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Re: adhesion surgeryFrom: Christine (anonymous@obgyn.net)Sat Dec 26 10:08:50 1998
At Fri, 25 Dec 1998, kim wrote: > >hi >That is wonderful that you are pain free.The majority of my pain problems >are adhesions.My entire abdomin/left and ride side and lower back,have been >screaming in pain for 3 years..well really 15 but the last surgery was 3 >years ago..Which was number 12 abdominal..They are so nerved up about doing >any more surgery on me,because i have already had so many abd surgeries.i >have been begging for the last year to please go in and see what is going >on.I told them,I have had adhesions for 15 years,and this pain is not >right,..they have ran many test us/ctscans/GI..all negative,but I know from >before I showed minimal adhesions on the screen,when he got in he was >absolutely amazed at what he had seen.My entire abdominal was spidered >web..and everypart was pulled into a new place.Why they cannot see this on >screen is absolutely amazing..I go in for a abdomin nerve block in >Jan.pretest before the actual surgery of cutting the nerves in my >abdomin..by the way has anyone had this procedure done,Where they surgically >go in and cut the nerves in your abdomin?..They are hoping this will bring >relief to pain,but i have been investigating this information.and I am down >right scared,I have been reading some pretty nasty stuff about this >procedure.Almost all agree that its something that is not recommened unless >the life expectancy is not long..Well I am 31 and my life has a long way to >go..I hope..anyways.I think its wonderful to finally talk to other women >about adhesions.Seems trying to find a person on the outside world who has >abdominal adhesions to a serious extent is slim to none..Well thanks for >listening >Happy holiday's >Kimmi >Women and Children First >http://members.tripod.com/~ibkimmi/ >Daveinma@ix.netcom.com >Join our webring Women and Children >http://members.tripod.com/~ibkimmi/page19.html >Join our New webring Lean On Me >http://members.tripod.com/~ibkimmi/page27.html >Our New Magical Christmas Place >http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Pointe/2308/ Hi Kimmie: I think you were responding to me, not sure, but I will answer. I'm not exactly pain free. I have some reminders that everything is not as it should be in the lower abdomen/pelvis. I still have some pain, but nothing like I did before the laps. I know from past experience that the pain could return, although it was definitely not as bad as yours is. I have no idea what the future holds so am keeping my fingers crossed. Obstruction? who knows, it could happen. The surgeon was optimistic that this last procedure should take care of the problem but quickly added "with adhesions, you never know." I am amazed about what someone wrote about a general surgeon saying adhesions don't cause pain and it's all in a patient's head. That is absurd. This surgeon of mine said that some people have adhesions really bad (they find them when doing surgery for something else) and have NO pain from them, others have lots of pain, and they don't know why this happens. I guess it is just like endo-my gyn told me 20 years ago that problems caused by endo are all "individual." Some women can have a lot of it, with little pain, and others just have a little bit of endo, but it happens to be in an area that causes major discomfort. I don't know about cutting nerves-I've heard that done in the pelvis, I think they call it presacral neurectomy and LUNA-something uterine nerve ablation. Something like that. Have you asked the surgeon how often he does this and what the general outcome is? I asked my surgeon if surgery is *ever* successful for adhesions and he said "Sure, why else would be keep doing it?" But then he added "However, no guarantees." It's really hard facing surgery with this type of outlook!
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