Re: Adhesions in upper abdomen???
From: chriztene (chriztene@sbcglobal.net)
Fri Nov 18 01:05:38 2005
Hello Becky, yes, I have adhesions higher up than my pelvic which are
now adhering to my stomach which is starting to cause breathing
problems. I have tried to no avail to convey this to my obgyn and he
simply says he removed all of them from the navel down which were
wrapped around my colon.
The main problem I am finding is any doctor in Oklahoma who really wants
to deal with me and adhesions. Its almost if you say a "bad" word when
you mention the word adhesions and the doctor shows you the
door...Pretty sad and pathetic that the medical community either knows
nothing about adhesions or chooses to do nothing to help.
What I have found is one doctor quickly passes you off to yet another
dr. who basically tells you the same thing - they can/wont do anything
until there is a blockage/emergency situation. Now, isnt that one heck
of a way to live one's life 'waiting' for the proverbial emergency
before anything can be done?
I feel like I have a cancer which is invisible slowly eating away at my
body. I have experienced if Dr's can not see something on x-ray, ct
scan, etc., then nothing is wrong with you in their opinion. I only
thought it was bad having the adhesions in my lower right side, however,
since they have moved up to the stomach area, it is becoming much more
difficult to walk, breathe, etc.
I have also contacted the spray gel company and they are suppose to be
conducting clinical trials sometime this year in the U.S. Now, if I can
find a doctor who is even willing/experienced with adhesions in
Oklahoma, I am definately going to try and participate. I am holding on
to the spray gel for hope in helping with these adhesions.
I am interested in how others here cope with such a debilitating
condition. One which really receives know validation from the medical
community to boot?
God bless all of you who suffer...
At Mon, 14 Nov 2005, Becky F. wrote:
>
>Hi Everyone!
>I'm hoping to get some insight from others into my situation. I have
>had three C-Sections, a Laparascopy, and a Hysterectomy, the last
>surgery, was 13 years ago.
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