Re: Anybody's adhesions CAUSED by gallbladder removal?
From: Rita Steele (cdsteele@citlink.com)
Mon Apr 29 21:12:57 2002
At Thu, 28 Mar 2002, RNURSERAS@aol.com wrote:
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>Karla:
>Adhesions form within the first 10 days after surgery. They sometimes get
>tougher as the years go by. I don't know what type of scan your doctor is
>talking about. There is no way to tell if you have adhesions for sure unless
>they go in and look. You could have something wrong with your bile ducts
>instead, or something else in that area. I had my gallbaldder removed two
>years ago and I also have pain there. No adhesions though. What I eat tends
>to make mine worse. There is no diet for adhesions. You just have to learn
>what you eat that causes most of your pain and avoid that. Also you can form
>adhesions any where they hae cut on you. I would seek another opinion. Maybe
>go see a gastroenterologist. You could have ulcers causing your pain. A GI
>doctor could do the necessary testing needed to check everything out in htat
>area. Keep me posted.
>Hugs,
>Raven Spurlin
>rnurseras@aol.com
April 29,2002
I had my gallbladder removed 3/22/00, my pain started in Jan. 2000.
I was told I would feel great 2 weeks after surgery instead I got
sicker. I lost 25 lbs. and was in excrutiating pain. IN May 2000 I
had a procedure where they inserted a laprascope into my stomach but
everything was "NORMAL". The Dr. ttreated me like I was a nutcase! I
went to another Dr. who had me have a barium enema & an abdominaL CT
scan. Again, everything was "NORMAL". I was prescribed prilosec,then
ultram, then vicodin, & then neurontin. None of these phased my pain! I
was forced to return to work On 7/03/00 because my sick pay ran out.
Each day was agonizing, it was all I could do to make it through my work
day and come home& cry & curl up with my heating pads! After 15 mos. of
this I finally had a breakdown, I've been on medical leave since
10/04/01. In the meantime I've been to at least a dozen different Drs..
I've had bloodwork, physical therapy,another ab CT scan,MRI,X-rays,Upper
GI,and an Epidural. But of course everything was "NORMAL"! The epidural
made the pain worse! I did get a TENS unit that does help ease the pain,
but my old standby the heating pad helps more than anything. I am
currently undergoing therapy for depression, I'm on effexor & klonopin.
Now my ins. co. is pressuring the Dr. to release me! I come to my own
conclusion that I have adhesions but I can't find a Dr. in AZ to treat
me. Any Suggestions?
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