"Adhesions and Bowel Resections"

Is A Resection Necessary?
If your surgeon mentions a "Bowel Resection" as part of his or her surgical intervention for
"Adhesion Related Disorder"
ASK QUESTIONS!!
For what reason would a bowel resection be warranted?
How does the surgeon determine if your bowel is diseased or not?
If your surgeon tells you the resection is for constipation, could that constipation be from pain medications your on?
(The most common side affect of an analgesic (pain medication) is Constipation!)
How can your surgeon determine if the constipation is from pain medication or a diseased bowel?
What does "diseased" mean to your surgeon?
(IBS, Colitis, Chrohns? All of those can be diagnosed and they have specific symptoms associated to them.)
Does having "adhesions" on the external bowel mean it is diseased?
If so, how is it diseased?
How will the surgeon determine which section of the bowel needs to be resected? What if there are adhesions in a number of areas of the bowel?
(Adhesions of the bowel are usually located in more then one area! Tell your surgeon that you WILL be asking for a video of the procedure!)
Why would a resection help your pain and problems?
How will the surgeon determine if the resection was successful?
What will the surgeon do if and when your pain and constipation return?
How will your surgeon determine if the constipation is due to the medication, which causes constipation?
Will ANOTHER resection be warranted?
If so, how can your surgeon determine if the constipation is from pain medication or a diseased bowel?
Why it is important to question Bowel Resections with an Adhesiolysis!
Today, a small percent of surgeons will do a "bowel "resection for adhesions because the patient suffers "constipation or, because the adhesions were to dense for the surgeon to lyse usefully!?
Now THAT is the answer to adhesion symptoms? Remember, pain meds CAUSE constipation! How does the surgeon know IF the meds are causing that constipation, and what else would be causing it anyway? What diagnostic tests can the surgeon offer you to determine just what IS causing that constipation before he starts to resect the ARD patients bowels?? And what happens when the pain returns after that resection, and the patient gets back on pain meds, and then gets constipated again...more bowel resections!? After reading just that small statement regarding surgeons and bowel resections, do YOU think it important enough for a patient to be aware of this prior to agreeing to a surgery when there is talk of a bowel resection or is it important to be informed before agreeing to ANY surgery??The point is this my friends,Where these surgeons five years ago? What were their experiences with ARD back then? What are they doing different today that they didn't do or know back then? Where did they all of a sudden gain all this experience in dealing with adhesions? WHY didn't they talk to us about it 5 years ago if they are "specialist" today?
The question to ask any surgeon you’re interested in seeing when it comes
to dealing with your adhesion symptoms, is to ask them, " What did they do about adhesions five years ago?' What experience have they had in the past 5 years to claim to be able to deal with adhesion symptoms? What is their philosophy of adhesions? What do they know about ARD symptoms, and how did they learn about it? What is the cause of adhesion "symptoms" not just the cause of the "adhesions!" How many cases of ARD have they dealt with in the past 5 years. and what were the outcomes of those interventions? Can you provide to me a list of your patient who had this procedure?
And, last but certainly not least,
" What makes them think they are "Adhesion Specialists?"
Unfortunately, for the victims of ARD, more then not the surgeon is NOT an adhesion specialist anymore then the Pope is Lutheran!
And if you don't know the answers to all those questions going into that appointment with a surgeon, your going to believe anything you’re told...and only YOU will suffer for not being informed enough to recognize a when you meet one!If you do nothing else, print out material you secure from ARD sites and take it with you to back you up or to educate the "specialists!
Think About this...And whatever you do Do it for you!
Please read this report if you think your Dr. or Surgeon did not have any means to learn about ARD or how to perform surgery that might offer less adhesion formation..and NO bowel resection!
1932 the Vick report and we are still adhered