Re: you are not alone anymore !!!!!
From: Toni Welsh (welsh@mail.fuse.net)
Thu May 13 11:07:05 1999
At Thu, 13 May 1999, sherry wrote:
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>Hi Jo, I have suffered about 10 yrs. with adhesions. I believe mine
>started with my ruptured tubal pregnancy. After that it has been one
>surgery after another. My adhesions took over my entire pelvic region,
>wrapped around my intestines, bowel, bladder,tubes, ovaries and were in
>my uterus. I have experienced bowel obstructions (I pray every day that
>I will not go through that again). I had a total hysterectomy,
>appendectomy and lysis of adhesions in Nov. I requested my Dr. use an
>adhesion barrier. I got all my info regarding the barriers off of the
>net. Let me tell you, I was really feeling alone, no one uderstood what
>I was going through. The quality of my life was almost non-existant.
>Until my son got me this computer!!! This site has brought so much peace
>into my life. The wonderful people who post messages to share
>information or just talk about the pain they experienced. I believe
>adhesions affect everyone differently but in my case, since most of my
>surgeries were laparotomies, I believe surgery has led to a lot of my
>adhesions. You need a surgeon skilled in lysis of adhesions and who
>uses the least invasive methods. You are taking the right steps by
>reading all the info you can. There are success stories out there!!!
>Again, thanks to everyone and good luck Jo!!! Sherry
Hi Sherri,
You are like me, most all my surgeries were laparotomies, and they do
cause more adhesions that laps. and alot more pain ful, I hope they
find something soon, that can help us all! I pray everyday, my gyn gave
me a RX called dupholac syrup, and I going to try it tonight the senekot
does not move my bowels anymore, and if I do not take anything I go for
5-7 days without BM and the pain then gets SEVERE!
Toni