Hello everyone, This has become such a wealth of information. Thanks to
everyone. I have an appointment with my surgeon on Friday and I am
feeling a bit frustrated. I have had 7 surgeries, 5 of them
laparotomies, in 9 years. I have endured a ruptured tubal pregnancy, I
hemorraghed when my intestine was nicked and now have adhesions on bowel
and intestines, I have had bowel obstructions, I recently had a
hysterectomy due to dense adhesions in my uterus, and I suffer from
fibromyalgia. I am very tired of being in constant pain. I am 40 years
old and had to quit my high paying job. I have 2 wonderful children and
a grandson that I adore. I try to live my life to the fullest but it is
increasingly difficult. Everthing I do requires great effort, I hate to
get up in the morning because I feel so bad. I'm not ready to have
surgery again, it's only been 6 months since the hysterectomy,
appendectomy and lysis of dense adhesions. I want to ask my surgeon for
some pain medicine that is stronger than the one I take, but I doubt he
will do it. My pcp is the one who prescribes my pain meds. and refered
me to a pain clinic. The pain Dr. was very rude, made me feel like I
was a hopeless case. I ended up taking neurontin which didn't help me.
I had surgery shortly after that and didn't go back. I'm sorry so long
but you ladies are the only ones who understands how I feel. I'm hoping
tomorrow will be a better day. I sure will try. I have a very loving
husband and I am thankful for that. Sherry