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Re: 15 WEEKS POST OP
From: Ann (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Mon Jan 4 17:44:56 1999
where do you live if you dont ind me asking?i have an incredible dr.
who listens and cares and is willing to research the issues.please
e-mail me and i will try to help,,,
ann barber
---"Christine M. Smith" <anonymous@obgyn.net> wrote:
>
> At Sun, 3 Jan 1999, Toni wrote:
> >
> >I had a laparotomy on Sept 29th, and I need to know who can help
keep me
> >out of pain, when the abdomen cannot even be touched with your hand
to
> >run a wash cloth over it or to try to straighten up after you get
from
> >seated position, and cannot even lay on your stomach, and for a dr to
> >say, well it has only been 4 months sounds stupid to me. I had
> >hysterectomy 4 years ago, and was feeling great in 5 weeks, and even
> >bowling after that, cannot believe all the trouble this last
surgery had
> >caused me! I wish I had a dr who could help, my gyn understands,
but he
> >says right now he is beside himself on how to help me.
> >
> >I wish the doctors understood! the one that understands cannot do
> >anything for me for a few months now!
>
> Hi Toni:
>
> Do you think the pain you are describing above is caused by nerves cut
> during the surgery? I know from my laparotomy (hysterectomy in 1986)
the
> surface of my lower abdomen feels weird. It isn't painful, but it
> definitely has altered sensation. During an incision like that I
guess
> there is some nerve damage.
>
> This is why the pain management doctors would help-they know all the
> different types of pain and how to treat the different types. What
> works best for each type. This is their specialty! A lot of people
have
> these pain problems such as spinal cord injuries, etc. Nerve pain is
> known for not responding well to pain meds. That is why they often
> prescribe anti-depressants for it. It works differently, not
because it
> means you are depressed. Although if you are depressed, you are going
> to feel pain much more. Everything will bother you.
>
> I get the impression that you are not always in pain, or at least not
> always at the same intensity. For example, the other day you said you
> were going out to dinner. (New Year's Day I think) You couldn't be
too
> much in pain to go out to dinner. This is why you should keep a pain
> diary. When you are in pain, what aggravates it, what helps it ,
etc. I
> think this will help you. I know you said your gyn told you to do
this,
> but you got tired of it. Try to do it again for a set amount of time,
> for example, one week.
>
> CHris S.
>
==
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Ann Barber
annmbarber@yahoo.com
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