I would think that if you had a resection of the bowel that scar tissue could form and cause the bowel to narrow at that point. I know that Crohn's can cause scarring to form inside the bowel wall where previous inflammation was, so it seems logical that bowel surgery could cause the same. Best of luck to you. Ginny
At Sat, 23 Oct 1999, Merri Ellen wrote:
>
>Hi everyone! I went to a Gastro Dr. yesterday for a consultation about
>a colonoscopy. I only agreed to go if we would JUST be talking about
>it! One false move toward a scope or instument and he knew I would make
>Flash Gordon look like a geriactric patient! Hahahaha! I have agreed to
>follow through with the tests (grrrrrr) if only for the fact that both
>my parents have had colon problems. Mom had colon cancer, ending in an
>ileostomy. He did agree with me that previous tests (11 years ago)
>revealed nothing and the entire trouble was not internal colon problems.
>He even agreed that my pain and bowel disturbances may be related to the
>strangle hold of nasty adhesions. He listened and resonded
>appropriately to my concerns about the scope. I am usually wrapped
>pretty tightly with adhesions in the bowel area and my fear is that he
>would push the scope against the resistance basically because he could
>not SEE anything to CAUSE the resistance. He promised to retract the
>scope at first sight of resistance. I didn't ask for a blood oath but I
>left the office reassured. He gave me Levbid to help control the
>spastic bowel problems. I have a question for anyone who has had a
>bowel resection during adhesion lysis. Could the adhesions, which
>usually form AROUND organs, also form INSIDE organs? I really feel that
>some of the bowel disturbance is related to the one specific spot where
>the resection was done years ago. Sorry about being so long winded!
>Everyone have a great weekend!
>
>--
>Merri Ellen
>
-- Ginny King