Re: 6 months post op.Hyst. Adhesions or what?
From: Rhonda R. White (samuels1@US.NET)
Sun Nov 28 20:31:17 1999
Susan, I understand what you are going through. I've also recently gone
through all of the tests, my gastro suggested that I see a mental health
professional. Wasn't that thoughtful of her? Anyway, your symptoms sound
similar to mine. So far, all they've yielded is that my gall bladder doesn't
excrete properly. Also, the gall bladder sono. didn't detect it (HIDA scan
with ckc picked it up). Anyway, my doctor told me that adhesions begin to
reform immediately. Also, she told me that wherever the blood pools while you
are lying on your back during surgery, is an area where an adhesions can
form. Therefore, even if you didn't have surgery in your upper abdomen, blood
can pool there during the surgery, adhesions can form there, and you can be
made miserable from that.
Susan wrote:
> I had TAH/BSO,appendectomy 5/26.Since the minute I woke up everything
> felt like it was pushed up under my rib cage.I had low horizontal
> incision and that area feels fine.I kept waiting and waiting for this
> feeling to go away and it hasn't.I feel very bloated and sometimes I can
> almost feel food going through toward my right side.I was on the patch
> and stopped it since I thought maybe it was contributing to the
> bloating.If this is adhesions why is it so high up?Will a lap be able to
> be done since I had Abd.Hyst?I went to Internist and he thinks Irritable
> Bowel.Before my Hyst I had Colonscopy,Upper GI,small bowel
> series,Gallbladder sonogram,dye through gallbladder.All negative.How
> could adhesions caused problems this quick or did Dr. make mistake and
> stitch something back wrong?I wonder if CT scan will show something up?I
> have an appt with this Dr. on Friday and I don't know whether to go to
> him or someone else and let them find the problem.Can a Dr, with
> adhesion experience know when he goes in there if there has been a
> surgery problem?HELP.Susan
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