Re: pain from adhesions
From: Robin M (rmasse2333@aol.com)
Fri Jan 14 16:49:33 2005
Dear Pat,
My heart goes out to you. I know of the
pain you are going through. I went to
Duisburg, Germany June 2003 and had surgery
with Spray Gel. At this time, I think that
having Spray Gel is the best chance at becoming
adhesion free and pain free.
Prior to my surgery, I was on 3 different strong
pain meds, and I was still in pain. I lived
in my bed. My intestines were practically shut
down. In order to use the bathroom, I used very
strong prescription meds that did not always
work, enimas, laxatives, but didn't always go.
You need to back off the high fiber while you
are having problems. This adds bulk and bulk is
not what you need right now.
If you do have surgery with out Spray Gel (it
is not FDA approved in the States), your Surgeon
needs to be very careful about leaving even one
spec of blood, a laproscopic expert is best, only
have laprascopic surgery (open surgery sets you
up for more adhesions) The use of an adhesion barrier
will help reduce the chance of adhesions, some
seem better than others, and get up soon after
surgery and walk so the adhesions that do grow
have less of a chance to adhere, non powdered
gloves also may help.
Until Spray Gel is FDA approved in the States,
many can not afford to pay for the surgery in
another country.
I wish you and everyone luck in fighting adhesions.
robin
At Wed, 12 Jan 2005, Pat wrote:
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>Can anyone here help me find more info on something that is available
>for my surgeon to use to prevent more adhesions.
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