I am going to leave parts of your message here, and answer directly underneath it ok? :-)
At Tue, 12 Feb 2002, Natalie wrote:
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>Hi Ladies,
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>First, I want to say thanks to all of you. This is the first time that
>I have posted on a board and truly felt heard. All of you had great
>advice, that being because most of you have been through the exact thing >that I am now facing.
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Yes Natalie, that is the purpose of this board, and I am glad that you ____________________________________________________________ still feel comfortable to ask us questions :-)
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>As for my physician, he did say that there shouldn't be as much scar
-- ____________________________________________________________ >tissue, however because I have been through three surgeries, one to >remove my ovary and tube, that that alone causes adhesions. My >question, when you remove something...does scar tissue take the place of >whatever is removed? I am so confused as to why I have so much pain in >almost the exact place that I had before the operations. ____________________________________________________________from what I have read & discussed with others here on the board Natalie
____________________________________________________________ is that adhesions need something to adhere to, so if you have a hysterectomy for example (because this is what I experienced) the adhesions had glued my uterus, bladder and abdominal wall together as one big mass, so when the surgeon opened me up he had to cut through extensive adhesions first & seperate my bladder & uterus before he could remove it. It was in the last part of the surgery that I almost lost my life, because the surgeon wasn't expecting the adhesions to be as extensive as they were, and when he was making the final preperations to remove my uterous I began to hemmorage, he told me at my 6 week check up that he hadn't worked that hard or been that tired after a surgery for many years, and I was his first patient for the day!. To read my full story, visit http://www.bombobeach.com and you will understand why I am so vocal on this board.
After the hystorectomy, I didn't recover as was expected & I was complaining about extreme pain. Within a few days I could barely walk, I had stopped eating, it hurt to breath. Eventually one of the nurses believed me that I was in pain, by this time my wound was also leaking. After an x-ray & CT scan they discovered that half of my bowel had pushed through my muscle wall, and it was slowly pushing open my wound, I lay on the bed waiting for surgery in so much pain in and out of semi conciousness trying to think of how I could tell my husband that I loved him & the girls and that I would be with him always. I was very sure that I was dieing and not going to get through the surgery. I will never forget that.
So, after that experience, I was not in a rush to go back to hospital for any further surgeries. Yes, because I didn't have my uterus sitting there in front of my bowel, that is when it became involved with adhesions along with my ovaries as I already explained. The statistics, off the top of my head run something like 2 out of every three bowel surgeries are due to adhesions. ____________________________________________________________
I go to see my ____________________________________________________________ >Gastro. doctor tomorrow, only as a follow up from my colonoscopy, but I >am anxious to discuss with him what he actually thinks is "closing" up >my colon..... >I also would like to know how many of you have actually had >laporoscopies done for knowledge of what it is that hurts. It seems >crazy to me to do that, but I am just about to that point.... > >Karla, I have a question for you. I saw that you have a kidney >infection that is very serious to your health. Have you always had a >problem with infections? I almost constantly have UTI's which sometimes >turn into kidney infections, however they usually don't bother me too >terribly bad. Just curious as to how that has transpired for you. My >doctors (family & ob/gyn) check my urine everytime I am in there office, >only to see if it shows that I have an infection, because I am unsure as >to when I do most of the time..... Kindof weird. ____________________________________________________________
Karla has a urostomy Natalie, and her ureters are kinked, so the urine
____________________________________________________________ keeps backing up into her kidneys, when urine backs up into the kidneys it becomes a serious infection and can damage them. Karla almost lost her life last year because of kidney failure. She is not a candidate for dialysis and cannot have a kidney transplant due to other medical conditions. So, at the moment, Karla is literally fighting for her life. ____________________________________________________________
>Wheeewwww...another long message from me. Sorry ladies. ____________________________________________________________ >Best wishes to everyone.....and please, let's all stay on the board. >Everyone in here seems to have very valuable information for anyone who >happens to need it. >Lots of love, >Natalie M. ____________________________________________________________
Thank you Natalie, I am glad that the recent events haven't turned you
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Yours in friendship love & gentle Hugs Jo http://www.bombobeach.com
-- I am not a medical person, and all my messages are based on personal experience. I am a fellow adhesions sufferer reaching out to help others.