Hello!
I don't even know where to begin. I have been reading
alot of the postings and I can't believe you all know how I
feel! I don't feel so alone. which is they way I have been feeling! I
have been ready to just give up. I am a 33yr.old
female that just can't take the pain and frustration anymore
this has been going on for about 6 yrs now.I had a tubaligation after my
second child was born and that is when it all started. The Dr. really
screwed me up. They said
it would only take 30 min. and I would come out with 2 little bandade
incisions. After two and half hours and a
cesarean cut and a 2 in. incision from my bellybutton which
later got infected the Dr. told my husband my tubes where tide. I
later found out that he was just out of Med. school,
I think I might have been his first tubal, lucky me! Anyway,
8 months after that another Dr. in the same office, did surgery and
found out I had scar tissue wrapped around my bowels,ovaries, and tubes.
This Dr. told me he thought the other Dr. didn't put the laprascope
far enough down and put the gas in and distorted his own view, he just
kept cutting.
3 months later I had a total hysterectomy.I have had alot of problems
after that to. August of "99" I started having
bad pain in my lower right abs. They took out my appendex but I came
out with terrible pain on my left side they said
I was covered in adhesions, and that my sigmoid colon was on the wrong
side so they flipped it to my left side.When I
asked the surgeon about the pain he said there was nothing he could do.
That is when I started having problems eating.
I have probably lost 70 pounds since then. The drs. told me to up my
fiber. That is all I have been eating. I can't seem to digest any
protein, dairy, or raw vegs. The pain in my lower abs. is so terrible
at times. 6 months ago I was doubled over and I went to the hospital
they said I was really constipated to go home and drink Lax. When I
went to my Dr. he said it was ibs and it was just stress.Whatever.
Well last monday I was hurting really bad and had no energy
so I went to a GI Dr. He said that the tests I had 6 months
ago were all normal, that it is not humanly possible to have the pain I
am having. He said that surgeons don't like to operate on people with
adhesions because of law suits, he said thats just the way american
medicine is. My husband and I left there in tears. He was so upset
cause he pleaded with me for days to go! Thursday the pain was unbarable
so he took me to the hospital,I was totally constipated again
DR. told me to drink Lax. I have had nothing but juice, and popsicles
since then. they said to cut out the fiber,I am totally scared to eat I
am afraid it will just sit there. I feel like I am ripping inside when
my bowels are moving. I just don't know what to do. well I don't know
if anyone will read this but I feel so much better just getting this out
of my heart. My poor husband has really been the wind beneth my wings,
but it is really taking it's toll on us!!
Hey if you did read this thanks for listening!