Severe Post Hesterectomy Pain Posted: 08-15-04 06:50am
Following a sub total hesterectomy 10
months ago
i have been in severe constant abdominal
pain unable
to travel or do anything. At the moment
there is no light at
the end of the tunnel, have just started
on gabapentin.
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mellorraine
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Joined: 19 Aug 2004 Posts: 1
Posted: 08-19-04 20:10pm
I had a hysterectomy over a year ago and I
still suffer from soreness and pain in my
stomach and lower back. I tried
neurontin for awhile, but it made me feel
terrible. There seems to be no reason
for my pain, yet I can't walk long
distances and I can't be as active as i'd
like to be. Binding myself around my
mid-section gives me some relief.
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Pain
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Joined: 20 Nov 2005 Posts: 3 Location: Louisiana
Pain Posted: 11-21-05 22:34pm
Just looking for answers for why my wife.
She has had nothing but server pain in her
leggs and growing area. We have been to
so many doctors and so far no one can find
anything wrong. My wife is becomming more
depressed each day. Not being able to
work any more and not being able to take
time for our first grandson just making it
day by day on pain pills. Alot of people
say she is hooked on the pills but she has
stopped taking them for up to 2 weeks and
still nothing but pain. It is causing so
much trouble for her. The hysterectomy we
feel was uncalled for just another way for
the doctor to make more money.
Any advice out there or anyone else with
the same pain???????
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sandyallen
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Joined: 02 Feb 2004 Posts: 4580
Posted: 11-21-05 23:44pm
Hi pain! I am sorry to here your wife
has to live like that, has she been to a
pain management dr, they are generally
anaesthesiologists, they might be able to
do some pain blocks for her or a pain
pump. I understand her pain, I live
with it 24/7, your wife is not a druggy,
their is a difference between wanting and
needing pain medication.
To all of the rest of you, I sympathyze
with you too, try to find a pain
managemrnt Dr. It could be from scar
tissue or arthritis.
I hope this has helped!
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Pain
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Joined: 20 Nov 2005 Posts: 3 Location: Louisiana
Pain Posted: 11-22-05 02:43am
Thanks for the reply, yes she has and is
still going to a pain mang dr, has even
had all the shots also but still no help.
Also she has been checked for arthartis
and nothing shown up in that department.
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quey2
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Joined: 29 Dec 2005 Posts: 2 Location: indiana USA
Re: Pain Posted: 01-03-06 19:56pm
pain
wrote:
thanks for the reply, yes
she has and is still going to a pain mang
dr, has even had all the shots also but
still no help. Also she has been checked
for arthartis and nothing shown up in that
department.
hi , I was reading your post and will tell
you I have had pain for 9 years now since
my surgery, had a second surgery because
of a cut to my bladder during the
hysterectomy, I have went through $50,000
worth of procedures from this surgery and
still have the pain. I have done a lot of
research and will tell you I firmly
believe that the estrogen plays a big role
in pain! Even though the doctors who are
so anxious to castrate us have no clue
after the fact what is up. I was
initially on a high dose then lowered it
due to severe migraines, I finally 2 years
ago had to decrease again because of a
liver lesion they found and within a year
I noticed the pain had decreased, although
now I have developed other medical
problems(disc in my neck are gone and my
nerves are being compressed causing
numbness and severe neck pain) I went from
one thing to another and I know in my
heart it all has to do with the surgery.
No replacement hormone will ever match the
natural so it is important for us to have
a doctor who is willing to work with us.
I hope your wife finds some answers, it is
very depressing and takes a toll on ones
body and soul after so long. Find a good
internist who knows about female hormones,
having blood tests means nothing, it has
to be a fine balance for the individual.
In my case estrogen was causing symptoms
of interstitial cystitis and when it was
lowered the symptoms have improved, some
women are the opposite, higher estrogen
helps, it is a matter of working with it
to see what helps because it was certainly
none of the doctors I went to that
ultimately knew what to do. Wishing your
wife pain free new year!
