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Re: scared--I think I have adhesions--just need to vent
From: Lori (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Fri Oct 28 22:57:14 2005
I remember reading your post before. I think I would get another
opinion definately. If you have a good family doctor maybe they could
recommend where you should go. If your doctor that did your surgery
does not solve your problem then you need to look elsewhere. It just
maybe that they do not know and someone else will. I find it hard to
believe that you would be feeling an adhesion this soon. What type of
culture did they do? Did you have any blood test to see if your body is
fighting off an infection? As for your future, think positive, things
will change. I really want to encourage you and let you know that we
can be successful and pain free, if we educate ourself and take proper
steps in our life. Right now you are feeling bad so it makes future
goals look impossible. However, this to shall pass, you need to realize
that there are solutions and hope for a brighter future. Take the
necessary steps to help yourself, don't wait if you know inside your
heart that things are not right. We have good intuition as women.
Venting is good, it helps. I will say a prayer for you. Lori L.
At Fri, 28 Oct 2005, m wrote:
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>For any of you who might've read my previous posts, I had surgery a
>little more than 8 weeks ago and i have been having a low grade fever
>and continued pain. my dr. thought i might have had an infection but
>the culture he took came back negative. still i am taking antibiotics
>again (3rd time--but a different antibiotic) just in case.
>
>since a few days after my sugery ive had a pulling pain in my side and
>back. i had an ultrasound after surgery that showed a hemotoma (like a
>bruise) and they attributed the feeling to that. but the hemotaoma
>should be gone by now and did not show up in my recent ultrasound.
>
>it finally ocurred to me that I migth have developed adhesions. i read
>about it a little and checked the message board for adhesions and it
>seems that that pulling/tugging pain I have is common among people who
>have adhesions. it makes sense to me as adhesions form just days after
>surgery and that is when my pain began. it is not like my usual pain,
>before surgery i had less pain and less often and i did not have this
>pullig feeling, liek a tight rubber band that hurts when i turn in
>certain positions, or try to straighten out my pelvic/stomach area. my
>dr. had not mentioned this to me as a possilbity but i remembered that
>i had read about it before, and suddenly thought that this could very
>well be what's wrong with me. the dr. said it is certainly possible.
>
>--
>my dr. says to give it one more month to see if the sugery worked but
>im afraid that even if the endo pain is gone this adhesion pain (if
>that's what's going on) might be even worse. im so scared about how i
>will support myself if i can work. i thought a few weeks after surgery
>id be basically recovered and at least the way i was before surgery, not
>so much worse 8 weeks later. im not able to do almost any daily tasks
>becaus eof the pain and the effects of my pain medicine. im taking so
>much more pain med. than i was before.
>
>im scared of having to be dependant on taking pain meds for the rest of
>my life and not being able to support myself, have health insurance ,
>etc.
>as it is now m y husband is having to do everythign and we did not
>expect tha he would still be doignt hat at this point, i dont think he
>can maintain this for so long. we do not have family to help us , my
>mom helped during and right after my surgery but she is not able to help
>otherwise and does not live nearby, and staying with either of our
>parents if we really needed it is not an option for us. we had money
>problems even before but now my medial bills are higher than ever and i
>havent worked since january and am not sure when or if i will be able
>to.
>
>i guess if i really dotn get better i need to accet that and start
>planning my life around that reality. it is so different than the
>future both my husband and i envisioned for ourselves. we hoped to save
>money to buya house and to better our posiiton in life, now it seems it
>will only get worse...
>
>well ill try to be patient and give it one more motnh before i really
>get scared. i just neeed to get this out to someone an i thought if
>anyone, the people on this boadr will be the ones who can undertand how
>this feels as many of you have gone through and are going through the
>same, or worse. thank for listening!
>m
>
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