Question for patients who have undergone resection
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I just want to chime in about the pain….I had my resection 5.5 years ago and from time to time I still have pain. Someone else on the website talked about pain, also, and was told that it was due to scar tissue. I was also told that. I did have an incisional hernia which was repaired after two years and now have a hiatal hernia which could also contribute to pain. But I continue to attribute it to scar tissue. Since my scans continue to be clear, I’m going to continue to believe it’s the scar tissue! Also the issues that Julie raised of food passing through. I notice that after emptying out, the pain goes away…important to keep everything moving!
Someone else who had kidney cancer at a very young age (21) who is now in his 40s told me he still has intermittent pain…again scar tissue. At this point, a small price to pay for being otherwise healthy!Daisy, My oncologist prescribed melatonin too. I take 5 mg every night before bed. There’s even a chewable version of it. You can get Melatonin in most grocery stores and pharmacies. I take a blood pressure med that screws around with my dreaming ….gives me nightmares. But, chemo caused me to wake up many times a night. Now, I still have the bad dreams, but don’t wake up more than once a night.
As for pain following resection. I am now 2 years and one month out from the first resection and no longer have pain from it, but I had pain that was intermittent for up to 18 months at least and then it seemed to settle down. It was never bad pain that I needed to take something for, but more like a sudden tweek…a “gotcha”.
Since the second resection in Dec 2015, I have had more pain again…..only just over one of the portal incisions which may be from a weakening in the abdominal wall….not a full hernia, but enough to cause some issues with bowel contents as they pass by that area. Hope this isn’t too much info……but I notice that after a BM, the pain subsides for a day or two. I had some seriously awful pain over that portal incision for a month following surgery. Something was apparently entrapped …a nerve maybe…..we don’t know, but putting hot packs on it for three-five days resolved the issue.
At my second resection, the surgeon spent 45 minutes of surgery time just cutting through adhesions before he could even SEE my liver, so I suspect that the intermittent pain from my first resection was from the adhesions that formed. He had to free up my stomach even. Apparently, it was pretty much a mess to get through.
Julie T.
Daisy wrote:I am asking on behalf of my mom….she had her resection 2 1/2 years ago and she still feels pain in the area. We are aware that this was major surgery, her question is ….will it ever be completely healed? Possibly scar tissue forming?On another note….she white blood count numbers went down from 5 to 3.4. She is not currently undergoing any chemo and just had a scan done a month ago, we are not concerned that this is because of the cancer possibly coming back not that it couldn’t be however all her other numbers were great? She’s not sleeping well https://skinnyexpress.com/phen375-review after using Phen375 no more than two hours at a clip wondering if anyone has any similar experiences orca perhaps shed some light on what’s going on. Could there be a relationship between the lack of sleep and her blood count being low? She said she’s constantly tired?
Hi Daisy, I had some sleep deprivation after a resection a long time ago and a supplement called Melatonin really helped. It’s natural too.
Daisy,
Sleep deprivation can negatively impact immune function and can lower white blood count. Sleep is such an important component of good health. I would suggest you try to identify the cause of your mom’s lack of sleep and then remedy that.
Daisy…..is it possible for your Mom to have a hernia, a not so uncommon side effect of biliary surgery? A visit with the physician will clarify that. Sorry, I can’t comment on the other questions, but someone else surely will be able to do so.
Hugs to you and your Mom,
MarionI am asking on behalf of my mom….she had her resection 2 1/2 years ago and she still feels pain in the area. We are aware that this was major surgery, her question is ….will it ever be completely healed? Possibly scar tissue forming?
On another note….she white blood count numbers went down from 5 to 3.4. She is not currently undergoing any chemo and just had a scan done a month ago, we are not concerned that this is because of the cancer possibly coming back not that it couldn’t be however all her other numbers were great? She’s not sleeping well no more than two hours at a clip wondering if anyone has any similar experiences orca perhaps shed some light on what’s going on. Could there be a relationship between the lack of sleep and her blood count being low? She said she’s constantly tired?
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