A.R.D. - how common?

Hi - I was home from surgery only a week when our paper published an article about adhesions and the problems they cause. They called it ARD. I had surgery 10 years ago for endometriosis when we tried to get pregnant. Now with the TAH/BSO I was on the table for 4 hours while my Dr had to deal with a ton more adhesions. Am I loking at a life-time of this? Thanks for any insight you all might have - Jannah

Hello

It can be scary to think about, a life long problem? But try not to. I can not give you any advice in this matter. I dont' really know if you will go through this anymore. But try to stay positive. I want to give you my support. I hope you find the answers you are looking for. Best wishes to you.

Lots of s.

Samantha

I am so sorry you are going through this. Everything I have read says that adhesions happen to up to 95% of women that have abdominal surgery. Some do not cause any symptoms and some do.

Here is a link that will get you to the Hystersister Resources page, then type in adhesions on the Search and hit go.

http://www.hystersisters.com/vb2/link.php?s=

You will find many many links to information about them. One that looked especially good was with the Harvard Medical Center.