At Mon, 8 Jan 2001, toni welsh wrote:
> >At Tue, 2 Jan 2001, anonymous wrote: >> >>Hi, is there anybody out there that has had a colostomy due to >>adhesions? I had surgery in June 2000, ended up with colostomy. I go >>back to the Dr. this month to talk about reversal, but I'm really >>scared I may have more adhesions. >>Can anybody relate? >> Thanks Judy H > >Judy, >That is my fear as far as anymore surgery, I have not been here alot, I >have not been feeling any better, and I am considering seeing a general >surgeon soon. I have been in alot of pain, and oxycontin has stopped >helping me. I am sick and tired of living on laxatives, now I do not >have bowel movements without 4 to 6 senekot, and a glass of prune juice, >to get the stool soft enough to get it to move. Bowel movements have >become extremely painful, and I have afear of colostomy, I have a sister >who had a permanent one now, she has had it for almost 4 yeras, but she >has crohns disease! What was the reason you had to have one? I have been >putting up with this pain for over 3 years now, and it is getting to me >BAD! > >Toni