Re: questions
From: Toni (crazywey@aol.com)
Fri Oct 18 12:25:59 2002
At Fri, 18 Oct 2002, Toni wrote:
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>Hi everyone...I have been silently reading everyone else's posts and
>decided it was time to post my own. I am 42. I had 2 c-sections, 1
>hysterectomy with left ovary removal, 1 small bowel obstruction, 1
>gallbladder removal; all done abdominally not lap. It has been 15 years
>since I have had surgery and over the last couple years it has been to
>where it is affecting the quality of my life. A lot of times I can
>ignore it, but not anymore. I also have been put through the wringer of
>diagnostic testing. But noone has mentioned the possibility of
>adhesions even though I look like a road map. I am having sharp pain in
>my lower left quadrant that normally shoots down into the pelvic area
>and is now traveling around my side and to my back? I also have frequent
>UTI infections (at least 5/6 yearly). Daily I get this horrible
>contracting feeling that reminds me so much of the beginning stages of
>labor. I tell everyone it's like I'm giving birth to my bladder. I
>have been trying to deal with this on my own, going to doctors then
>giving up, then going to doctors. I am now seeing a surgeon who has run
>the upper GI and ultrasound (normal) and now wants to run on Thursday
>(again) a colonoscopy. Does this sound like adhestions, and if this
>colonoscopy is normal, do I have the right as a patient to request a
>lap? Thanks.
Additionally I am having over the last 2 days, alot of rectal bleeding
and thin bowel movements.