Firstly TO CINDY, SWEETY I AM DOING JUST FINE, I CAME HOME FROM HOSPITAL JUST IN TIME FOR CHRISTMAS... MUCH TO THE RELIEF AND HAPPINESS OF MY FOUR GIRLS AND HUSBAND SHANE.
YES, CURRENTLY I AM HAVING A FEW PAIN ISSUES AND THE SOURSE OF THE PAIN IS A BIT OF A MYSTERY. DURING THE LAST TWO MONTHS OF LAST YEAR WE DISCOVERED THAT DURING MY HYSTERECTOMY PERMANENT DAMAGE WAS DONE TO MY BLADDER AND BOWEL. IN ORDER TO FIND OUT THE DAMAGE I HAVE BEEN SUBJECTED TO SOME OF THE MOST HUMILIATING AND HORRIBLE TESTS I THINK DOCTORS CAN THINK OF!! I AM SURE THERE ARE OTHERS, BUT THANKS ALL THE SAME I HAVE HAD MY SHARE OF THEM FOR NOW.
ANYWAY WE KNOW THAT I WILL HAVE TO SELF CATHERTERISE FOUR TIMES A DAY TO ENSURE THAT MY BLADDER IS PROPERLY EMPTIED SO THAT BACTERIA AND INFECTIONS DON'T BEGIN.... I KNOW KARLA UNDERSTANDS WHAT I AM SAYING HERE.
AS FOR MY BOWEL, MY SIGMOID COLON IS THE CULPRIT FOR ALL MY BOWEL PROBLEMS, WHICH SEEM TO HAVE INTENSIFIED SINCE MY LAST SURGERY.... BUT MOSTLY AFTER MY REGULAR LAXATIVE AND BOWEL STIMULANT MEDICATION WAS STOPPED DURING THE LONG WEEKS NEEDED TO PERFORM ALL THE BOWEL TESTS TO DISCOVER WHAT WAS WRONG.
EVERYTHING WORKS PERFECTLY UNTIL WE GET TO THE SIGMOID COLON WHERE EVERYTHING BASICALLY COMES TO A COMPLETE STANDSTILL. DURING THE TESTS MY BOWEL BECAME MORE AND MORE IMPACTED (SEVERLEY CONSTIPATED) UNTIL I HAD A PHSUDEO OBSTRUCTION AND REQUIRED HOSPITALISATION HERE IN BATHURST.
THEN IT WAS OFF TO HOSPITAL IN SYDNEY FOR ANOTHER FEW WEEKS. WE HAVE GOT MY BOWEL WORKING AS WELL AS CAN BE EXPECTED FOR THE TIME BEING AND I STILL HAVE A COLORECTAL SURGEON TO SEE IF A BOWEL RESECTION OR A COLOSTOMY WOULD OFFER ME ANY RELIEF FROM THE PAIN I AM STILL EXPERIENCING. NOW PLEASE DON'T WORRY, THIS DOESN'T MEAN THAT I AM RUSHING OFF TO HAVE SURGERY! WE ARE SIMPLY LOOKING AT ALL THE OPTIONS AT THIS STAGE.
IT HAS BEEN A LONG AND FRUSTRATING THREE YEARS AND AT LAST I HAVE PROOF THAT NONE OF WHAT I HAVE BEEN SAYING IS IN MY HEAD.... ETC ETC ETC.... IT'S INTERESTING ISN'T IT HOW MANY OF US GO THROUGH THAT PARTICULAR STAGE.
NOW THE PERSON WHO REALLY NEEDS OUR PRAYERS RIGHT NOW IS ANNIE HAWKSLEY, SHE IS IN HOSPITAL IN PERTH WESTERN AUSTRALIA AND HAS BEEN DIAGNOSED WITH A TERMINAL LIVER DISEASE.... ALL OF THIS CONECTED TO HER MANY YEARS OF STRUGGLING WITH ADHESIONS AND ASSOCIATED BOWEL PROBLEMS.
NOW SHE HAS A NEW PAIN THAT HAS BEEN MAKING LIFE HELL FOR HER AND THEY HAVE DISCOVERED THAT HER BOWEL IS ATTACHED TO HER OMENTUM AND IT HAS FORMED A MASS. SHE IS NATURALLY WORRIED AND HER FAMILY ARE ALSO CONCERNED. HER HUSBAND CLIVE IS FINDING IT PARTICULARLY HARD BECAUSE WE ARE EXPERIENCING A DROUGHT AND CLIVE CANNOT BE IN PERTH WITH ANNIE, BECAUSE HE HAS TO STAY AT HOME ON THE FARM AND CART WATER FOR THEIR ANIMALS.
SO EVERYONE, THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONCERN, I AM FINE, BUT I DO ASK YOU TO KEEP ANNIE, CLIVE AND THEIR DAUGHTERS JO AND PETA IN YOUR THOUGHTS AND PRAYERS AS THEY GRAPLE WITH THIS LATEST CHAPTER IN ANNIES LIFE LONG BATTLE WITH ADHESIONS.
LOVE AND 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.