DEAR CHARLIE, PLEASE DONT FEEL ALONE IN THIS, IM 53, AND YOUR SYSTOMS
ARE SO SIMULAR TO MINE, AND I'M SURE MANY OTHERS, MY SYSTOMS ARE
THESE..FROM MY PELVIC AREA ON MY RIGHT SIDE, ALL THE WAY UP THE SIDE,
UNDER BOTH BREAST, AND STOMACHE, ALSO THIS BAND RUNS AROUND TO MY LOWER
RIGHT SIDE OF MY BACK..IT ALSO FEELS AS THO THERE IS HORRIBLE RIPPING IN
THERE AT TIMES, I CAN FEEL IT..I DO SUFFER WITH CONSTIPATION, AND
DIAREHEA, I HAVE ULCERATIVE COLITIS ALSO, YOUR SYSTOMS, AND IM NOT A
DOCTOR, OR NURSE, SOUNDS LIKE YOU DO HAVE SOME ADHESIONS BUILDING UP IN
THERE, MY DOC'S ALSO RAN EVERY TEST THEY COULD, NOTHING SHOWED UP, I
BEGGED MY DOCTOR TO PLEASE GO IN , AND SEE, IM TELLING YOU DOCTOR THERE
IS SOMETHING REALLY WRONG IN THERE, NO THEY DID NOT LISTEN TO ME FOR
OVER A YEAR, FINALLY DID BOWEL SURGERY ON ME, AND TO THIS DAY, THERE
STILL TELLING ME HOW SORRY THEY ARE, FOR NOT LISTENING TO ME....YOUR
PAIN IS REAL, YOU KNOW THIS FOR SURE. IN SURGERY THEY REMOVED APPROX.
6-7 LBS OF ADHESIONS, AND ABOUT 8-9 FEET OF SMALL BOWELS, BUT IM SURE
AFTER 4 YEARS NOW, THIS STUFF IN ME HAS NOW GROWN, AND ATTACHED TO OTHER
ORGANS, I HAVE NO CONTROL OF MY BM'S, I LEAK, AND DONT EVEN KNOW IT..SO
I JUST WANTED YOU TO KNOW YOUR SYSTOMS ARE REAL, AND ALL OF US AT IAS,
HAVE THESE SAME SYSTOMS, OR VERY SIMULAR, I HAVE GOTTEN SO MUCH INFO
FROM IAS, AND FOUND SO MANY NEW FRIENDS, SO PLEASE WRITE TO ME ANY TIME,
MY EMAIL ADDRESS IS LISTED, DO NOT SUFFER IN SILENCE, WE ALL NEED TO
STAND UP, AND LET THE WORLD KNOW ABOUT THIS DISEASE, AND HOW THIS PAIN
IS SO REAL...GOD BLESS YOU CHARLIE, HANG IN THERE, AND GET A 2ND OPINION
IF YOU WANT..NO HARM IN THAT...IM LOOKING FOR OTHER DOCTOR'S AS WELL,
AND WITH ALL THE IAS FRIENDS, AND KNOWLEDGE OUT THERE, I NOW KNOW IM NOT
ALONE, AND I ONLY HAVE TO ASK FOR HELP, AND THERE RIGHT THERE FOR US
ALL...AGAIN, EMAIL ME ANYTIME, IM HERE, IM BEDRIDDEN MOST OF THE
TIME..GOD BLESS, TAKE GOOD CARE, AND HANG IN THERE..LOVE, AND NEW
FRIEND...CINDY SHRUHAN