>>>----- Original Message -----
>From: "IAS Admin (Tracy)" <tracy.joslin@adhesions.org>
>To: "Multiple recipients of list ADHESIONS" <adhesions@mail.obgyn.net>
>Sent: Monday, June 15, 2009 5:36 AM
>Subject: Adhesions & Pain (Celiac Plexus Nerve Block)
>
>> Sender: krisl1204@yahoo.com (Kris)
>> Subject: Re: Adhesions & Pain (Celiac Plexus Nerve Block)
>>
>> 11 Jun 2009, IAS Admin wrote:
>>> Hi Cheryl! It's good to hear from you again! I know exactly what you
mean
>> about pain being worse after gall bladder surgery. I'm in the hospital
>> right
>> now and have been since Wed. night. I was also in the ER on Monday night.
>> I
>> am so fortunate to have doctors who understand adhesions. I'm now @ the U
>> of
>> M. Everyone at the ER to the hospital is wonderful. One nurse even
>> admonished me for waiting so long to come in because it takes so long to
>> get
>> the pain under control! I do also have a condition called pancreas
>> divisum,
>> which means that I have 2 pancreatic ducts instead of 1 by congenital
>> birth
>> defect. This can cause excrutiating pain as well as a condition called
>> Sphincter of Oddi Dysfunction. I'm waiting now to have a test call and
>> MRCP
>> which will be able to do the analysis on the common bile duct and the
>> pancreatic ducts. My Dr. thinks is probably a combination of adhesions
and
>> this other condition. I guess I'll know soon, after all this time! Have
>> you
>> heard of adhesions being visible on a CT scan? The ER dr the other night
>> said they could see where some had returned since the surgery on May 4th.
>> Anyway, I guess the only way to treat this stuff is to manage the
>> symptoms.
>> I do go to a great pain management clinic. I'm going to discuss having a
>> pain pump implanted. I asked them about it a month ago when I was there
>> and
>> they agreed that I would be a candidate. I hope you're having a pain
>> tolerant day! I'll let you know how things turn out.
>>