COLLEEN, HI I AM AN ADHESION SUFFER OF 22 YEARS WITH 14 MAJOR SURGERIES, AND I TOO EARLY ON WERE TOLD BY MANY DOCTERS OF THE IBS THING, WELL SEVERAL DRS LATER THEY WENT IN AND HAD TO REMOVE 4-5 FEET OF MY BOWELS DUE TO SRANGULATED BOWELS DUE TO THE ADHESIONS MY BOWELS WERE DEAD NONE WORKING NO BLOOD SUPPLY, AND HAD TO REMOVE A PEICE OF MY COLON I WAS IN THE HOSPITAL FOR ALMOST A MONTH AND CAME OUT WEIGHING 99 POUNDS,AND I HAVE BEEN DEALING WITH THIS ADHESION PROBLEM SINCE THE AGE OF 16 AND I AM NOW 39................ MY MAIN PROBLEMS LIE ON THE LEFT SIDE , FLANK PAIN, AND JUST PAIN IN GENERAL TOO MUCH TO GET INTO, BUT THE FLANK PAIN IS NOW ADHESIONS ARE ATTACKING MY KIDNEYS AND CUTTING THE BLOOD SUPPLY OFF TO THEM TOO, AND THEY SAY I MAY LOOSE MY KIDNEY TOO.I DONT HAVE MUCH MORE FOR T HEM TO TAKE BUT AS YOU KNOW THIS IS A NEVER ENDING DIEASE, IT IS ONE THAT DRS NEED TO DEVOTE MORE TIME WITH..BUT I AM ON THE QUILT AS ANGELA DIAL I HAVE NOT UPDATED MY STORY IN ABOUT 2 YEARS THERES BEEN ALOT GOING ON WITH ME AND MANY, MANY HOSPITAL VISITS, SO FEEL FREE TO E MAIL ME PERSONALLY AT YORKEYSX2@AOL.COM. GOD BLESS, ANGIE