>>----- Original Message -----
>From: toni welsh <twelsh1@hotmail.com>
>To: Multiple recipients of list ADHESIONS <adhesions@mail.medispecialty.com>
>Sent: Saturday, August 19, 2000 9:05 PM
>Subject: not alot of time to be on here
>
>> I have been very busy lately with helping my husband and his family get
>> rid of and keep his dads things. We got his 85 Olds Toranado, in mint
>> condition, and has been garaged for 15 years. He loves his car, I like
>> my new van, we bought a Ford Windstar. I love it.
>>
>> I have been thinking of you all, do not know alot of the new people, but
>> I cannot believe I have been on this forum almost a year and a half. I
>> am just trying so hard to help my husband, get back into our flea
>> marketing there is alot of money in it.
>>
>> I still am feeling so bad, but at the present I am trying to live as
>> normal a life as I can, but I am slowing down so fast. My leg pain has
>> gotten so much worse, and the bowels are terrible. This month I have
>> had 3 bowel movements and two were from 6 senekot, and the thied time
>> the senekot did not work, so I tookan enema too. I am still thinking
>> about seeing the general surgeon, but I am trying to wait til they can
>> give me a guarentee, and I am not getting that so why have surgery now.
>> This is the way I have to live, I have to do it, I cannot stop life
>> completely. I have not been doing that well, but I am trying really
>> hard to do things I have to do, but even go grocery shopping is SO hard
>> on me. I am praying for barabra. the girl who had surgery on friday, I
>> hope I had her name right. I will be praying for all of you, and just
>> wanted to let you all know I miss you!
>>
>> Hello Helen, I got your email a while ago, I need to sit and email you
>> back. I know I could never get to go to Germany, first I have NEVER
>> flown, and I am so scared to fly, and I could not afford it now. We
>> ahve given our son alot of money to go to night school to get his MCSE,
>> he wants to be Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer, and it is not
>> cheap.
>>
>> Take care all,
>> I hope we all find relief soon,
>> Things are getting harder for me I know,
>> Love to all,
>> Toni
>>
Karla,
Thank you so much for your post reply. I felt so bad when all that happened to you. I am trying stop the smoking habit, I had stopped fpr 2 months, and due to STRESS, I have started right back again. As bad as the habit is for me now, I would be afarid to undergo surgery right now. I need to kick this habit as soon as possible. I wake up everyday and my chest hurts so much for awhile.
I also know that the bowel thing is ruling my life, and to not have a bowel movement ever unless I take a laxative, I cannot live on these. There are alot of times I take a ton of senekot, and the bowels do not move, and that scares me. I then take an enema, and then eventually they move.
The last laparotomy, the dr said all the small loops of small bowels, were full of dense adhesions, and that the adhesions had pulled the entire large colon onto the pelvic floor, and it was all stuck to the pelvic floor. Now the pain again is so hard on the sides so far down again, it hurts to do anything. I get SOME relief from oxycontin, but being on it for awhile, it does not help completely! I am seeing the gyn and maybe talking to the general surgeon in Sept. I am try so hard to stay away from surgery, the drs also say they are afraid things COULD get worse.
I hope you are doing okay, Karla, and I will talk to you all later! I wish I had the time to answer all of you, I will try to tomorrow, cause alot you have asked some questions, and I have the SAME problems, I wish I coul dhelp. Also my mental state is not as good as it was before, I am getting MORE depressed.
Love to all, Toni