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Posted 1/21/2012 2:50 AM (GMT 0)
So I had laparoscopy yesterday to see if I have endometriosis. The good news is I don't have endometriosis. They found a bunch of adhesions all along the left side of my abdomen. If anyone doesn't know what an adhesion is, adhesions form when there is trauma or injury to an organ, or for no reason at all. A band of tissue forms to anchor the organ to the abdominal wall to give it a solid base to heal. The doctor told my husband there were a lot of adhesions. Thankfully he removed them and this will hopefully make my horrible stomach pain stop. The unfortunate part is the doctor told me in 3 days I should be fine and be able to go back to work. I have been in so much pain in my back, shoulders,neck,arms, legs and abdomen from the gas they put in the abdomen to pooch it. First the doctor only gave me tylenol 3 for pain. I was finally able to get percocet today. Even with percocet it just takes the edge off the pain.
Posted 1/21/2012 4:13 AM (GMT 0)
Hi fibrocrystal, welcome to the family!

Glad they didn't find endometriosis, sorry about the adhesions. They are rough. When I had surgery they gave me anesthesia plus 'somethingelse' to prevent nausea & vomiting (it didn't work - again). When I went back to my room the pain from the internal gas was wretched. I ask for something to relieve the gas, they brought me a cup of tea & Mylanta tablets. Yeah, that didn't work. I had the same intense pain in my back and shoulders that you have now. They had nothing else to give for the gas.

I asked my DH to bring in my box of Gas-X. That finally started to help w/ the gas. It took several tablets, but the 'tea' wasn't cutting it for me. They gave me morphine for the pain, still didn't 'touch' the gas pain.

My suggestion is if you don't feel well enough to go back to work in 3 days, don't push yourself. Sometimes drs get a number in their heads of how quickly a patient recovers. Maybe others do, but Fibromites aren't 'other' ppl. See how you are doing, don't make things worse for yourself b/c the dr said 3 days.

I hope you feel so much better by morning.

God bless.  Alice.

Posted 1/22/2012 2:47 AM (GMT 0)
A heating pad helps with the pain from the scopes. It helps move the gas out. As a retired nurse very few patients could return back to work in 3 days. I get so frustrated when I hear that. Everybody is so different. I seen people take 2 wks. I myself used the heating pad and it made a huge difference. I used it on my shoulders where the gas seem to get stuck. Moving around is the best to get it gone. I hope you feel better in a few days.
Posted 1/22/2012 2:51 AM (GMT 0)
I woke up this morning feeling a lot better. The shoulder and neck pain was still there. My husband massaged my back and neck after I used a heating pack. I also took gas-x. There is still some discomfort but its like night and day. I should be able to return to work on monday. I am a nurse so I don't have to do a bunch of lifting. I work with great people who will help me. Thanks for the support!
Posted 1/22/2012 12:47 PM (GMT 0)
I'm glad you are feeling better! I've had two laparoscopies, prefibro, and I remember them being quite painful in the shoulder area. I wish I had known about a gas tablet then! But maybe they didn't exist that long ago, lol.

I hope today is even better.
Posted 1/22/2012 1:22 PM (GMT 0)
I'm so glad you are feeling better!  I have a bazillion adhesions from two abdominal surgeries.  I also have a peristomal hernia so sometimes I can get partial bowel obstructions from them.  The reason I'm telling you this is that I have found that if I massage my abdomen, it stretches the adhesions so things move better inside and I feel better again!  Since you are a nurse, you know that more adhesions will form so I wanted to let you know about this. 

 

I discovered this because there is a clinic that does this massage therapy for adhesions in my state.  They charge a lot of money and I figured I could do the same thing, so I did and it worked!  So file this away in your memory bank.  wink

 

Sherrine

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