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Chronic Pain members - Welcome, please introduce yourself

Posted by Kelsey Mohring @kelseydm, Apr 27, 2016

Welcome to the new Chronic Pain group.

I’m Kelsey and I’m the moderator of the group. I look forwarding to welcoming you and introducing you to other members. Feel free to browse the topics or start a new one.

Why not take a minute and introduce yourself.

Interested in more discussions like this? Go to the Chronic Pain Support Group.

Lisa Lucier | @lisalucier | Jan 11, 2018
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@hopeful33250

@caligodgirl Hello Cindy and welcome to Mayo Connect.

I am so sorry to hear of this difficult pain and internal bruising from scar tissue. Having lived with this for 5 years sounds so hard.

Do any of the doctors you have seen offer you any suggestions for this scar tissue problem?

Often large medical centers have a plethora of specialists who can help with severe problems like you have reported. Have you considered a second opinion from a large medical center like Mayo (they have locations in Minnesota, Florida and Arizona) or perhaps a large medical universtiy in your area?

We look forward to getting to know you and supporting you.

Teresa

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Hello, @caligodgirl. I'd like to add my welcome to Mayo Clinic Connect. I also thought you'd like to meet some other members on Connect who have talked about abdominal scar tissue, or adhesions, like @judydex007, @rdrdhap, @ginpene05, @kag13 and @nonnie1.

Here are some discussions on Connect that may be interesting to you on adhesions:

- recurring abdominal adhesions: http://mayocl.in/2qWRN2R
- Bowel obstructions caused by adhesions following abdominal surgery: http://mayocl.in/2nhtuhj
- Scar tissue surrounding organs: http://mayocl.in/2o7g2LT

Have you found any strategies that help at all with the pain?

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Justin McClanahan, Moderator | @JustinMcClanahan | Jan 11, 2018
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@jamezy13

Thanks for all the great info on here. I had a lower back fusion over 10 years ago which helped at that time. I am now more pain symptoms which has brought me to see a pain specialist and a back surgeon. I am just looking for relief again. One wants to put a nerve stimulation device in my back which the back surgeon said that should be last resort. Ibuprofen I use everyday. Hydrocodone on bad days. I am just wondering which is the best surgeon to remove the old hardware in my back then install new that will fix my back again. I am 58 yrs old right now

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Hello @jamezy13,

Welcome to Connect. Thank you for posting about your back issues and sharing a bit about yourself. We have a recent conversation on Connect that members are discussing back surgeries and lingering pain that I think you may find relevant. I suggest clicking on the following link, reading through the discussion and participating where you feel comfortable,

- Surgical solutions to chronic cervical/back pain, https://connect.mayoclinic.org/discussion/surgical-solutions-to-chronic-cervicalback-pain/

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John, Volunteer Mentor | @johnbishop | Jan 11, 2018
In reply to @hopeful33250 "@caligodgirl Hello Cindy and welcome to Mayo Connect. I am so sorry to hear of this..." + (show)
@hopeful33250

@caligodgirl Hello Cindy and welcome to Mayo Connect.

I am so sorry to hear of this difficult pain and internal bruising from scar tissue. Having lived with this for 5 years sounds so hard.

Do any of the doctors you have seen offer you any suggestions for this scar tissue problem?

Often large medical centers have a plethora of specialists who can help with severe problems like you have reported. Have you considered a second opinion from a large medical center like Mayo (they have locations in Minnesota, Florida and Arizona) or perhaps a large medical universtiy in your area?

We look forward to getting to know you and supporting you.

Teresa

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Hi Cindy @caligodgirl

I would like to add my welcome to Connect along with the others. I can see you've already gotten some good information from Teresa @hopeful33250, Justin @JustinMcClanahan and Lisa @lisalucier. My chronic pain is minute compared to what you are going through. It's really good that you are a strong advocate and are asking questions and looking for answers. You are not alone. There is a TED talk that I found very inspiring and helpful. Hoping it may give you some help or insight.

What happens when you have a disease doctors can't diagnose TED talk by TED Fellow Jennifer Brea who became progressively ill with myalgic encephalomyelitis, commonly known as chronic fatigue syndrome.
https://www.ted.com/talks/jen_brea_what_happens_when_you_have_a_disease_doctors_can_t_diagnose

John

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Teresa, Volunteer Mentor | @hopeful33250 | Jan 11, 2018
In reply to @hopeful33250 "@caligodgirl Hello Cindy and welcome to Mayo Connect. I am so sorry to hear of this..." + (show)
@hopeful33250

@caligodgirl Hello Cindy and welcome to Mayo Connect.

I am so sorry to hear of this difficult pain and internal bruising from scar tissue. Having lived with this for 5 years sounds so hard.

Do any of the doctors you have seen offer you any suggestions for this scar tissue problem?

Often large medical centers have a plethora of specialists who can help with severe problems like you have reported. Have you considered a second opinion from a large medical center like Mayo (they have locations in Minnesota, Florida and Arizona) or perhaps a large medical universtiy in your area?

We look forward to getting to know you and supporting you.

