Dear Jeannine,
With regard to your questions, adhesions can cause diarrhea, if there is partial bowel obstruction, leading to bacterial overgrowth which causes malaborption and diarrhea. Usually, however, the predominant symptom is constipation.
Iam uncertain what you mean by microsurgery. Any time you touch the bowel, cut tissue planes, or lyse adhesions, you create the possibility of additional adhesions. A laparoscopy may identify some adhesions, but might not show all the problems.
Barriers may prevent future adhesions but can not reverse the ones that are already established.
Jeannine, I had never heard that abdominal surgery caused Restless Legs syndrome. I have it and it DRIVES ME CRAZY!! I have it almost every night and some times do not sleep all night. I recently heard it was caused from a lack of dopamine in the brain. I have had my gallbladder removed and also have had Nissan Fundoplication surgery three times (2 laproscopically and one open surgery). What do they tell you to do for the RLS? Thank you!
Monica
Hi Monica,
For the RLS I take Ativan (Lorazepam)(2)-(.5mg) tabs in the eve.
This helps me sleep a little better. Its a anxiety med. but
it causes drowsiness so its also used to help sleep disorders.
I also stretch my legs,ride my exercise bike,go for walks and
there is this stretch I do.....lets see...lie on the floor on
your back then bring your knees to your forehead.Its like when
you do the pedaling thing but bring your legs over your head
and you should be able to see your knees keep your legs straight.
Well...keep your legs as straight as you can :) I sympathize
with you Ive gone 2 days without decent sleep, I just walk around
the house at 2am thinking to myself this really stinks!!
If you go to the Internet and type Restless Legs Syndrome there are a bunch of sites with good info. Another thing that is helpfull is mental distraction: read & sit in a chair and hold your legs out in front of you for as long as you can.Puzzles,surf the web.I hope some of this helps! Feel free
to E-Mail me if you would like to "chat" some more about RLS
coping strategies. ***@**** Good Luck to you!
Jeannine
(I am very interested in the connection between the gastrectomy
and RLS as a side efect of it.)