>----- Original Message -----
From: "Meg" <megeitz@hotmail.com>
To: "Multiple recipients of list ADHESIONS"
<adhesions@mail.medispecialty.com>
Sent: Wednesday, May 14, 2003 8:47 AM
Subject: Has this ever happend to anyone?
> I'm new to this board and doing some research on a problem I'm having.
>
> Gosh, where to begin...I am fairly certain I have adhesions. I had a
> severe pelvic infection/abscesses following an IUD, several bouts of
> infection following childbirth, and ultimately a hysterectomy with one
> ovary left. Ten days after the hyst, I was back in surgery with pelvic
> abscesses and a raging, life-threatening infection. They cleaned it up
> and still left the ovary. Then for the next six months I continued to
> get abscesses on the remaining ovary, which was finally removed. When
> the doc removed the ovary, he said he could not believe the amount of
> adhesions formed in six months. Since then, I have had bowel trouble,
> mainly painful almost paralyzing spasms, and low-grade chronic pain. In
> the last few weeks, I have had an increase in both spasms, pain, nausea,
> and generally feeling crappy. No BM problems, though. For the last few
> days, and in particular yesterday, my abdomen, just to the left of my
> belly button, has been pulsating. I feel it constantly. I had a CT
> yesterday to rule out aneurysm, which they did, but then last night I
> started having chest pains. I am so nauseated today and feel like crap.
> Has anyone had problems with adhesions that caused similar symptoms? Any
> help would be appreciated!
>