I am so grateful to find this forum, I have felt so alone and almost out
of hope. By 22, adhesions had destroyed my repro. organs and my obgyn
felt that a hysterectomy was the last option to end the multiple
adhesion surgeries I had endured, about 7-9 months apart. I would
remain childless. A gallbladder surgery several years later would
reveal adhesions had climbed as high as my spleen and had twisted my
bowel severely. While removing countless/coadhesive adhesions...my
bowel was nicked and a gastro surgeon was called in to do a resection. I
have endured years of pain, bowel disturbance and fatigue. Now 11 years
later...I can avoid the problem no longer. They seem to have wound
themselves into a mass just under my left ribcage and are affecting my
breathing. My left/lower abdomen is in constant pain also and my bowel
problems are severe. A recent visit to a surgeon was so emotionally
devastating that I cried until no more tears would come. He told me
that adhesions did not cause pain, they did not hurt internal organs and
that they could not have been the reason for a hys. at 22. I was
hoping that the medicine had progressed in 16 years, it crushed me to
have to deal with someone so completely insensitive. I would appreciate
hearing from someone else who understands my pain, lonliness, and
frustration. Thank you for sharing any information that you know of.