I'm really tired of hearing doctors say "Well, the LAST thing you want
is more surgery. suregery begets more adhesions which means more
surgery and on and on, blah blah blah." This may be true in some cases
but I think everyone has to be looked at as an *individual*. I don't
think there are any blanket statements to be made with this problem or
any other medical problem for that matter. In my own case. I had one
small intestinal adhesion causing a partial bowel obstruction released,
the others were left alone. Three months later I had the EXACT same
pain back. Another lap 3 months later (6 months after the first) showed
that the small bowel adhesion released during the first lap had NOT
reoccurred. Yet the pain was the same! So, because I once again have
pain I don't think this necessarily means that the second lap was a
failure, or that the surgery caused more adhesions, or caused the
original adhesions to reform. It may just be that the surgeon neglected
one area of adhesions that is now causing pain. Or maybe one small area
of adhesions did reform and one more attempt could fix the problem. They
will never know if they don't look as that is the only way to accurately
diagnose adhesions. This is why I think decisions about treatment have
to made on an *individual* basis and if you don't agree with the doctor
treating you, keep looking. Very few things in medicine are black and
white. Just my two cents.