Re: Adhesions

From: Lynn Creacy (anonymous@medispecialty.com)
Fri Aug 30 12:13:20 2002


At Fri, 30 Aug 2002, Stephanie wrote: >

Stephanie, I too have had back surgery but they went in from the stomach and the back. Now I have adhesions under my knee caps and the dr. said that this is common for people who have had back surgery. Try to figure that one out. I sure hope that your drs appt goes well - you are in my prayers

Lynn

>Summer of 2000 I had laparoscopy done to help the doctor figure out what
>was causing all of my pain. He discovered adhesions had attached my
>lower bowel to the abdominal wall and an ovarian cyst the size of a golf
>ball. The cyst was drained and adhesions removed. The adhesions were a
>mystery as I had never had any abdominal surgery in the past. I had
>major back surgery (to correct scoliosis) 16 years ago which he said
>could be a possibility or he said something I ate may have irritated my
>bowels to cause it. Anyway, beginning in June, my pain has returned
>with a vengeance. From what I remember, it appears worse this time.
>And, in addition, I am having problems with BMs. It hurts really bad to
>go to the bathroom and very little comes out. I have also been spotting
>a little, too. I have been on birth control pills for 12 years and have
>never spotted until last week, so I'm not sure what this is about. I
>still have two weeks before my doctor’s appointment. I am rationing
>what little pain pills I have to get me to that date. But it’s all I
>can do to get up in the mornings and put in a full day at work. My
>husband is a full time student (one year left!!) and does not work. We
>are waiting until he graduates to begin our family. But sometimes the
>pain can just seem unbearable. I am only 30 but feel so much older.
>Well, thanks for letting me vent some. Although I wouldn’t wish this on
>anyone, I was glad to discover this website and to see that others have
>been where I am.

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