HI EVERYONE! FINALLY!!!!! I FOUND THIS WEBSITE AND AM ULTIMATELY
THRILLED TO KNOW IM NOT THE ONLY PERSON WITH
THE ADHESION PROBLEMS. MY STORY IS I HAVE HAD 2 MAJOR SURGERYS FOR
TUBAL PREGNANCIES W/BLOOD TRANSFUSIONS. 3 LAPAROSCOPIES FOR ADHESIONS,
1 COMPLETE HYSTERECTOMY W/APPENDIX FOR ADHESIONS AND SENT HOME IN 3 DAYS
ONLY TO RETURN W/INFECTION AND BOWEL OBSTRUCTION.THE LAST LAP I HAD WAS
IN MARCH OF 1999. TWO WEEKS AFTER I HAD THE LAP I CAME DOWN W/103
DEGREE FEVER. I WAS RUSHED TO EMERGENCY ROOM &
WAS PUT ON AGGRESSIVE ANTIBIOTICS TO NO AVAIL. I WAS RUSHED TO
EMERGENCY SURGERY, W/ME CRYING..TELLING THE DOCTOR.."NO, NO MORE SURGERY
PLEASE!" HIS REPLY WAS.."YOU MUST GO OR YOU WILL DIE...AND THATS FINAL"
I DIDNT UNDERSTAND WHAT WAS GOING ON!?! WHEN I AWOKE FROM
SURGERY..EVERYONE WAS JUST GLAD THAT I MADE IT THRU SURGERY. I DIDNT
REALIZE HOW SERIOUSLY ILL I HAD BECOME..(probably because i didnt have
time thank God!) THE END RESULTS WERE..OF COURSE THE STAPH INFECTION,
BOWEL BLOCKAGE..PARTIAL BOWEL REMOVED AND RESECTIONED DUE TO
INFECTION..AND THEN THE REST OF THE ADHESIONS THAT WERE
FOUND..(which--due to the lap..only 50% of the adhesions were
removed..thats all the doc could get)ALSO MORE BLOOD TRANFUSIONS.
AFTER I WAS RELEASED FROM THE HOSPITAL AFTER 15 DAYS..I RETURNED FOR
ANOTHER BOWEL BLOCKAGE..IT HAS BEEN AN EXTREMELY LONG ROAD FOR ME..AS I
HAVE LOST MY JOB DUE TO MY ILLNESS WHICH WAS REALLY A KICK IN THE FACE
WHEN I WAS AT MY LOWEST IN MY LIFE. I HAVE BEEN UNABLE TO WORK..DUE TO
THE CONTINIOUS PAIN I STILL HAVE..ONLY NOW ITS WORSE THAN EVER!
MY DOCTORS ARE TRYING TO GET ME IN PAIN MANAGEMENT..AND IM
PAIN MEDS WHICH DO NOT HELP THE PAIN. IM ALSO ON ANTIDEPRESSANTS AND AM
SEEING A PHYSCHOLOGIST AS WELL AS A
PHYSICHIATRIST. I FEEL LIKE I LIVE AT THE DOCTOR!!!!I ALSO NEVER
REALIZED HOW DANGEROUS THAT LAST LAP WAS..OR WHY SOMEONE DIDNT MENTION
THE FACT THAT MY BOWEL COULD BE BURNED AND I COULD DIE!!! I DID READ OF
A CASE OF SOMEONE WHO DID DIE BECAUSE THEY WAITED A DAY OR TWO LONGER
THAN I DID TO GET TO THE HOSPITAL..AND I WENT IMMEDIATELY WHEN I NOTICED
THE FEVER AND CHILLS! PRETTY DARN SCAREY. ANYWAYS..I HAVE BEEN
DISCRIMINATED AGAINST DUE TO MY PAIN..AND PEOPLE THINK IM CRAZY..AND
WONDER..WELL..WHY CANT YOU JUST GET BETTER?
I WISH!!! YOU JUST CANNOT IMAGINE MY EXCITEMENT WHEN I FOUND THIS FORUM
AND THE ARTICLES FROM DR WISEMAN..FINALLY..SOMEONE WHO UNDERSTANDS!!
ANYONE IS WELCOME TO EMAIL ME AT BLONDEZDAZE@YAHOO.COM. I HAVE JOINED
THE IDA AND AM READY TO GET AGGRESSIVE WITH THIS THING!
I WILL KEEP IN CONTACT ALSO THRU THIS FORUM. IF I CAN HELP ANYONE
PLEASE LET ME KNOW.