Tired of Pain
From: Pam (mainethang207@earthlink.net)
Thu Apr 29 22:41:48 2004
I am new to this board. I have been reading it for some time now hoping
to find answers. I had my appendix rupture in Sept. 02 and had
peritonitis really bad. I almost died. My second day home from the
hospital my incision opened up and the surgeon told me I would probably
get a hernia within 4-6 months. That happened in March of 03. I had to
have surgery again to repair the hernia which was very large. Another 6
in. incision. Then in Oct of 03 I began to have a lot of pain and was
very weak. I could not work again. I had to wait until Dec. to have
them finally decide to go in and do laprascopic and the surgeon found
many adhesions.
They were not supposed to stick to the mesh that was
used to repair the hernia, but they did. I went back to work again in
Jan. 04 and by the end of Feb. was in pain again. I worked until
early March but have been out ever since with this pain again. I have
been sent to a pain management clinic where they did trigger point
injections to no avail. Actually the pain got worse. I have seen the
surgeon 3 times since the beginning of Mar. and I understand he is
really trying to avoid another surgery and I do appreciate that but the
pain is awful. I don't like having to take pain meds all the time. I
was referred back to the pain clinic one more time before the surgeon
will go back in to cut more adhesions. I went this past Fri. and was
so angry by the time I left. He told me that it couldn't be adhesions
because they are not painful. I told him then thousands of people
including me must be crazy then. He was very rude and wanted to refer
me to someone else. I know because he doesn't have a clue what to do
himself. As I have read these messages it is at least comforting in
some way to know that I am not alone in this and am not crazy. I have
had 3 c-sections over the years but never had any problems. This didn't
start until I had the ruptured appendix with the perotonitis. I have
had to be out of work 4 times in the last year and a half and am afraid
I am going to lose my job on top of everything else. I do have a
wonderful and understanding family and friends so that helps some. Does
anyone know if perotonitis can cause this problem to keep recurring? I
know that it really does some damage. I just hope this has an end soon
and doesn't keep happening over and over again. The only ones who do
understand this are my family. Co-workers are not at all understanding.
Thank you for this message board. At least you can know you are not
crazy or alone in the pain.
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Pam
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