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Re: Endo in bowels/bladder??
From: anonymous (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Mon Jan 26 19:18:59 2004
I have endo on my bowels and my bladder. I don't seem to have as many
problems as you, but I would get a second opinion from someone who is
very familiar with endo. I may even get a third opinion, because you
are right, that is a serious surgery and could limit future functioning
of your bowels and bladder. Never, never, never do what one doctor
tells you to do without getting other opinions and doing your own
research. They should be able to see the endo, if any, on your bowels
and bladder during a routine lap, that is how mine was found. Good luck
to you!!
At Mon, 26 Jan 2004, Anita wrote:
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>I was just wondering if anyone has had the endo spreading in their
>bowels and/or bladder.
>
>I have been told by my hospital that they think they have found endo in
>both. They are saying that they will have to open them up and remove
>the scar tissue and then give me a (temporary) bag on each while the
>holes they have made rest and heal.
>
>Now, it probably is needed as I am suffering big time with the
>excrutiating pain when I urinate and have constant constipation as my
>bowels seize up in sheer pain and refuse to move (even when I am
>surviving on a diet of green vegetables and fruit...mainly spinach and
>prunes - and still nothing happens!)
>
>Of course I then get really bloated, and this puts even more pressure on
>the whole stomach/womb area, finally after many laxatives my bowels
>decide to move once a fortnight.
>
>I just want to find out if anyone else had been through this and had
>their bladder/bowels operated on. I don't know what to do. I might be
>in pain now, but i don't like the idea of the bladder/bowels being
>tampered with as surely no matter how much they are rested after the op,
>they will never be a strong again.
>
>I've asked about the possibility of just removing the womb
>altogether...they are very reluctant to do this!! The hospital say it's
>too major...but tampering with my bladder/bowels is too and I need those
>for the rest of my life, preferable intact!! I can do without a womb, I
>will eventually face the fact that I won't ever have children and I'll
>just have to deal with it. This pain, I cannot deal with!
>
>Please anyone that has anything that might help, please let me
>know...it's driving me crazy as to what to do!
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