At Wed, 16 Jul 2003, LL wrote:
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>Hi,
>
>After a couple of years of unexplicable abdominal pain, my doctor sent
>me to a surgeon for a consult. He said they could do a diagnostic lapro
>to see what was causing the pain. I am an 38 year old male, no prior
>surgeries. A colonoscopy was negative as had been all blood tests and
>cat scans. The surgeon did note one place on mt cat scan where a loop
>of the bowel is clearly firmly pressed against the abdominal wall. Since
>I have diverticuli, he theorizes that one or more may have ruptured and
>when it healed, adhesions formed.
>
>I am scared of the surgery.... I am scared of being knocked out!!! But
>the pain is ruining my life. Nothing seems to help excpet maybe extreme
>exercise (which wipes it out for awhile, then ir comes back worse)
>
>Any advice? Any links to what to expect with a laproscopy?
>
>--
>LL
>