At Thu, 19 Sep 2002, Jo Eslick wrote:
>
>Hi Charlie,
>
>Welcome to the board. It is a hard question to answer.... adhesions
>pain is determined by where your adhesions are, what organs they are
>attached to and how it is affecting those particular areas and how long
>ago your trauma, surgery or infection was.
>
>This site has some excellent information on the different types of
>adhesion tissue in the FAQ's section.
>
>The description you are giving could be adhesions, while others might
>think it sounds more like nerve damage.... naturally we can only answer
>your questions based on our own personal experiences.
>
>My adhesions pain was progressive and with each additional surgery I
>found that the pain went from being intermittent and compared to my
>worst pain, really - not too bad to cope with... most of the time. BUT
>after each subsequent surgery the pain levels changed.
>
>Mine ranged from tugging, pulling, stinging, burning, aching, stabbing,
>pins & needles to deep aches with referred pain into my groin and down
>my legs. So I am sorry I can't give you a better answer than that
>Sarah, but I hope this helps.
>
>Love & warm gentle hugs,
>Jo
>
>--
>Joanne Eslick
>Founder Australian Adhesions Support Group
>http://www.bombobeach.com
>NSW Australian Co-ordinator of
>International Adhesions Society
>http://www.adhesions.org
>
>--
>I am not a medical person, and all my messages are based
>on personal experience. I am a fellow adhesions sufferer
>reaching out to help others.
>
-- Charlie