Re: endo and chrons
From: Paula (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Tue Dec 30 11:38:14 2003
I'm glad to know that I am not alone. The pain is unbearable. How many
years were you free from pain? How long did it take you to heal? Were
you able to have kids after? I was told my tubes are dilated, and filled
with fluid.
They will have 2 doctors performing the surgery, one for the bowel and
one for the endo. It will be the same type of surgery that you had ..a
laparotomy. My case has become very severe. My chrons is very active,
but I know a lot of it has to do with my endo. It's not your typical
chrons symptoms, since I am constantly constipated, but it's very
painful.
Is there anything that I should be aware of, before I go into surgery?
At Mon, 29 Dec 2003, Chris wrote:
>
>Hi, I have had the same experience as Paula. I had all the symptoms of
>IBS and when I had my surgery (which turned out to be a laparotomy),
>they found that all my organs were fused together by the scar tissue.
>After the surgery all my bowel problems were gone. A few years later my
>symptoms have returned. I had another lap and the doctor found that my
>organs are again adhered to one another. He left me that way because he
>said the adhesions were too dense for him to correct laparascopically. I
>am going to a laprascopic specialist soon to hopefully have this
>situation taken care of. It is just so nice to know that there are
>others out there going through the same thing.
>
>At Mon, 29 Dec 2003, D.N. wrote:
>>
>>Paula,
>>
>>I was misdiagnosed with IBS. When I had my hyst(because of fibroids -
>>endo was suspected), my sigmoid colon, left ovary and uterus were all
>>adhered together. That is what caused my problem. I did not have IBS.
>>I don't know if this info helps in your situation, but just know you
>>aren't alone in the problem with endo in that location. Advise before
>>surgery make sure you are completely bowel prepped- including
>>antibiotics. The surface of my colon was denuded, but thankfully they
>>didn't perforate it. I wasn't bowel prepped.
>>
>>Best wishes,
>>D.N.
>>
>>At Mon, 29 Dec 2003, Paula wrote:
>>>
>>>Has anyone been diagnosed with Chrons and endo. The dr's say that my
>>>ovaries and my tubes and my bowels are all stuck together.
>>>
>>>I am constantly in pain, not sure if it's because of Chrons or endo. I
>>>am planning on have the surgery to get rid of the endo as well as the
>>>chrons.
>>>
>>>Any advice?
>>>
>>>Thanks
>>>
>>>--
>>>Looking for a pain free life :-)
>>>
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