ADHESIONS after Hysterectomy

[Misia]

Can anyone tell me what symptoms you had before it was discovered you had adhesions after hysterectomy?I was diagnosed with ovarian cancer and now it is 7 months and for the 3-4 months I felt slight pain on my right side and was told by my 2 doctors that this are the healing pains after the surgery.
Now I was told that I am healed and these are adhesions or cancer coming back.
Going for MRI in two weeks.Will se.
I bet my colon is stuck to my voult and that why it hurts.
Any comments. PLEASE.

[SimplyStar]

Only time when I was working as a nurse in OB and we advocated self massage  was to firm up the uterus after delivery to stop bleeding. I do know that a massage by a professional should not be done after abdominal surgery because of the internal incisions. Also it can form blood clots if any bleeding should occur from the massage. Adhesions do not start forming that quickly any way. when I worked with surgical patients  I remember telling them the same thing we do to all the Laperotomy and scope women, let the internal healing happen. even with the scope, cutting was done and no doctor wants his/her handy work messed up. Stitches can be pulled out of tissue and clamps can be shoved out of place.  I think the ball rolling should not start until at least 3 months after any major surgery, it takes time for those adhesions to start growing and attaching to organs. even started later they do break them up quite well.  As far as self massage goes, I feel it should only be done after surgery with a doctors approval.  Best thing to do after any surgery is to get up and about as much and as soon  as possible and swing those arms, walk and maybe leg lifts if you feel like it.  Praying for no more snow for us this Winter, I missed those 2 big ones while I was gone.

[Mary 53]

Quick question...I do recall when I first met you and discovered a fellow believer in massage for adhesions that some women on the board were told to do a self massage during the hospital stay so as to break up adhesions. Do you recall those posts? I remember that at the time I wondered if this would be okay to do, but I suppose a self massage while in a hospital bed after major surgery, you would not have all the strength you would typically have. Also, anytime you do the massage on yourself, it would not be as strong as someone doing it to you....or even as strong as laying on the ball, which puts forth a lot of pressure.

Where do you stand on the self-massage. Just wondering.

Thanks...Mary

[Mary 53]

Sorry...I meant it was Lynn who also had that difficult experience with the colonoscopy....and, just for the info of those who have not had one of those lovely tests...they are not bad at all...but, when I had my second, which was last winter, my adhesions had all cleared up (confirmed when I had an exploratory lap in June) and the test was nothing. Prep, not so great; test, no big deal....

Mary

[Mary 53]

Hi to Spiritlaughing, A few amazing things have happened this evening..first of all, you are the first person I have spoken to who had difficulty getting through a colonoscopy due to surgical adhesions. The other thing is....wow, I was going through the archives on this forum last night and was really digging and although I only read about 20 posts, this was one of them and I picked it rather randomly. Amazing. Other than the fact that I need more excitement in my life :) I have been working on further developing my intuition and such. Since I work with troubled kids, you can understand that many of them start our program with a feeling of hopelessness about their lives so this has helped foster my interest in the areas of positive thinking and the power behind that as well as the law of attraction, etc...Those of you who know me know I am not out howling at the moon each evening, but I have been amazed at the depth to which my intuition, etc, has grown.

Who knew that a post on surgical adhesions would bring up such deep thoughts?

I am going to post again as I have a quick question for Star (who, by the way was the first person I ever met who had also heard of using massage to break up adhesions!

Mary

[SimplyStar]

I am afraid yes, the deep massgae was too soon after your surgery.  give those surgical sites time to heal now. Take it very easy. No lifting, no strenous exercize and  if it continues to hurt,  better get a flat abdominal x ray. Watch also for any spotting of red or brown discharge. Those interanal stitches/clamps have to grab a good hold on the tissue.

[Kimchi]

Think you might have had your deep massage too soon after your hysto...Was told by my surg no heavy lifting, no massages, no pressure on incision area for at least 6 months
There is probably some bruising now and in the rehealing proccess