Re: Severe side pain
From: Helen G (coodan@bigpond.com)
Fri Sep 13 06:45:25 2002
At Fri, 30 Aug 2002, Simeone wrote:
>
>I had my Gallbladder removed 1 year ago last April, the pain I had
>suffered with for almost 16 years was gone...if only briefly, within the
>last I would guess 8 months I have pain in the same side that will
>travel all the way back around into my shoulder blade and becomes worse
>at time for no apparent reason, I have been given Darvacet, it really
>does nothing, Vicodon, no relief, they also have given me Bentyl its an
>antispasmatic...it doesn't really do much either, lately I have been
>given Stadol NS nose spray, it takes the slightest egde off but it only
>lasts a short time and it frustrates me to know the pain still
>persistseven after all that pain medicine, is this unusual? Will it
>always be like this? AHHHHHHHHHHHHH! Any suggestions would be greatly
>appreciated!
>Thank you,
>Simeone
Hi Simeone,
I just wanted to reply to your message about severe side pain, I had
exactly the same as you, kept on having these attacks of pain after my
gallbladder was removed and my doctor would say it's proberly adhesion
pain. Had my 3rd attack inn May and I decided to go to the hospital, 9
days later I got home, it was pancreatitis. So what I am saying is
don't let your doctor fob you off by diagonising everything as adhesion
pain, it could be something else.
I know how bad the pain can be with the side pain, so next time it
happens go and have it checked out, go to the ER, because if it is
pancreatitis you will need to be hospitalised, it can be very dangerous.
regards
Helen G Australia.