was
>running from morming to night trying to forget. I was back down to 95
>lbs, he said I can see you do not feel good, but I am running my self
>down, I told him I have not been able to eat any meat, and he said I
>need to find other things for protein.
>
>I am going to see grandmohter now talk to you all later.
Hi Toni:
I'm glad to hear your talk with the gyn was positive. Also glad to hear
he put you on estratest. This is the estrogen that has testosterone in
it, that I mentioned awhile back. It's supposed to work for the problem
you have, I hope it does.
Of course I am no surgeon and you doctor certainly has more experience
than I do, but I don't share his opinion that your situation now is
definitely as bad as it was at the last lap. Just from my own
experience, I know that the same kind of pain can be two different
problems. It may be where the adhesions are this time could be a
completely different location and the scope would get in okay. But as I
said, I am no doctor and have never done a laparoscopy! I will ask the
colo-rectal guy about the new barriers.
Chris