Re: Bowel adhesions

From: Brenda (sweetlovin2u2002@hotmail.com)
Wed Jun 19 08:47:00 2002


Dear Odette: Hi My name is Brenda and I also suffer from the same thing you have but right now they have me on tylenol 3 colice and also celexa and a water pill. I know how frustrating it is. Listen where in canada are you because I am also from canada. Brenda At Tue, 18 Jun 2002, Odette wrote: >
>Hi,
>
>I am new here. I'm 52 years old and have had problems with endo and
>adhesions since 1988. I was first diagnosed with endo in 1989 through
>laparoscopy. I had an hysterectomy and one of my ovary plus adhesions
>removed,in 1992. As the pain came back, the gyn. removed the other
>ovary as well as adhesions in 1994. Of course, the pain came back and
>the gyn. removed adhesions which were close to my colon in 1996. In
>1999, i went back to my gyn. complaining of more pain lus a lot of
>constipation. He then told me that as it probably was touching my
>bowel, he didn't want to operate on me anymore and that i should see a
>gastro. The latter referred me to a surgeon saying that as the problem
>was outside of the bowel, this was that kind of surgeon it took. Anyway,
>i went to see the surgeon who had a ct scan of the abdomen done as well
>as an anema barium which was very painful. The only thing that was seen
>by the scan was what looked like a gallbladder stone. My family doctor
>had a ultrasound done buy nothing was seen. So i wonder if it was not
>an adhesion that was seen. The surgeon doesn't won't to operate because
>he says, i have to wait till i block completely. My health problem are
>the adhesions which constipates me plus the pain which starts in the
>pelvic area up to around the liver. I have nausea plus sometimes really
>bad dizziness. I have to take colace pills and metamucil in order for
>me to have a small stool. I have to follow a strick diet and drink a
>lot of water. I also suffer from chronic fibromyalgia and arthrosis. I
>went to see a doctor who specialize in fibromyalgia and he prescribed me
>the neurontin which helps me with the abdominal pain. I take 800 mg
>three times a day. The doctor told me that this pill doesn't have much
>side effects. I also have to take vioxx, it is an anti-inflammatory,
>plus flexeril, a relaxing muscle pill and 1 rivotril once a day. What i
>can say for the neurontin, is that it is the only pill that helps me for
>the abdominal pain. Before taking it, i had pain all day long, now it's
>once in a while. It is a pill for the nerves, so as we all know, we
>have nerves everywhere, it's probably why it helps for the adhesions. I
>would like to know if some of you with either bowel adhesions or in that
>area have been dizzy? When i don't digest, gets nausea, plus almost no
>stool and dizzy at the same time, i can't sleep lying down. It's worst.
>I have to almost sit to sleep and as i have fibromyalgia, i wake up with
>a neck and headache pain. What alife! Thanks for reading me. Odette
>from Canada

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