>I have posted off and on about partial small bowel obstructions on this
>board for several months now. I was getting them every 2-3 weeks and it
>was unbearable. I was getting severly depressed and nobody would listen
>to me expecially my doctors. Any way I found a wonderful new
>doctor---he's a general surgeon. He scheduled me for a diganostice lap
>on the 15th of this month. Well that lap endedn up in open surgery. My
>colon was totally flipped over and was stuck to my uterus and tangled in
>my small bowel. The right side of my colon was fliped over to my left
>hip bone and had a mass in it---which had to be removed. Thankfully it
>turned out ok.
>
>My insides were a mess I got to see pictures, he told me he used
>adhesions barriers. My doctor finally realised why I was hurting. I
>wish I had found him sooner. I already feel better aside from surgical
>pain. I'm just taking it easy and recover from surgery.
>
>I'm trying to be optomistic and hope that there is some releif from
>bowel obstructions. I know that more surgery, expecially the open
>surgery I had risks more adhesions, but I was loosing my sanity and I
>had to make the best choice for me and my family. Thanks for listening
>to me ramble
>
>Heather
>