in so much pain-diverticulitis? help?

fluffypoodle · Post by **fluffypoodle** » Fri Apr 26, 2013 7:59 am

as i've posted elsewhere here, i had a laparascopy last week. it revealed an adhesion that was removed. for the first week or so after the surgery, things felt fine--i even thought they felt better, less pain than before.

and now i am in a LOT of pain the the same spot as the adhesion. it is sharp, kind of burning, pulsating--does that make any sense? it is worse when i move--to get up from sitting or laying down; when i try to laugh or cough, etc.

i don't know if that is normal after the removal of an adhesion. the doc who did the laparascopy was an OB-GYN, not the GI doc. he said he saw a whole lot of inflamation on the outside of my colon, and took pictures. my husband who saw the pictures said it looked like red, swollen spheres. that totally sounds like diverticulitis, no?

Tex's question about diverticulitis as my diagnosis made me research it. and not i don't know what to do. i am in pain. i have a follow-up with the OB-GYN on Monday, but he is obv not an expert. Do i call the GI doc? (the same one I kind of hate). Do i try to go to an Urgent Care place? do i just wait to see the GYN on Monday?

Lesley · Post by **Lesley** » Fri Apr 26, 2013 9:56 am

I would go to urgent care! Don't wait till Monday. Even for peace of mind.

fluffypoodle · Post by **fluffypoodle** » Fri Apr 26, 2013 11:17 am

thanks, Lesley!

just came back from the GYN. it is my colon. waiting on the GI doc to call me back.

Lesley · Post by **Lesley** » Fri Apr 26, 2013 11:33 am

Good. Keep us posted.

fluffypoodle · Post by **fluffypoodle** » Fri Apr 26, 2013 1:01 pm

he just called me back. i am going to see him next week, but he is sure that this is the result of the adhesion removal. he thinks that i might've already formed new ones and that's what hurts. awesome....