SICK OF IT ALL!
From: Sarah (sgoforth@earthlink.net)
Thu Dec 20 23:17:25 2001
I am 31 years old, and 3 weeks ago I had surgery number 13, 14 or 15.
I'm honestly not sure, as I had a hysterectomy at 27, and assuming it
would take care of all my problems (hah), I threw away my medical
records.
I had my first laporoscopy at 15....I believe they said I had an ovarian
cyst,a nd something else, too long ago to remember. Since then, I've
had surgery almost at least 1 time a year...for endometriosis, ovarian
cysts, and adhesions. I assumed the hyst. would solve everything, but
I've had one lap. since then for adhesions, and 3 weeks ago had a
laparotomy, with lyses of adhesions, and had the adhesion barrier
Seprafilm (not sure if exact name) put in. The doctor said the
adhesions were so thick and dense he couldn't believe it, as it was only
1 year since the last surgery. It took me going to 4 doctors, begging
for a laparoscopy, before I finally convinced my family doctor to admit
me to the hospital for pain, then had the surgeon come see me in the
hospital. Luckily it was the same surgeon who had done the previous
one, but he still didn't want to do the surgery. I had to cry and beg,
telling him I knew there was no guarantee it would help. Three weeks
later, I'm hurting as much as before surgery!!! I honestly do not know
what to do now. I'm sick of missing work, sick of always having
hospital and doctor bills to pay, and sick of complaining all the time
about being in pain. People get sick of it, especially people who do
not understand. I actually printed material out from this website &
sent it to my work via e-mail, hoping people would read it and maybe get
an understanding of what I'm going through.
If anyone else has had this many surgeries, or anyone has any
suggestions, I would greatly appreciate it. Like I said, I don't know
where to turn now. On top of all of this, the last two times I was in
the hospital, I had grand mal seizures. They never found the cause, but
my belief is they were from all of the drugs I was on (demerol,
phenegrin).
Any suggesions or comments???? Anyone???
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