> Hello. I am 24 years old and have had 2 laparoscopies for
> endometriosis. During both surgeries I have more adhesions than
> endometriosis. yet my GI doc and gyno think that my adhesions have
> nothing to do with my bowel problems. After my last surgery my bowel
> movements became very strange. The caliber(width) of my BM is very
> narrow. It is what one would call "pencil like" stools.
Pencil like stools need to be evaluated with a colonoscopy. If your GI doc hasn't done one -- NOT a sigmoidoscopy, but a complete colonoscopy, insist on one.
Don't let your age keep this critical test from being done.
I have had pencil stools from scar tissue and adhesions. I know that it was the scar tissue because after adhesions were removed the bowel changed back to a normal size.
I have also had colon cancer and, sadly, know women as young as you who have also had colorectal cancer.
Particularly if there is any history of uterine or colon cancer in your family, this is a critical test.
Kate
-- Kate Murphy katemm@mindspring.com