Bonnie, I have gas pills that I buy at the local drug store I usually take 2 of them before I eat, when I eat! Try it, it has helped me with the distention. I have been looking for a doctor who knows about adhesions for the past 2 years. Whenever I go to a new doctor I bring along all the information that I have found on the internet just in case I need to help educate them. Take a breath and try to come to terms with the idea that you will need to teach EVERYONE around you. This is what Ive had to do. We all are looking for doctors that know about adhesions but not many of us have had much luck. Good Luck!!!!!!!!!! Tammie
"IAS Admin (Tracy)" <tracy.joslin@adhesions.org> wrote: Sender: jetcadet@aol.com (Joy) Subject: Re: Detection of Adhesions
Sometimes they can be detected by CT scans or the like, but usually not. I have had CT scans, small bowel follow-throughs, and a number of other procedures but nothing has ever detected the adhesions. No one had a clue about adhesions until I had surgery to have an ovarian cyst removed, and I had so many adhesions the surgeon couldn't even see my ovaries. From my experience, laprascopic surgery is the only real way to detect them. Good luck finding a doctor, I would help but I live in the US in the deep south! I would suggest finding a good GYN or GI surgeon, depending on what you seem to have the most problems with.
At Wed, 28 Mar 2007, Bonnie wrote:
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>Have suffered severe pain, distention of abdomen, have been on narcotics
>for 4 years now, have had every test possible, doctors and specialists
>cannot find anything. No one has any answers, I guess looking 9 months
>pregnant is normal....Is there any type of test or scan to detect
>adhesions???
>Also I live in Calgary, Alberta Canada and need a doctor or surgeons
>name that deals with adhesions???? I have had no luck so far, and have
>been told to try yoga or it is all in my head.......
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>Thank you
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