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