>----- Original Message -----
From: "Shanna" <tibbett24@aol.com>
To: "Multiple recipients of list ADHESIONS"
<adhesions@mail.medispecialty.com>
Sent: Thursday, May 02, 2002 8:55 PM
Subject: Re: Questions on tests to see if adhesions returned.
> HI Millie,
> I'm new at this :-) I just asked a question a few before yours and
> thought it was pretty similar to my questions. I don't have any
> opinions but would like to ask you to read the responses I got from Jo
> Eslick and Karla. I am anxious to find out if all my problems are still
> from my adhesion or something new. I feel they are from adhesions. As
> I hope you get the help you are looking for I also hope you will read my
> post and responses.
> Take care,
> Shanna
>
> At Wed, 1 May 2002, Millie wrote:
> >
> >Hi,
> >Lately I have been having a lot of pulling and pressure in the lower
pelvic area, as well as bowel problems.
> >To me, it seems as if bowel and bladder and who-knows-what-else are glued
together. I feel as if I have to pee frequently, and as if the bowel
doesn't empty properly.
> > Maybe everything has fallen since my TAH, 15 months ago.
> >I saw an ad for a whole body scan, as well as for a PET scan, but when I
called, they said maybe I should have an ultrasound. Why, since I have only
one ovary?
> >What do I do... I definitely do NOT want to be sliced open again. That's
asking for more trouble, I know.
> >I do not have a gyn anymore, as the one who did the TAH called and
apologized slightly over a month after surgery.
> >She then told me there was nothing more she could do for me. "Find what
works for you."
> >How reliable are pelvic/abdominal Ct scans, or MRI's or whole body scans?
Should I seek out another gyn, or gastro, or who?
> >Hope everyone is pain-free today.
> >Millie.
>