found a little relief
From: International Adhesions Society (tracy.joslin@adhesions.org)
Tue Mar 30 21:25:19 2004
From: Jeanne Aughenbaugh [mailto:aughs5@ptdprolog.net]
Subject: found a little relief
Hi Everyone,
I have been extremely busy dealing with pain, struggling
through my days. My massage therapist cannot touch me
anymore. She has been able to grab some of the adhesions
from my ribs but just can break them up it is to painful.
My doctor couldnt touch me because by the time I saw him
at 11:00 a.m. I was so swollen and sore. I have alot of
very sharp pain in three areas. CT scan showed nothing
of coarse. Prednisone and Elavil has been prescribed
and 3 weeks into this medication I am feeling some relief.
I have finally gotten a nights sleep. I wish this was
prescribed earlier it is much better than any narcotic,
it is a anti depressant used in an extremely low dose
as a nerve blocker. Unfortunatley I am so far gone at
this point, as soon as I am out of bed and getting my
coffee the pain is back. I just cant take it anymore.
Its been almost 2 years since my last surgery and I
just cant take it anymore. I am walking on egg shells.
I am much worse than I was the last time. I see my
surgeon next week and I am just on edge about the whole
thing. I know in my heart surgery is not the answer,
yet I have tried other alternatives and am past the
management end of this. I quess Im hoping that since
he has already seen the mess inside and is not going in
under the same circumstances maybe he will have some
special techniques that will be useful. The last
time I had a double bowel obstruction and so many
adhesions he could not get in with the lap and had
to cut me open. Can anyone help me in that regard?
I have been reading these letters everyday and have
decided to ask him about the spray foam and even the
spray gel. I will ask about the lap without gas.
I would appreciate any other suggestions. I would
like to go in loaded with info. I know what your
thinking that the best info is no surgery but I am
one step away from being bed ridden and I just cant
take it.
Thank you for your thoughts.
Jeanne
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