Question:
Can anyone tell me what this is??

Hi everyone! Well, we finally got some decent snow here in Chicago today!! Oh well, there go my dreams of a "no-snow" winter here in the "Windy-City"!! I got an itemized statement of my surgery bill today and it has a charge for "freeing of bowel adhesion". Can someone tell me what that is??And what they did?? ALSO- vitamin B-12....I know we had alot of discussion a few weeks ago about injectible b-12, alot of you are doing that instead of sublingual b-12, I just spoke to my pharmacy and they do carry it, 10ML for $7.99. Is this a decent price and what would they dosage be and how often? Many of you stated - if I remember - that going this route helped alot - your energy was better. Can you please answer with any info...I really appreciate it! Well - back outside to shovel!! Jennifer in Chicago    — jennifer H. (posted on January 17, 2000)

January 17, 2000
An adhesion is a bit of scar tissue. There must have been some scar tissue on your intestines that the surgeon cut away. It would be best to contact your surgeon directly to get a more specific answer to your question.
   — Jilda H.

May 8, 2001
Scar tissue galore! I've had 2 c-sections, partial & complete hysterrectomy, and now the gastric bypass. Each time I have surgery, I have more adhesions than I did before. My surgeon didn't like his surprise when he opened me up. Instead of the typical incision from the breast bone to the navel. He had to cut all the way down to about 3 inches above the bikini line.
   — bjw0713

April 7, 2002
Well, adhesions are formed around scar tissue, but it happens because there is no blood circulation around scar tissue so the bowels adhere to that scar tissue and then it dies. If this goes on too long, the adhession will sluff off and you could get very sick. I had it happen to me too and had to be opened for my RNY. A good way to avoid them in the future is to stay active (exercise)and eat foods or supplements that promote good circulation.
   — Christy B.

February 28, 2005
To make it simple, think of a pad of paper and you fan that pad of paper, and some of the sheets are stuck together. That's an adhesion. I had them in my intestine, which made my surgery take a bit longer.
   — nylexuse