Re: Had Surgery and I was shocked with what the doc found

From: heather s (cranberry974@yahoo.com)
Thu Jul 24 18:31:21 2003


Sherry,

Thanks for the kind words :) Yes I had C.T scans(3 of them), ultrasounds, and x-rays. Nothing definate showed up. One of my doctors kept saying I see a loop of bowel that looks like it might be kinked by adhesions.

I know and understand your pain, I'm sorry to hear that your still having problems. Most doctors that I have run into don't want to tackle adhesion problems, you just have to keep searching and do whats best for you and your family.

Wishing You Well, Heather

At Thu, 24 Jul 2003, ö¹@ÿemarian coughlan wrote: >
>HEATHER,
>BEFORE THE DOCTOR OPERATED DID THEY DO ANY C.T. SCANS OR ULTRA SOUNDS AND IF
>THEY DID-DID THE BLOCKAGE SHOW UP ON THEM? I;M JUST CURIOUS BECAUSE SINCE MY
>HERNIA OPERATION IN MARCH I AM HAVING TROUBLE WITH BOWEL MOVEMENTS-VERY
>PAINFUL AND CONSTIPATED. THEY DID A C.T. SCAN A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO AND IT
>DIDN'T SHOW UP ANYTHING. THINK I HAVE THE SAME PROBLEM YOU DO.
>THANKS FOR THE INF AND GOOD LUCK TO YOU.
>SHERRY G
>-----Original Message-----
>From: "heather s" <cranberry974@yahoo.com>
>To: "Multiple recipients of list ADHESIONS" <adhesions@dns.obgyn.net>
>Date: Thursday, July 24, 2003 12:57 PM
>Subject: Had Surgery and I was shocked with what the doc found
>
>>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
>>


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