Re: Pain

From: chiggerkat@futura.net
Sat Jul 5 22:30:37 2003


DEAR DEE, I WOULD LOVE TO BE EMAIL FRIENDS! TELL ME A LITTLE MORE ABOUT YOUR CONDITION AND WHEN THEY STARTED. DO YOU LIKE THE DOCTOR YOU HAVE NOW? HOW MANY DIFFERENT DOCTORS HAVE YOU HAD? WHEN I THINK BACK ABOUT MY CONDITION I ACTUALLY THINK IT STARTED IN 1980 WHEN THEY FOUND A TUMOR ON MY UTERUS AND RIGHT FALLOPIUM TUBE. THEY REMOVED THE TUMOR AND 9 MONTHS LATER I WAS ABLE TO GET PREGNANT. I HAD A SON WHO IS NOW 20-A WONDERFUL SON. I'VE HAD PAIN IN THE ABDOMEN EVER SINCE. IN 1992 I HAD A PARTIAL HYSTERECTOMY-ANOTHER TUMOR. THEY TOOK THE UTERUS OUT AND CERVIX AND WAS SUPPOSE TO REMOVE THE TUBES. I DIDN'T FIND OUT FOR SEVERAL YEARS LATER THAT THE DOCTOR HAD LEFT PART OF THE RIGHT FALLOPIUN TUBE IN THERE. THEY AREN'T SUPPOSE TO DO THAT. IN 1999 I DOUBLED OVER IN PAIN AND THEY REMOVED MY GALLBLADDER BUT 3 WEEKS LATER I DOUBLED OVER AGAIN AND THIS TIME THEY FOUND A ABCESSED RIGHT FALLOPIUN TUBE AND ABCESSED RIGHT OVARY. THEY REMOVED IT IN A GRUELING 5 HOUR SURGERY. THE ADHESIONS WERE SO SEVERE THEY DIDN'T KNOW IF THEY GOT THEM ALL. I HAD TO HAVE A BLOOD TRANSFUSION AND THOUGHT I WAS GOING TO DIE. 3 MONTHS LATER THEY REMOVED MY LEFT OVARY. IT WAS TOO BAD BUT THE PAIN FROM THE ADHESIONS WERE AWFUL.. ALL THIS TIME THEY NEVER MENTIONED ADHESIONS-ONLY USED TERMS LIKE "MASS, CYST, OVARIAN REMNANT, AND SCAR TISSUE". I DIDN'T HAVE A COMPUTER AT THE TIME SO DIDN'T REALLY UNDERSTAND WHAT ALL THE TERMS MEANT . WHEN I ASKED QUESTIONS I GOT ANSWERS LIKE-ITS NOT SAFE TO OPERATE BECAUSE OF SCAR TISSUE. THE PAIN ISN'T REAL. LEARN TO LIVE WITH IT. SINCE 2000 I HAVE HAD NUMEROUS SURGERIES FOR "BLOCKED RIGHT URETER" OR "EXPLORATORY SURGERY". THEN IN 2002 I DEVELOPED MY FIRST HERNIA FROM ALL THE SURGERIES. SURGERY WEAKENS THE PELVIC WALL AND HERNAS DEVELOP. THIS PAST YEAR HAS BEEN NOTHING BUT PAIN AND TRIP AFTER TRIP TO THE E.R. WHERE THEY FINALLY DECIDED I MIGHT HAVE ANOTHER HERNIA. THIS PAST MARCH I WENT IN FOR A HERNIA REPAIR-A OUTPATIENT PROCEDURE-BUT WOKE UP 5 HOURS LATER AND WAS TOLD I HAD 7 HERNIAS. A GASTRIC TUBE DOWN MY THROAT. A NEW 6 INCH CUT. I WAS SO SICK AND I COULD ALREADY TELL SOMETHING WASN'T RIGHT. I WAS IN THERE 5 DAYS AND AFTER BEING HOME FOR 2 DAYS WAS RUSHED BACK TO E.R. AND TOLD I HAD ANOTHER BLOCKED URETER. I STAYED IN THE HOSPITAL 3 DAYS WHILE THEY FIGURED OUT WHAT TO DO WITH ME. I HAD A STENT PLACED IN-AGAIN-FOR 6 WEEKS. IT DID PUSH THE ADHESION AWAY FROM THE URETER SO I AVOIDED ANOTHER SURGERY THAT TIME. BUT I AM PAIN EVERYDAY. I GOT THE DRS. REPORT AND IT WENT ON AND ON ABOUT ADHESIONS. THIS WAS THE FIRST TIME I HAD REALLY HEARD ABOUT IT. SO I FOUND THIS SITE AND AM LEARNING ALL I CAN. THIS IS JUST A LITTLE PART OF THE STORY. I'LL TELL YOU MORE BUT FIRST I'D LIKE TO HEAR A LITTLE ABOUT YOUR STORY IF THATS O.K. FEEL FREE TO WRITE ANYTIME. I'LL KEEP YOU IN MY THOUGHTS AND PRAYERS. LOVE, SHERRY GRIFFIN -----Original Message----- From: Dee1020tt@aol.com To: "Multiple recipients of list ADHESIONS" <adhesions@dns.obgyn.net> Date: Saturday, July 05, 2003 7:29 PM Subject: Re: Pain

Dear Sherry, I just want to thank-you so much for your understanding. I take demerol at night so that I am able to sleep without suffering in pain and during the day time I take bentyl which calms my intestines, so that I am able to tolerate working a 8 1/2 hr shift. I am very depressed because my mother is just so frustrated about my ARD. She just feels so helpless and doesn't know what to do for me anymore. My appetite lately is slowing down. It is good in a way because I need to lose 65 lbs. It is so good to know that I am not alone and that there are others out there like you who care. I hope we can become e-mail friends. I'll keep you in my prayers always. Your Friend, Dalene


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