just found out I have adhesions (DANA)
From: IAS Admin (tracy.joslin@adhesions.org)
Mon Apr 7 20:01:56 2008
From: adhesions@adhesions.org [mailto:adhesions@adhesions.org] On Behalf Of
Kelly Murray
Sent: Friday, April 04, 2008 11:50 PM
Subject: Re: just found out I have adhesions (DANA)
Dana,
Welcome to the club. (Ha!)
Surgeries, endo and infections can cause adhesions. No one knows why some
people have problems with them and others don't.
A lot of women (and men) have gone through the going to endless drs. trying
to find out what is wrong. I know myself, I got told that I had Irritable
Bowel, Functional pain, Depression and a pill seeker. It was so frustrating
and depressing to go through it.
I finally got told by a Physician's Assistant that she thought it was
adhesions. I found this site and was so relieved that it wasn't in my
head. God bless this site. I think I would have gone nuts for sure if I
had not have found it.
I actually had earlier surgeries where the doc would tell me that I had a
lot of adhesions but I didn't know what they were.
There are doctors mentioned on here that do specialize in adhesion removal.
I believe if you are going to have surgery, then you need to go to one that
knows what they are doing. It won't guarantee that you will get rid of
them. They may get worse or get better.
I have finally "accepted" that I may always have them. You will have good
days and bad days with them. I had to quit my job because of this. I draw
SSD now. I would rather work. My kids and husband have also suffered.
Just do get out of bed each day. I think if we let it rule our life then we
lose more.
I have a granddaughter that I watch and I try to exercise. There are days
that I just want to call my daughter and tell her not to bring her daughter
over or I do have to miss exercise at times because of the problems and
pain. I am 48 and feel 68 at times. But we all need to hang in there.
It also may help to talk to a counselor or psychiatrist as a lot of people
that have chronic pain do get depressed which makes the pain worse.
>----- Original Message -----
From: IAS Admin (Tracy) To: Multiple recipients of list ADHESIONS
Sent: Friday, April 04, 2008 7:48 PM
Subject: just found out I have adhesions
From: dmr1071@msn.com (dana leblanc)
Subject: just found out I have adhesions
I just found out that I have abdominal adhesions. I have been having
abdominal pain for YEARS!!!! No one could tell me what was wrong. I was
diagnosed with IBS after having a colonoscopy. It came back normal. So
the only thing they could come up with was IBS.I have been to my OBGYM I
don't know how many times for the pain and they never find anything. All
the tests come back normal. After all these years the doctors start to
look at you like you just want drugs. Well about 3 weeks ago I had a
terrible pain in my right side and my husband had to come get me from
work and take me to the doctors office. I could not even walk. The
doctor said I had gastritis, again. He gave me some meds, which made me
constipated. I went back to him for the pain and he checked my
gallbladder, e-rays, ultrasounds and blood work. Everything came back
fine. He sent me home. He did not see a reason for my pain. I went to
my OBGYN to see if maybe I had a cyst or something. I did have a cyst
on left ovary. I ended up in the emergency room after 2 weeks of pain.
They thought that I had appendicitis, even though the all the test came
back normal. The ER doctor was wonderful. I finally felt like somebody
was listening to me. That somebody really believed I was in pain. He
wanted to help me. He and the surgeon decided to take out my appendix
the next day. When he went in to take out my appendix he found the
adhesions on my colon. I had adhesions in 4 different places. The
surgeon told me about when I came to that day. He told me that had they
not taken out my appendix they may not have found the adhesions. He
told me to come home and do research on the internet. I have to say I
do not like what I have found so far. I have had this same pain on and
off again for the past 11 years. I had a C-Section with my last child.
It was an emergency C-Section. I had no idea that it may lead to
something like this. If that is what has caused this. Since I am new
to all this does anybody have any advise for me? Thanks
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Dana
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