Hello Everyone, I have waited a while to write this letter. I had
surgery on Oct.18,1999, it was suppose to be a lap and in the middle of
the surgery the doctors realized they could not finish this way because
of massive adhesions, so they open me up and still had alot of problems.
The surgery told over 5 hours to remove adhesions and my ovary, and it
was suppose to be an hour to and hour an half, and a same day surgery. I
had a chief of gyn doing the surgery and he did not really want to do
the surgery because of adhesions but when he found out I knew all there
was to know about adhesions he agreed. I never went into surgery with
hopes of being pain free, because I knew there was no way to stop the
adhesions from reforming but I hope to have less pain.The doctors had to
deal with alot of bleeding and also they could not get all the adhesions
and I understand because they had problems seeing anything because of
adhesions.It is 3 months after surgery and I feel ok, I am not pain
free, but I have pain I can deal with. If I would not have had my ovary
I would never have had another surgery, not because of doctors but
because I learned my lesson on surgery for adhesions, you are in a no
win situtation(sp) but it was my last hope. I am thankful to be a part
of this group, because of you all I knew what I was getting into and
what questions to ask. I went to the doctor last Wed for a check up and
I had some questions and one thing she said to me was never agree to
another surgery unless your life depends on it and I told her I will
never have another surgery unless my life depends on it. I am not
totally healed so I do not know if the pain will get worse, it will be a
few more months before I am healed and really how much pain I am having
but so far I feel ok except for the minor pain. Thanks to everyone for
helping me.