I am so sorry to hear everything happening with you. I will pray for you - for strength, courage and health.
At Tue, 3 Feb 2009, Katie wrote:
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>Almost all of my pain is upper. The pain I have in my pelvic region is
>from distention because I have adhesions on my bowels that cause me to
>bloat. When I am not bloated I don't have pain in the lower region.
>
>I had my gallbladder removed almost 13 years ago and was fine for the
>longest. Then I had an appendectomy 4 years ago and seemed "okay" for a
>couple of years. Two years ago I started having all kinds of GI issues
>and was told it was Sphincter of Oddi and had a bile duct stent placed
>and then removed 30 days later. (This was done via Endoscopy, not open
>incision or lap.) I have had pancreatitis 5 times in 3 years but have
>never been a drinker or a smoker.
>
>I have had nothing but problems ever since. I can't sit for more than
>30 minutes and then I start to feel this awful pain like someone is
>shoving a football up into my chest. Then when I stand up, every nerve
>ending in my upper abdomen is on fire. After it tones down, there is an
>awful aching pain that lasts until bed. I do get relief when I sleep
>but only to have it start over the next day. Doc thinks my stomach may
>be attached to abdominal wall and they know that I have bowel/colon
>adhesions. He suspects it is from my gallbladder surgery and just took
>8-10 years to finally catch up with me.
>
>He also believes that if I let Redan or anyone else take the adhesions
>down, they will return full-force.
>
>--
>Katie
>