This last week I have been taking a heating pad to bed with me and have felt much better than usual in the AM. Someone needs to invent a battery operated heating pad to wrap around our middles that we can wear all day! GI specialists always seem to push the high fiber diet but I agree that the low residue diet seems to work better with adhesions.
There are two doctors, Drs. Harry Reich and Jay Redan, in Pennsylvania who specialize in the lysis of adhesions. You can find them at adlap.com.
Welcome to our group! Mary
At 02:05 PM 11/5/00 -0600, you wrote:
>I had a malignant polyp removed from the colon through surgery in 1989.
>During my recovery, I suffered excruciating pain and was told nerves
>were entrapped in the incision. I was given cortisone injections for
>the pain. About 4 years ago I experienced a change in bowel habits (
>constipation and diarreha, unexplained nausea and vomiting that would
>occur periodically. I have always felt a tightening in the area of the
>incision. About a year ago, I started experiencing pain and a pulling
>on the left side of the abdomen and in the groin area. After several
>visits to several doctors it was suggested that I have a colonoscopy. I
>underwent this procecure last Friday. Needless to say the procedure was
>difficult and painful even with the anesthetic. I was diagnosed with
>intestinal adhesions. Since this condition is new to me, I am in "What
>happens now?" mode. The gastrologist suggested a CAT scan-the nurse
>said I should contact a surgeon. I will see my internist next month.
>Hopefully, he can point me in the right direction. Any suggestions
>would be appreciated
>