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Posted 1/10/2016 8:29 AM (GMT 0)
Does anyone here have these and had trouble with them?


After doing some research turns out a very high percentage of surgery patients will get Abdominal adhesions from scar tissue etc.


I originally had my nissen surgery in march of 2012 and after about a year and half i was feeling pretty good. i felt very good 2 years after it and felt great up until february 2015.

i started getting cramp like aches and my waist line was getting irritated like an inflammed burning feeling.

i did go in to the clinic in march and they did x-rays, blood tests and an ultrasound and they didn't really find anything.

eventually i started feeling better but on and off i still didn't feel right in my lower abdomen area, just a weird unnatural knotted up or stretched feeling that comes and goes but i always feel like i have a pouch of dead weight hanging off my stomach and it flares up now and then and also my waist line always gets irritated from the waist band of pants and the only way i can curb it so i don't go crazy is to put medical/bandage tape on the front of my waist where my pants/underwear contact my skin.

after doing a lot of reading/research I've come to the conclusion that is abdominal adhesions.

I'm reluctant to go back into the clinic and have more tests done and then tell me there's nothing they can do and stick me with a bill and not have any answers and of course not getting any relief.

i'm frustrated that i seemed to have traded off one problem for another.

I'm thinking about driving an hour to a different clinic and getting a second opinion to see what my options are.


has anyone had any success from additional surgeries to address the adhesions?
Posted 1/10/2016 9:43 AM (GMT 0)
I think I have the same issue after my Endostim surgery. I have a "cramp in the calf muscle" kind of sensation almost every night. If I sit / lie down for 15-20 mins then it would go away.

I just found out recently that stretching gives me IMMEDIATE relief! When the cramp happens, I feel that the left side of my abdomen is being pulled down toward my left foot. If I stretch to the opposite direction, i.e. stick out the left side of my abdomen and do a standing bridge like kind of stretch.

Since stretching gives me relief, this makes me to believe it's indeed abdominal adhesion.
Posted 1/10/2016 6:22 PM (GMT 0)
i guess you could say my whole belly kinda feels like that except it seems to give me more grief when i'm active.
Posted 1/11/2016 6:23 AM (GMT 0)
I'd highly recommend you consult with an acupuncturist regarding your case.
Posted 1/12/2016 8:41 AM (GMT 0)
no one else has had any adhesion issues after a nissen surgery?
Posted 1/13/2016 2:31 PM (GMT 0)
I had a small bowel resection in 2008 due to adhesions. I believe 100% that the surgery has caused my IBS and Gastritis. And I believe I now have new adhesions based on reading, like you have done.

From what I understand there isn't any test that will show adhesions, but I might be wrong. It's so frustrating.
Posted 2/3/2016 8:49 AM (GMT 0)
yes very frustrating.

its one of those things where i never feel seem to feel good and i always feel like there is something out of place in my body.
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