Re: Progression of Adhesions
From: Toni Welsh (welsh@mail.fuse.net)
Wed May 12 10:58:20 1999
At Tue, 11 May 1999, Helen from Chicago wrote:
>
><<<<I saw are VERY thick, now I understand, they were like that after
>only four months, and he said they should not be like that, it usually
>takes years for adhesions to get that dense. >>>
>
>Hello everyone:
>
>I am a little bit confused. I have been told by my doctor...that once
>adhesions attach themselves..they usually stay where they are..and dont
>progress. I had surgery about 9 months ago to lyse them..and i know
>they are back to where they were before the surgery, because I feel
>exactly the same. He says no more surgery! Leave it alone..and leave it
>all be.
>
>So do adhesions progress and keep growing? I know I feel the daily
>burning sensation. Is this the adhesions growing and adhereing more,
>and attaching more and more to my intestines? So overtime, what happens?
>all of my insides get grown over with adhesions?
>
>Does anyone know what the burning sensation is, I am assuming that its
>because the area is slightly inflamated? And are any of you on
>anti-inflamatory medications?
>
>Thank you all for your help and advice.
>
>Helen
Hi Helen, and everyone else, had alot of pain all day yesterday, and I
felt a very hard spot on the abdomen, and could not eat. it has
subsided today, I too get the sharp burning pain, and do not understand
that pain, the pulling pain all across the groin area, makes daily life
very hard.
I was told that adhesions get denser over a period of time, my gyn had
told us a long time ago this.
So they should fimd out these things, I am just very confused and cried
alot yesterday, I told my gyn Mon. I am learning to live with this, and
even talked about the loss of sex drive, I told him I walk through the
intimate apparral dept and start to but a new night gown, and walk on
and we just laughed, but he did give me estratest, and told me it was
very low dose of testesterone(sp), not happy about taking it. My sister
says it make your breasts get larger. I am not taken it yet, I would
rather stay on premarin!
Toni
Yes, the burng pain, REALLY confuses me!
Does everyone get that too?