Re: questions

From: Lynn Creacy (anonymous@medispecialty.com)
Fri Oct 18 21:05:11 2002


At Fri, 18 Oct 2002, Toni wrote: >Toni,

You have the right to ask for a lap but you really need to find out everything that you can about adhesions. I would talk to your doctor and see if he or she knows anything about adhesions and the pain they can cause. This will let you know if this is the right doctor or not. Please look at previous messages and look for Helen's name. She gives you a lot of different sites to research. You need to take charge of your health. You know your body better than anyone. I hope you find out soon what is wrong and keep in touch. There are some great people (very caring) on this website. My prayers are with you.

Lynn

>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.

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