Need support and help! Thanks
From: Tamara M. Harris (harris110902@sbcglobal.net)
Tue Jul 25 18:57:44 2006
Hello to all! I will start off my story by introducing myself: My name
is Tamara and I live in Ohio: My ARD problems start back on Nov.
16, 1992: My OBGYN doctor performed a Laparoscopic tubal ligation on
that day, when I was in the recovery room and getting ready to go home,
I passed out and had to be taken back into the operating room for a
exploritory surgery. I had bleeding from my mesosigmoid (Main artery in
your belly) Almost lost my life and very thankful to be alive. Since
this operation I have had many surgeries for full bowel blockages,
hestorectomy, appendix removed, gallbladder and 6 inches of small
intestine removed and also back surgery: I have been living in pain
since 1992 with many partial bowel blockages too: Just recently the pain
has progressivly gotten worse. The wrenching in my right side just
below my rib area:
These are old feelings and the same area which I had
last had problems with in July of 1997: I have buried my past problems
and really have not dealt with them until recently: I have just admited
to myself for the very first time that I have ARD and have been slowly
hashing through my fears and past pain. Now that the pain and problems
have become more intense! I know that what I am going through right now
is not just made up in my mind. And right now the Doctor that operated
on me in 1997 is running alot of tests on me: Which I do not mean to be
negitive, but of coarse they are all coming back negitive! I have been
through it many times before and it has always been the same. When they
had to remove my Gallbladder and 6 inches of my small intestine in 1997,
this same Doctor I am seeing now preformed the surgery. But, what
happened is that they ran all these different tests and they all came
back negitive findings: This Doctor asked me to make my own decision
whether to be released or have him do a exploratory laparotomy: I
elected for the exploratory, because I knew something was wrong. Well,
they could not use the laparoscope procedure, because I had to many
adhesions and the Doctor ended up opening me up again a proceded to
remove masses of adhesions, which he found that my gallbladder was
serverely tangled up and removed it and then he found 6 inches of my
small intestine was ready to rupture and removed it. This is why I
decided to go back to him and seek his help. He had seen what tests did
not show with massive adhesions: I am trying to have patience and do the
best I can right now. And this is the first time that I am asking for
any support any of you can give me. Thank you for your time, Tamara
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