Inflamed bowels
From: Bea Selwood (bea.selwood@paradise.net.nz)
Sun Feb 22 23:50:49 2004
Hello friends,
I wrote several months ago about how it was discovered
that I had adhesions despite never having had any surgery.
Apparently from PID about 20 years ago which I never knew
I had. My only symptom was recurring lower right quadrant
pain for the past year. The lap showed extensive adhesions
of ovaries, tubes etc. which was also travelling up my colon
on one side only. The surgeon wisely left them in place, not
wishing to exacerbate the problem, and put me on antibiotics.
I no longer have the recurring pain, but my colon now seems
to be badly inflamed, almost like a tyre underneath my skin.
It's uncomfortable to sit down and I seem to 'throb' round my
middle. However I have absolutely no digestive problems, can
eat anything and no toilet trouble.
I am fortunate to be otherwise very fit, except for this thing
which is now dominating my life. My doctor insists I must be
constipated and won't send me to a bowel specialist, putting me
on laxatives instead. Does anyone have experience of inflamed
bowels that is not Crohn's or colitis related? Any suggestions
at all would be most welcome.
Bea
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