At Wed, 30 May 2001, Millie wrote:
>
>gidge,
>This happened to me in 2000. I had a colonoscopy done. The Dr. said in the
>written report that the lower left portion of the colon appeared to be
>fixed, probably due to adhesions from endo. He could only pass the scope to
>the splenic flexure because of patient intolerance.
>He told me to see a gyn. I won't go into all of that now, but after an
>un-needed TAH in January of this year, I believe the adhesions are back,
>especially the way I feel tonight. The gastro would say it is either IBS, or
>else say it's in my head, and the ob/gyn called me her 'colicky baby' after
>surgery. Some Drs. may take a look inside to see what's going on, but some
>of them will tell you that adhesions can come back after each subsequent
>surgery.
>Millie
>
>>>----- Original Message -----
>From: "gidge" <gidge@eudoramail.com>
>To: "Multiple recipients of list ADHESIONS"
><adhesions@mail.medispecialty.com>
>Sent: Wednesday, May 30, 2001 5:13 PM
>Subject: my gyn has referred me to a gastrointestinal/internal medicine dr?
>
>> Further to my post yesterday about ongoing bowel pain,my gyn's office
>> just called and told me they have referred me to a
>> gastrointestinal/internal medicine doctor for evaluation. If this bowel
>> pain I"m having is recurring adhesions on my bowel will he be able to
>> help me? Do they operate or do they send you to a general? I've never
>> been to one before can anyone help?
>>