hysterectomy/due to adhesions
From: International Adhesions Society (tracy.joslin@adhesions.org)
Sun Jan 30 14:50:48 2005
From: adhesions@adhesions.org [mailto:adhesions@adhesions.org] On Behalf Of
Caplanwolfel@aol.com
Sent: Sunday, January 30, 2005 2:22 PM
Subject: Re: hysterectomy/due to adhesions
Dear Jami,
My name is Lisa I am 34yrs old and had a
hysterectomy over a year ago because my doctor
told me the same thing my pain got so bad I could
no longer stand so I went to the hospital and they
did an emergency hysterectomy on me like your self
I felt I had no other choice and believe the doctor
that it would stop the pain.
I won't go into great detail but after surgery
I felt worse and the pain returned within weeks when I
would go back to the office he kept telling me to
give it some time so I did after another six months
of pain and no let up he did another surgery to
remove my endometrosis and adhesions I did better
after that surgery but my pain never totally left.
I spent another six months in pain and my doctor
blamed it on everything from my bladder to my colon
and they all just told me I should go off pain meds
and learn to deal with my pain. I am a very strong
person and I knew this pain was not a pain I could
endure for much longer I have 3 children and was
spending 90% of my time in bed which for me is very
unusual I am the type of person that is able to go
home after having a c-section on the very next day and
start caring for my family so I knew this pain wasn't
going away.
At that point I stopped asking for help and
stumbled across this web site one night when I couldn't
sleep from pain. I found Dr. Redan's name and emailed
him he called me the very next I made an office visit
with him I knew from the very first visit he could
help me because when I told him where my pain was he
pinpointed it and explained where it was and what
pain it was causing he did surgery on me 3 weeks
ago and from the time I woke up after surgery I
could tell he had removed the pain what I found
out is that a hysterectomy doesn't stop the pain
(doctors are thought that it will) You need to
find a good general surgeon and get to the bottom
of the problem.
I would beg you to consider to have a consultation
with a specialist before you remove your female
organs like I did and the pain remains. What they
don't tell you is if you go thru a hysterectomy
and they remove your ovaries your body goes into
shock and you start experiencing menopause symptoms
like hot flashes and mood swings so you are given
hormones to regulate your body but if the hormone
levels are not checked and you run any risk of
cancer the hormone therapy may cause cancer don't
you think they should tell us these things!!!
I'm am sorry if this sounds depressing I felt I
should share my story so you can make the best
possible choice before surgery.
Mine has been a long journey and if I can help
someone else avoid the mistakes I made it will
all be worth it I can't promise you that it's
going to be easy for you but I can tell you that
having a Hysterectomy is the biggest mistake I
ever made. I have had adhesions since I was 20
and I spent a good 8 years with no pain and the
reason I trusted my obgyn was he had operated on
me those 8yrs ago and after 3 unsuccessful laps
with other doctors he was able to stop the pain
so I had every right to believe he knew what he
was talking about it wasn't until surgery with Dr.
Redan that I found out I could of avoided the
hysterectomy and removal of both my ovaries if
I would of only went to him first.
I only hope that my experience will give you a
little knowledge you can use. I am sorry for you're
pain and wish you the best of luck. So much for
keeping it short.
Lisa C
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