Teresa

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Hello again @caligodgirl

Since you last posted, I did find a website of specialists who study this disorder. Only a few are in the U.S., however, one is at Wayne State Univ. which is in Detroit, MI and there are a few others who do some work in the U.S. Here is the link to the website where they are listed by country and name, http://adhesionrelateddisorder.com/doctors.html. It looks like Sweden has done a lot of work in this area.

Also, here is patient website with information from others like you, http://www.adhesionrelateddisorder.com/

Teresa

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John, Volunteer Mentor | @johnbishop | Jan 11, 2018
In reply to @hopeful33250 "@caligodgirl Hello Cindy and welcome to Mayo Connect. I am so sorry to hear of this..." + (show)
@hopeful33250

@caligodgirl Hello Cindy and welcome to Mayo Connect.

I am so sorry to hear of this difficult pain and internal bruising from scar tissue. Having lived with this for 5 years sounds so hard.

Do any of the doctors you have seen offer you any suggestions for this scar tissue problem?

Often large medical centers have a plethora of specialists who can help with severe problems like you have reported. Have you considered a second opinion from a large medical center like Mayo (they have locations in Minnesota, Florida and Arizona) or perhaps a large medical universtiy in your area?

We look forward to getting to know you and supporting you.

Teresa

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@caligodgirl another hello again ☺ -- I forgot to mention another tool I use for research on drugs, medical procedures, etc. is Google Scholar (https://scholar.google.com/). It is useful to find the latest info on topics and allows you to sort the links it finds by date. I did a quick search on the phrase adhesion related disorders and it came up with quite a bit of information. I'm not sure if it's helpful but it could be:

https://scholar.google.com/scholar?hl=en&as_sdt=1%2C24&as_ylo=2018&as_vis=1&q=adhesion+related+disorder&btnG=

John

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caligodgirl | @caligodgirl | Jan 11, 2018
In reply to @hopeful33250 "@caligodgirl Hello Cindy and welcome to Mayo Connect. I am so sorry to hear of this..." + (show)
@hopeful33250

@caligodgirl Hello Cindy and welcome to Mayo Connect.

I am so sorry to hear of this difficult pain and internal bruising from scar tissue. Having lived with this for 5 years sounds so hard.

Do any of the doctors you have seen offer you any suggestions for this scar tissue problem?

Often large medical centers have a plethora of specialists who can help with severe problems like you have reported. Have you considered a second opinion from a large medical center like Mayo (they have locations in Minnesota, Florida and Arizona) or perhaps a large medical universtiy in your area?

We look forward to getting to know you and supporting you.

Teresa

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Hi Teresa,
I cannot say thank you enough for this information and all the other info and links from the other mentors, moderators and members. GOD Bless you all!! I will keep everyone posted as with what I learn and who I see so that it can b shared.
Sincerely,
Cindy

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caligodgirl | @caligodgirl | Jan 11, 2018
In reply to @hopeful33250 "@caligodgirl Hello Cindy and welcome to Mayo Connect. I am so sorry to hear of this..." + (show)
@hopeful33250

@caligodgirl Hello Cindy and welcome to Mayo Connect.

I am so sorry to hear of this difficult pain and internal bruising from scar tissue. Having lived with this for 5 years sounds so hard.

Do any of the doctors you have seen offer you any suggestions for this scar tissue problem?

Often large medical centers have a plethora of specialists who can help with severe problems like you have reported. Have you considered a second opinion from a large medical center like Mayo (they have locations in Minnesota, Florida and Arizona) or perhaps a large medical universtiy in your area?

We look forward to getting to know you and supporting you.

Teresa

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Thank you John! This information is very much appreciated!
Sincerely,
Cindy

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Parus | @parus | Jan 11, 2018

The barometric pressure works a number on me. Anyone else experience thus? Curious.

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John, Volunteer Mentor | @johnbishop | Jan 11, 2018

@parus the barometric pressure and temp changes sometimes affects my PMR and joints. A little more achy breaky...☺

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peach414144 | @peach414144 | Jan 11, 2018
In reply to @hopeful33250 "@caligodgirl Hello Cindy and welcome to Mayo Connect. I am so sorry to hear of this..." + (show)
@hopeful33250

@caligodgirl Hello Cindy and welcome to Mayo Connect.

I am so sorry to hear of this difficult pain and internal bruising from scar tissue. Having lived with this for 5 years sounds so hard.

Do any of the doctors you have seen offer you any suggestions for this scar tissue problem?

Often large medical centers have a plethora of specialists who can help with severe problems like you have reported. Have you considered a second opinion from a large medical center like Mayo (they have locations in Minnesota, Florida and Arizona) or perhaps a large medical universtiy in your area?

We look forward to getting to know you and supporting you.

Teresa

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went to orthopedic md, given shot in knee. was told it will not take effect till about 3 days hopefully. this may not be a big thing but when it brings up the blood pressure into a deadly high it is very serious. and as we all know, ouch it is very, very painful. i thank my lucky stars tht this is not as serious as some of us have. i pray for all of us. love peach barb

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