-----Original Message----- Date: Sunday, September 28, 2003 4:39 PM Subject: Adhesions do NOT continue to grow -- unless.... Sender: ilanthe@prodigy.net (Ilanthe)
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>I read this with great interest. I have had numerous surgeries, as for
>the most pertinent recent ones, my hysterectomy (uterus only)was in 1999
>and in July 2002 I had to have two large abdominal masses removed. The
>doctor stated that the endometriosis (he also took the ovaries and
>tubes) and adhesions were so severe that he had to literally carve out
>all my organs. I continued to have problems beginning three months
>post-op and have gone through countless CT scans. There is another cyst
>and several lesions. I developed a hernia and they decided it was best
>that it was taken care of before anything else as they were still
>monitoring size before deciding what to do with everything else. I had
>the hernia surgery on Sept. 3rd and the doctor said I had 8 hernias and
>the worst case of adhesive disease he has ever seen. It was everywhere.
>So, I would tend to believe that it does indeed continue to grow. It
>had invaded areas where I had not had prior surgery to that point. At
>least it explained some pain issues I had that kept sending me to the ER
>countless times without anything additional showing up on the CT scans.
>You would think with all this modern technology that some type of scan
>would define the adhesive disease and show how severe it is and where it
>is. The sad part is that there is still a lot of adhesions left lower
>in the abdomen and I am still looking at more surgery. When I first
>found this site I cried when I read half of the information and posts. I
>hate to think of this being a life long thing but I know that it will
>be. I have fought adhesive disease in the jaw joints for 14 years now
>and am scheduled for my 11th surgery to remove them yet again. Every
>two to three years they have to go in and remove the adhesions to free
>the jaw up to get it moving again.