Re: post op gallbladder adhesions
From: super1961@comcast.net
Wed Mar 30 17:03:58 2005
I suffered for 5 years and had mutiple tests.
It wasn't until I made then go in and do exploratory
surgery that they found my problem was adhessions.
I was referred to 2 different pain clinics.
I had 5 endscopes done with ERCP (they go thru
the stomach and inspect the bile ducts.) looking
for left over stones.
4 MRI's, 3 CT scans. 6 sets of Xrays , 1 Bonescan
Then they did a Endoscopic Spintreoctomy
thinking it was the bile ducts.
The tried all sorts of diffenent meds. and
sent me to see an Osteopath.
I was in pain in the exact same place for
the entire 5 years following the surgery. I
finally changed primary care physicians and
took a new approach.
I demanded that I was done treating the systems
with pain meds and wanted this resolved.
I had the surgery and was pain free for 3 months.
The bad news is I think they are growing back.
I hope this helps someone else you are not alone.
At Sun, 7 Dec 2003, International Adhesions Society wrote:
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>Subject: Re: post op gallbladder adhesions
>
>Hi Zoie,
>
>I feel so badly for you. I understand how it feels to be a patient who
>isn't taken seriously by their physicians with the result that we come
>to feel we're being labled as depressed or being told the pain is all
>in our heads. I have endometriosis and this, unfortunately, is not an
>uncommon occurrence for women like me.
>
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