>From: gina@maine.rr.com (Gina)
>Reply-To: adhesions@obgyn.net
>To: Multiple recipients of list ADHESIONS <adhesions@talk.obgyn.net>
>Subject: How do I know if it's obstructed?
>Date: Mon, 1 Nov 1999 07:01:13 -0600
>
>Hi everyone,
>I am 7 weeks post-op from my 2nd surgery. I was Dx with
>adhesions a few weeks after the surgery (just from my
>symptoms, and adhesion-prone history). The pain I had
>associated with the adhesions is bearable actually, and
>not as bad as it was when it was Dx'd. I know I have them
>in my pelvic area and also some reformed adhesions on my
>upper right abdomen/intestine area (I can feel the pulling
>and pain in there more than anywhere else, and that's where they removed
>the adhesions on my last OP).
>
>I have had severe bowel problems since this 2nd surgery.
>I have been in the ER twice because of no BM, yet alot of pain. Both
>times I was told I was constipated/impacted and sent home with enema and
>laxative instructions. Eventually
>things would move again, but never back to normal and only for a day or
>2, then I'd go another week to 10 days with no BM and the pain increased
>with time.
>
>I don't vomit, but do feel nausea and lessening of appetite as time goes
>on. I don't get fevers. I just get alot of pain which makes me sweat
>almost constantly. I do pass gas, sometimes painfully sometimes not.
>
>Am I being a hypochondriac thinking I might have a bowel
>obstruction high in my upper intestines? I mean this long after surgery
>my bowels should be working normally again, barring any problems
>correct? The last time I was in the ER I had an xray done. I hadn't
>moved bowels in 6 days. The xrays showed stool only in the upper
>intestines and nothing at all in the lower intestines. Why wasn't it
>moving down into the lowers? Why didn't they think it was obstructed?
>
>I get alot of pain when I eat, my stomach and chest hurts bad. I have
>no heartburn yet they think I might have an ulcer because of the pain
>and nausea with all meals. Every time I eat, it's a struggle not to
>throw up, for hours after. The pepcid (40 mg a day) seems to help with
>that, but not always.
>
>Just curious what your opinions are on this?
>Gina
>