What to do when doctors don't see anything

I would think that with the amount of abdominal surgery you have had, there can be any sort of weird adhesions, hernia-type things, etc. going on in there. If stuff is moving through, I doubt anyone would mess with it if it is not a solid mass, does not show up on scans, or causes constant pain. I believe the theory is that the surgical "cure" could easily wind up causing even worse pain. They aren't magicians (although I am sure sometimes we wish they were wizards and could cast a spell on our problems!).

Obviously, you cannot go back and undo your bariatric surgery, cholecystectomy, colectomy, and BCIR (well maybe the BCIR, but what would be the point?).

Jan

I read somewhere that there is some sort of light that can break up adhesions. It literally feels awful to have. My GI who just cut more cancerous junk out of me said he saw nothing wrong in the inside. The BCIR is too low, this was assumed to be my stomach. I had stomach surgery back in 2005 and never had this until now so just seems weird. I have a hital hernia but I was told it wasn't worse and wouldn't be a cause since I also have had that for years and this is a new thing.

Just want to get rid of it. Makes me breathe weird when it is painful.

I also don't form that much scar tissue. When I had my colon removed there was no real sign of any from any past surgeries.

Well, you're lucky you don't form many adhesions. But, it only takes one to cause problems. Even if you never had problems before, you can have an adhesion that suddenly causes problems. Not sure what that light treatment is. I suppose if you go through enough surgeons, you may find one who is willing to explore and find that bad boy. I'm sure it is really frustrating.

Jan