>----- Original Message -----
From: Susan_OR <Susan_OR@iwon.com>
To: Multiple recipients of list ADHESIONS <adhesions@forum.obgyn.net>
Sent: Friday, February 11, 2000 9:14 PM
Subject: Wow! I'm not crazy!!
> I am so thankful to have stumbled upon this site today. I'm not the
> only one to have this pain after surgery! I've had 3 abdominal surgeries
> in the past year. The last surgery was a total abdominal hysterectomy
> caused by invasive cervical adenocarcinoma. After my first surgery I
> started having some unexplained pain that has just gotten worse with
> each surgery. It's at an all time high right now. The CT scan didn't
> show anything and my doctor doesn't know what is causing my pain now.
> She mentioned briefly that "it could be adhesions" but said that she
> didn't want to do surgery because that would cause more. So what am I
> supposed to do? I'm 28 years old. Living the rest of my life in this
> much pain just isn't an option. I'm taking the max dose of naproxen and
> tylenol everyday with no relief. My doctor just wants to "wait and see"
> what happens. Easy for her to say!! She won't even give me anything for
> the pain. I also have Fibromyalgia and IBS...which is making it that
> much harder to diagnose the pain.
>