WOMENS-HEALTH Messages for March, 1999: Re: Adhesions Crowding Organs?

Re: Adhesions Crowding Organs?

From: D.N. (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Tue, 9 Mar 1999 20:36:57 -0600 (CST)

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At Tue, 9 Mar 1999, Kim wrote: >
>At Sun, 7 Mar 1999, Anna wrote:
>>
>>I have a question that hopefully someone out there can answer. I had a
>>hysterectemy about a year ago. Ever since I have had problems with
>>adhesions developing. My physcian says that even though they have went
>>in and removed adhesions found between my intestines and my stomach
>>wall. He beleives that there are adhesions behind my intestines that
>>are crowding my intestines. He says that this crowding is what is
>>causing me not to keep my food down, and severe abdominal pain. He has
>>suggested that they take me back to surgery and make a large incision
>>and lay my intestines out on a side table and clean adhesions out from
>>underneath.
>>
>>I don't know anyone that has had problems with adhesions like this. Is
>>it actually possible for the adhesions to be so far back that something
>>like this would be needed? I have been told that we want to wait until I
>>can no longer keep any solids down and start having difficulty with
>>fluids staying down as well. Does this sound like a good idea to wait
>>so long?
>>
>>Thank you for any light you can shed on this.
>>
>>--
>>Anna Baker
>>
>--
>I had a hysterctemy in May of 98. I have had 2 surgery's
>since that time and the doctor told me if I have pain again
>they will have to send my elsewhere for treatment he can not do anything else for me. I have scar tissue from 5 surgery's and I also have enodmeterosis. I don't know what to do.
>

Hi Kim,

If you continue to have pain after, is it constant or cyclical? Is it localized or all over? I have also had a complete hysterectomy and both ovaries removed. One ovary was removed at the time of the hysterectomy, the other about 1 1/2 years later. About 5 months after the last ovary was removed, I started to get pain like I did with ovulation (mittleschmirtz). Also, I would get cyclical pain on the area where I had endo. My Gyn found that I have an ovarian remnant. Apparently they are not very common, but they can cause problems. I take a high estrogen birth control pill to try and help decrease the cysts I have on my ovarian remnant, but the pills tend to decrease my estrogen levels to post-menopausal levels. No one knows why. If you still have endo have they tried birth control pills or lupron?

These are all just suggestions, I am not a doctor and these are just my opinions. This may not be the cause of your problem, but it is something to consider if you still have problems.

Good luck! D.N.

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