I believe adhesions start growing back immediately, but at first they are just filmy little things! As they age they can grow, thicken and harden. So after 20 years they can really gum up the works, so to speak!
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kcmo rose
At Thu, 14 Jun 2001, RAVEN26100@aol.com wrote:
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>Hello everyone,
>
>Does anyone know if adhesions grow right after a surgery or do they slowly
>grow over the years? The reason I ask is because after 20 years I had a
>surgery and the doctor said that it was ,"20 years worth of adhesions", and
>cleaned them up. Then 2 years later I had another surgery and the adhesions
>were just as bad..........that surgeon told me that they grow and that's it,
>that it doesn't take years to form.
>Hope my question makes sense.......
>
>Thanks,
>Laura S.