At Mon, 27 Sep 1999, Gloria wrote:
> >I have been reading the forum and it is somehow comforting to know there >are so many other people out there that are experiencing what I do. It >makes me feel not so "whiny"....sometimes I think I must drive my family >wild with all my ailments. I just got out of the hospital this morning >after spending the last three days there being treated for a bowel >obstruction. I left it till I was vomiting before I would go into >emergency because I am so tired of the whole process. It seems I have >to explain everything in detail each time I go in, and even then they >tend to treat me like a druggie who is just looking for a "fix". This >time I left it too long and ended up with the NG tube, the vomiting -- >everything. Thank God it resolved. This is the umpteenth time I have >been treated for a bowel obstruction. I have had one corrective surgery >for it. > >I am so depressed right now, as the doctors here all say there is >NOTHING I can do about it. It is adhesion caused and there is nothing I >can do to avoid it and it is only a matter of time before it strikes >again. I can't even face the idea of having another episode, another NG >tube, the pain. I feel so very helpless right now. I look into my >future and I don't like what I see. Please, anyone else who suffers >from bowel adhesions with chronic obstruction, if you have any advice >for me -- anything that I should be doing, or should be asking the >doctors to do...please let me know. I don't think I can face up to many >more of these episodes. > >hi my name is theresa and i know what you are going through... i have been dealing with adhesions and partial small bowel obstructions for many years it all started with endometriosis... then i had a hysterectomy and then came the adhesions... i have had three partial bowel obstructions and the last time i waited too long and the last three feet of my small bowel was all twisted and cutting off the blood supply... i went to one surgeon that told me to seek couseling i was sooooooooo mad... thank god i found a good surgeon... i have faith in god... this is a chronic problem that will be with me the rest of my life... good luck to you and god bless >-- >Gloria >