As a parent I can hear your anguish in the message you have posted on
the board. I was pleased to read that your son has not allowed his
medical problems to interfere with his life i.e: quote "He is
>very athletic; runs cross country, plays soccer and is a weight lifter."
If he has had surgery, then adhesions could be a possibility. The only real way to be sure if adhesions are involved is for a diagnostic laporoscopy, the surgeon would use a small camera to look inside his abdominal cavity. Helen Dynda, or Dr Wiseman would be the two best people I can think of to help you find a doctor in your area. I live in Australia, and so I cannot recommend anyone to you myself.
My best wishes to you and your son, his athletic ability is to his credit and yours.
Kibd Regards, Jo (Australia)
At Fri, 28 Sep 2001, John wrote:
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>My 15 year old son is suffering from intermittent bouts of cramping in
>his abdominal area. After the cramps go away, he has diarhea and then
>later he's ok. He has had an ostomy for the past 14 years due to some
>complications from a benign tumor in his buttocks. He originally had a
>transvers colostomy and then 2 years ago it was changed to a sigmoid
>type. He never had the cramping until after his last surgery. He is
>very athletic; runs cross country, plays soccer and is a weight lifter.
>We thought it was caused by dehydration but someone at the UOA site
>wrote to check into "adhesions". Any clues or is this a symptom of
>adhesions? If so, how do we handle this? Thank you.