I had open gall bladder surgery last month the surgeon said I had the most scar tissue of any person he had ever seen, on one hand he said it was good I healed fast but the other it was very hard to do surgery. About two week after the surgery I developed a large lump above the surgery line they told me it was scar tissue forming. The pain from this is incredible if I sneeze, bend, pick anything up it feels like my ribs are cracking. The pain is tolerable in the morning but by the end of the day I want to die from pain if I take a breath. I understand this is called adhesions but what do you do about them to help with the pain.
I joined this site a while ago because I have a non-malignant but inoperable spinal cord tumor from T11 to L4. This tumor cause incredible pain but is something I am trying to learn to live with through pain managment but this new pain almost rivals the pain from the tumor.
Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated!!!
Vickie
I am a patient with chronic pain from adhesions. I have had 15 abdomenal surgeries, including gallbladder removal. Like you, I have developed a lump over the gallbladder incision, only mine waited about 25 years to show up. I have had adhesions since my appendix ruptured when I was 12, about 38 years now. As you can see, it's been my experience that the pain from the adhesions does not ever subside while they are in your body. It gets worse. The symptoms don't improve over time, they get worse. The lump gets bigger. More symptoms start to occur: nausea, vomitting, shortness of breath, dramatic weight loss from the nausea & vomitting, pain spreading throughout the abdomen of various types & degrees, depending on where the scar tissue decides to attack next. My surgeon says the CT scans show nothing that requires immediate surgery, yet won't give me any suggestions or medications to help with the pain & the other symptoms.
I cannot believe that you would tell someone the pain will subside over time.