HI! I'm kind of new too. I'm 33 and have had a total hysterectomy(in 2
different surgeries!) and endometriosis, adhesions, etc... The pulling
sensation and sharp pain sounds like what I experience from the adhesions.
As well as the nausea, etc. Anyone that says that's normal is nuts! I've
been given the same run around about pain meds from my ob/gyn, my primary
care doc and general pain specialists I've seen. They treat me like a
druggie, or at least like I could become one, so I understand about hoarding
medications. I was affraid my last bottle would be my last one ever, so I
started cutting them in half. They at least help a little bit, better than
nothing. But my doc, who is a pelvic pain specialist, filled the script for
me, no questions, which was what i was hoping and what he has been doing for
me every time I ask. He doesn't treat me like a druggie and is very
understanding. He can see that I'm not overdosing myself and knows what
kind of pain I'm dealing with because he sees it everyday. I thank God that
I have him now. I don't know where you're from, but he's in Michigan. He's
a pelvic pain specialist at the U of M. He's been on 20/20 or one of the
other nighttime news shows before, can't remember which one, my memory slips
lately-pain will do that to you. Anyway, he's brilliant and has a wonderful
bedside manner. He's the first doc that seemmed to really and truly
understand what I was going through and how to treat it. They call him the
"robot doc" because he is developing a robot that will do the surgeries
laparoscopically so as to prevent adhesions, cut down on healing time and
pain after surgery. He does most of his surgeries lap. now. He actually
felt bad that he couldn't do my last surgery by lap, but there was no way
getting around it(at least not yet for him, but he's working on it), because
I had so many adhesions and many holding my bowel down. He had to have
another surgeon come into the operating room to assist him and that doc
didn't know how to do it all by lap. Anyway, if you're interested his name
is Dr.Arnold Advincula. He's very busy and kind of hard to get in to see,
but he's worth the wait. Take care. Samantha