Sharonda
>From: rwhite@alston.com (Rhonda White)
>Reply-To: adhesions@obgyn.net
>To: Multiple recipients of list ADHESIONS <adhesions@talk.obgyn.net>
>Subject: Re: Adhesions/Gall Bladder...I Need Some Advice
>Date: Mon, 29 Nov 1999 12:08:47 -0600
>
>Sharonda,
>
>First of all, it is me, Rhonda. I am writing to you from another
>location. My stomach hurts most of the time, sometimes worse after
>eating in the upper right quadrant. Actually, the pain is right under
>my rib cage, centered under my breast. It stretches from that point
>down to about level with my navel. It's not constant but it does last
>long enough that I feel like I'm in pain most of the time. It didn't
>show up on any test and apparently a sono won't pick this up. I don't
>quite know how the HIDA scan works but I believe it forces the gall
>bladder to contract and measures how stuff gets out. Hope this helps
>and that your mass turns out to be something simple.
>
>At Mon, 29 Nov 1999, Sharonda Moore wrote:
> >
> >Rhonda,
> >
> >I know that gyn's and general surgeons work together alot in surgery with
> >endo and adhesions or obstruction. Sometimes a gen. is called in when
>the
> >doctor suspects bowel involvement just in case. Most doctors work with a
> >team, like mine does. Your gyn might remove it depending on his surgical
> >experience - then again he/she might be shy about that since its not
>really
> >his or her area.
> >
> >I have a question for you - you stated that you have gallbladder problems
>-
> >it doesn't excrete. Can you describe that for me? My doc thinks that I
> >have a mass near or on my gallbladder - I am supposed to have a scan. I
>was
> >just wondering what symptoms you are experiencing.
> >
> >Sharonda
> >
> >>From: "Rhonda R. White" <samuels1@us.net>
> >>Reply-To: adhesions@obgyn.net
> >>To: Multiple recipients of list ADHESIONS <adhesions@talk.obgyn.net>
> >>Subject: Adhesions/Gall Bladder...I Need Some Advice
> >>Date: Sun, 28 Nov 1999 21:10:40 -0600
> >>
> >>Questions are at the end.
> >>
> >>I recently had a HIDA Scan which showed that my gall bladder doesn't
> >>excrete. In October I had a laparoscopy to remove pelvic adhesions.
> >>While the gyn was doing the lap, she told me that my liver & gall
> >>bladder were covered with adhesions. So bad that she couldn't even see
> >>the organs. Because I had limited her to the laprascope, she couldn't
> >>take those adhesions down. When I relayed the gyn's findings to my
> >>primary, she said I needed a general surgeon. The general surgeon says
> >>that she doesn't take down adhesions without a bowel obstruction, which
> >>I don't have. She says she absolutely won't bother the adhesions, and
> >>will only bother them (as few as necessary) if they get in the way of
> >>her removing my gall bladder laprascopically. She also says that my
> >>pain covers a larger area than just from my gall bladder and that for
> >>that reason, she's not sure that my gall bladder is the sole (or even a
> >>part) source of my pain.
> >>
> >>I also gathered from my gyn, that while my adhesions had re-formed, they
> >>weren't nearly as severe as they had be during a previous surgery
> >>meaning that I didn't get any new ones and that the ones that had grown
> >>back weren't as bad as they had been. This gives me hope that if
> >>perhaps much care is taken then to remove my adhesions in the upper
> >>right quadrant, they won't grow back; and if they do, it won't be as
> >>severe. Because I want to avoid having surgery again for as long as
> >>possible, I want to have my gall bladder removed as well as having the
> >>adhesions taken down. That way, I'm covering all the bases.
> >>
> >>I don't have much experience in dealing with insurance companies but I'm
> >>wondering how much success I can expect with Cigna (HMO) in getting them
> >>to allow me to have 2 surgeries at the same time. Can a gyn remove my
> >>gall bladder? Liklihood of getting a gyn & a general surgeon to work
> >>together? Can anyone recommend any good surgeons in the Washington,
> >>D.C. area? Finally, I've noticed that all of the doctors who seem to
> >>care anything about adhesions are gynecologists. Am I imagining that?
> >>If not, why are gynecologists the only ones who seem to work on
> >>adhesions?
> >>
>