Re: Doc thinks Adhesions are on large bowel- surgery next week-Toni
From: Christine M. Smith (smithy@maine.rr.com)
Mon May 24 09:43:23 1999
At Mon, 24 May 1999, toni welsh wrote:
>
>At Fri, 14 May 1999, Christine M. Smith wrote:
>>
>>At Fri, 14 May 1999, Michele wrote:
>>>
>>>I waited as long as I could. I waited a year for improvement. The pain
>>>is rotten. So, because the bowel moved, and because there may be other
>>>damage where it is not ok, to leave them alone, I made a difficult
>>>choice to have surgery.
>>>
>>>I'm in absolute tears because I know it's a 50/50 dice game. It's one
>>>thing to not do surgery if it isn't going to cause a blockage, it's
>>>another when the prospect of not interceding might be worse.
>>>
>>>Any POSITIVE WORDS would be helpful.
>>>---Michele
>>
>>I'm sorry I don't have any positive thing to say because I'm in the same
>>situation as you are. That's why I'm going to a colo-rectal surgeon
>>this Thursday who also treats bowel problems as well as operates. I
>>think you can be sure that if your surgeon is willing to operate then
>>the advantages of operating must be greater than the risks. From what
>>you've been reading on this forum the general thinking seems to be
>>"don't operate unless absolutely necessary."
>>How did you find out the bowel moved and that there are risks in not
>>doing anything?
>>
>>Chris
>
>Hi chris, if there was atest to tell this girl that the bowel moved and
>they know it, I too would love to know how she knows this, they are just
>guessing that my large coon has probably been pulled down from
>adhesions, but this is only a guess,I wish I knew. All my drs tell me
>all of them is sine the adhesios on my large and small intestines are so
>thick, this makes them feel this way. and the bowel has definitely
>slowed down alot lately,I am working on moving them today.
>
>So the pain is worse today. Saturday I had a ;axative frida night, and
>drank a ton of prune juice, and finally that evening I told my husband
>the pain was so bad from not going so long, I had him get me fleetenema,
>I needed relief!
>
>take care. toni
>
>--
>Hi Toni:
Michele never responded why the doctor knew her bowel had moved. I
would think barium studies or other contrast would tell that, but I'm
not a doctor. The colo-rectal specialist said that in my case, the
bowel being pulled over and stuck on the right wall would probably not
cause any problems at all. He says he has seen colons that look like
they are tied in knots. I remember you telling me that doctors (all
except your gyn) said that the transverse colon being on the pelvic
floor was "no big deal."
I don't know if you've read my last posts, but the colo-rectal
specialist thinks my problem is in my back. His wife had a very similar
experience and after a long run around (including the gyn) finally found
out she had an inflammation of the sacroliliac joint that referred pain
to her abdomen.He confirmed what I thought before I went-that the
improvement that came with surgery might have been caused by other
reasons than the actual surical procedure. Surgery has all kinds of
effects on the body, as does anesthesia. I was also told once by a doc
that your body responds to injury (which surgery is)by pouring out
steroids which reduce inflammation. This could explain the relief
people feel after surgery *sometimes* (not all cases) for adhesions and
then they seem to reappear again after a little while. It's very
strange. I'm on the way to my pcp now-I should know more later today.
I'm not going to another doctor unless my pcp gives me very good reason
why I should If he won't do the necessary tests then I'm just going to
take ibuprofen and deal with the problems that come of that. I'm sick
of it!!!
Chris