>----- Original Message -----
From: "Jennifer" <webcraft@geotec.net>
To: "Multiple recipients of list ADHESIONS"
<adhesions@mail.medispecialty.com>
Sent: Saturday, May 11, 2002 6:28 PM
Subject: Trip to E.R last night...
> I've been having some massive upper right abdominal pain/painful
> breathing in the same area for a while now.. and finally got to the
> point where it was totally unmanagable yesterday. My husband took me to
> the E.R.
>
> The E.R. doc said that all of my blood tests where great and that she
> believes that the pain I'm having is caused by scar tissue/adhesions
> from my gall bladder surgery three years ago.
>
> She gave two scripts for pain meds and a referral to a surgeon. Said
> that if the pain continues that they would probably go back in and
> attempt to cut through the adhesions to relieve the pain.
>
> I've never had any other problems like this from previous surgeries (
> appendectomy-11 years ago, cyst removal- 4 times over the last 8 years)
>
> Has anyone ever heard of this? Seems like if the gallbladder surgery
> caused the adhesions... that going back into the same area would cause
> more of them.
>
> Thanks,
> Jennifer
>