Re: Adhesions
From: virginia rozell (virginiasworld@msn.com)
Sun May 26 02:55:43 2002
At Thu, 23 Sep 1999, Patrick Dixon wrote:
>
>I'am a 33 year old male and have 9 surgeries for adhesions. My first
>surgy was for the Appendixs. I have 2 layers of mesh in for hernians. I
>have been told by my Doc. that part of my stomach , all of my
>intestions and my liver are stuck to the abdominal wall and the mesh. He
>said that the type of Adhesions I have { Dense Cohesive } that there was
>nothing he could done. I'am worried that the organs that are stuck may
>get infected. He also said that if he does surgey that it is going to
>make me worse than I'am now. Well today I'am in a wheel chair because
>it hurts so bad to stand walk or even move. He said all he can do is
>keep me out of pain by giving me Morphine.
>
>Is there anybody out there in the world that can help me. I'am so sick
>and tired of this. All I want to do is get off disability and go back
>to work.
>
> Thanks for taking the time to read this.
>
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> Patrick Dixon
>
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i am 41, and i have had adheasions sense i was 19, i had a ruptured uteras when my first son was born . i hav had 13 other surgeres since thenfor bladder overies tubes 2 more csections and many other different surgeres,now i am told my, uteris, bowles,tubes,bladder,everything in my stomach is hooked together to the wall of my stomach.the pain is much of the time so unbearable i dont want to go on liveing but i have three wonderful boys or young men now who i want to see get through college. i have several sergeries that i need to have done but the doctors are afraid to do now they say i have fatty liver, which is in no way related to achol i have never drank. then i have aprolapsed uterus ,prolapsed backwards laying on my bowels and bladder. i have a cysticel on my bladder which causes bladder infection as i said the pain is so great i cant stand it dut i hope someday they can find an aid to help us i also have an enlarged heart and did have heart failure, but that is much better now i am looking forward to getting gastric bypass surgery hopefully the adhisions dont prevent me from getting that done. good luck to you thank you for being out there to listen