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Re: ToniFrom: Christine (anonymous@obgyn.net)Wed Mar 31 11:09:32 1999
At Wed, 31 Mar 1999, Toni wrote: > >At Wed, 31 Mar 1999, Christine wrote: >> >>Hi Toni: >> >>I hope you read this before you go to the GI doctor today. I don't >>think you've read my e-mails, especially the one about my friend taking >>the trazadone. She says she has MAJOR intestinal problems from it. Even >>on stool softeners she has not gone in TEN days! She has switched over >>to restoril (because she was taking the trazadone for its sleep inducing >>qualities) Even though you have had problems with bowel function before >>(she hasn't) the trazadone could still be aggravating the situation and >>making it worse. >> >>What in the world does your GI doctor mean when he says he will see you >>"if you have problems?" What does he think you're having? What is HIS >>definition of a problem? I may have misunderstood this by the way you >>worded it. >> >>As the woman on the phone said, you still need to find a surgeon IN CASE >>you develop obstructional problems-it is much easier if you already have >>a relationship with one. I would not rely on your present doctors to >>find you one in an emergency. It may also be beneficial for you to see >>a colo-rectal surgeon about your possible transverse colon problem. The >>gyns in Atlanta are probably not going to get too excited about that. >> >>Yes, you are always going to have some degree of pain-probably anyway. >>But you can't accept the degree of pain you're having without trying to >>find help. And you have not really seen a lot of doctors. Keep >>searching. From what I've read on the forums you need to see a >>University associated medical practice. They are always up on the >>latest. They will also have a better idea of the success of the gel >>adhesion barriers. >> >>CHris > >Yes chris I read your email about the trazadone, and I will ask him >about that, the GI dr wants me back on elavil, and I am not just saying >it to upset you, I blew up after two weeks of taking that drug, if it >would have helped I could do it, but like I said it was not worth >blowing up the way i did,. > >I am havung cramping and pain this morning, and it hurts pretty bad >right now, but I will tell him about it today, the bowel movements are >getting so painful, when you push the abdomen hurts, and it hurts to the >point where I cannot stand it! I just wish I could get this bowel thing >straightened out, and maybe I would feel better. But I am going to try >REAL hard to forget for awhile, just HURTS all the time! I told my >husband I will make it through this, trying to get stronger about it! > >Last night when I went to bed I was laying there and strayed having alot >of pain in the lower front sides and radiated to the back, it was weird >it felt like hard menstrual cramps, we never forget how they feel, and I >was restless again, my husband said that was the first time he had found >me with the pillow on top of me and sideways in the bed since last >summer, hope that is not a bad sign! > >Toni Hi Toni: I'm not sure what you mean about not wanting to upset me in connection with elavil. I never had an opinion on elavil one way or the other, but after your heart rate problem, I did say it didn't look like you could take it. (since that is one of the side effects) I didn't like elavil myself when I took it, I was like a zombie. If you don't think trazadone is helping any with the pain I would just tell them I was not taking it anymore and that was that. If the GI doctor backs you up, that's even better. If you're going to be in pain anyway, you might as well be in pain drug free. When I get my attacks that I call partial bowel obstructions (I don't really know that's what it is) it always starts with what feels exactly like menstrual cramps. As you say, you never forget what they feel like. In fact, I have said to docs this is what it feels like (which is why I consulted my gyn the first time it happened) (the docs look at me like DUH) but when I say to a woman that it feels just like menstrual cramps that woman ALWAYS says "Ooooohhh yeah." I guess they're one of those things you have to experience first hand! But anyway, that's how they start-these attacks-with menstrual cramps and then they build with major gas, pain in the upper abdomen, and it eventually passes. My gyn told me that most menstrual pain is really bowel pain, so I am guessing that's what you are feeling-pain from your bowel. I hope your visit goes well today. I wish you would send me an e-mail if you have time. There appears to be something wrong with mine-no mail today which I can't believe. Sometimes my husband inadvertantly does something to it. Good Luck! Chris
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