I'm sorry you had to have surgery again. Why did he say you would need a colostomy? Does that mean he would have to remove part of the bowel? It sounds serious and like something you would not want to go through! I hope this last surgery works for you. Take care of yourself and keep us posted on your progress. Ginny
At Thu, 19 Aug 1999, Diane wrote:
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>I don't post often to the forum but I like a few others ready it daily.
>I had surgery yesterday. Yes it was adhesions and they were just as
>dense as they were in Nov 98 when my last lap. was done. The dr was
>not able to get all of them. If he had freed the ones on my bowel he
>said I'd have had to have a colestemy (sp). So just wonder what the
>outcome of this will be after I get over the initial soreness. Guess I
>will find out soon enough. Just hate going through this all the time.
>It is not fair to my family. The dr did use a barrier in key places
>just to see if it would help. He doesn't have much faith in it. He
>said some people it works on but mostly it doesn't help. Well I'm going
>to close now. Thanks for being such a great group of people. God
>Bless. Diane