Re: PLEASE...Share types of discomfort and pain that adhesions can cause...

From: Colette (anonymous@medispecialty.com)
Tue Jun 26 09:47:31 2001


Hi Rose! What you wrote is very well said thats exactly how i feel! i could'nt say it better myself! I know i'm not preggers cause i have nothing left either lol! So thank you for describing how i feel:0. Love ya Colette >
>OH, oh, pain, how you discomfit me, let me list the ways:
>
> - can't hold my p.
> - catch in my hip
> - muscle cramps down my leg
> - spasms in my lower back
> - first too much sh--, then, oh then, the cramping and then - none
> - constant pulling, hot pain in my lower right pelvis
> - nausea
> - swelly belly - can't be preggers, nothing of THAT left in there
> - nagging low level all-the-time throbbing in the belly button area
> - need more sleep than a new-born
>- gain weight when you can eat (your body is in starvation mode from
>when you can't and sucks up every ounce of calories you choke down)
>- lose weight when you can't (so now 'they' think you have an eating
>disorder)
>- eternal search for a pain medication regimen that gives some kind of
>life
>
>to continue with the saga, let us show the ways we pay:
>
> - doctors telling us it's all in our heads
> - psychiatrists referring us back to those same doctors cause it's real
> - family, co-workers and friends disbelief and avoidance
>- continual stress dealing with uneducated ER personnel, physical
>therapists, etc.
>- phone calls, letters, e-mails to insurance carriers trying to get
>proper care.
>- depression, loss of self esteem, suicidal ideation and
>anti-depressants that don't do anything for the underlying cause.
>
>Phew.....what a life!
>
>kcmo rose

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