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Re: multiple surgeries and painFrom: Carol Achtman, MD (anonymous@obgyn.net)Sun, 30 Nov 1997 10:30:46 -0600 (CST)
At Wed, 22 Oct 1997, Bev wrote: > >At Sat, 12 Jul 1997, melissa wrote: >> >>After having over 15 surgeries for some very large fibroma tumors and >>finally a hysterectomy and 3 more for adhesions is there any way to stop >>these adhesions from reoccurring???? At only 30 years old this is >>becoming very depressing to know that now even after the hysterectomy 5 >>years ago I still have to have surgery every 18-24 months at 30 I have >>alot more years of doing this if anyone has some kind of new technology >>or ideas of how to stop this I could use the advice. Or something other >>than nerve blocks for the pain. > >-- >I have had multiple operations and am suffering with adhesive bowel disease. My quality of life due to pain is not very good. My problem is with pain relief. I should like to speak to someone who understands my problem as the severity of the adhesions I have is extreme.... >
-- Many antidepressant medications have a pain relieving effect that acts on the pain recognition areas of the brain itself. Often this effect can be accomplished with doses much lower than those used for treatment of depression. However, almost everyone who lives with chronic pain for any length of time also develops depression, which in turn makes the experience of pain even worse and must in itself be relieved to restore a reasonable quality of life. sometimes
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