Treatment for adhesions / antidepressants anyone?
From: Christine (serenechristine@hotmail.com)
Sat Aug 30 22:25:24 2008
This is the second time I am posting this since the first time my post
never made it online, maybe I didn't click on send message??
So I am a little frustrated haveing to start all over again
I have been diagnosed with chronic pelvic and abdominal pain due to
having had Chlamydia, PID and Ovarian cysts & I've had several abdominal
surgeries to try to remedy the pain. I had the same cyst on my Ovary
twice and Each time they went in to either remove a cyst, look around
then finally hysterectomize me, they found adhesions. The last time the
cyst was adhered to my bowel so badly the doctor had to take my bowels
out of me to get the cyst from my ovary from my bowel.
So I have been on pain meds ever since back in sept 08. I still have so
much pain still but its a gotten a bit better since the hyster almost 3
years ago. I was on some pretty strong stuff there that was really
affecting my weight and I believe the fentynal patch nealy killed me
I've never been so sickly skinny in my life so I told my doctor not to
give me the fentynol patch nor oxycontin as its too strong for me. So I
was taking 12 supeudols a day and slowly I've gotten down to 6 a day.
Back in april my fam doc decides to send me to an adictions councelor at
a rehab closeby.
No way I told her as I am not lying about my pain. And antidepressants
is what she really wants me to take. I have recently gone back to work
and managed to get a repeat of the last prescrip for supeudols from a
colleague of hers and in passing she told me that they treat people like
me by sending them to a psychiatrist, and that the pain I feel relates
back to my perception of my pain.
What I'd like to know is are any of you out there getting the same
horrible treatment and if so how are you handling it?
Thanks for being here and for
Hi Rachel...My name is Christine.....I am brand new here and this is my very
first post...I felt compelled to write you after reading this post....I have
had 5 major operations on my reproductive organs, the last one (total
abdominal
hysterectomy)being in September. I am 4 months post op from that and am
still
taking pain medication 4 to 6 times a day. I totally understand you and
can't
beleive you are still working.....I am unemployed and plan on staying that
way
until I get fixed.
ps I had a sceduled appointment to see a Gastro Interologist
(my Gyno refferred me to him) but my appointment was cancelled afetr waiting
a
month because of bad weather here last week. I am so sorry that you are all
alone with this..I will pray for you Rachel ok..I only just found this
website
and am starting to beleive my doctors when they say that it's probably
adhesions
..I also saw a urologist two weeks ago and am waiting for the results back
from
uirinanalysis and a pyelogram..
My heart goes out to you Rachel and will keep you in my thoughts & prayers
Christine