Hernias, scar tissue, and adhesions are my enemies these days. I have been having a great deal of pain where my rectum used to be since the baby has started getting a little bigger. I had a total proctectomy in 2006 after my GI doc found pre-cancerous cells during a colonoscopy. He said at the time that this is often the case for patients that have had Crohn's/UC for a long time. By 2006, I had already been living with an ileostomy for nearly six years, and my rectum had been causing me so many problems that I was ready to have the surgery.
Other than trying to avoid hard seats, I haven't thought twice about my rectum in years. That was until the last two weeks or so of pregnancy when I started feeling pressure and pain "down there". It feels very much like it used to feel when I was flared up in my rectal stump before surgery. The fact that I am zipped shut didn't seem to make a difference. I feel like if I tried hard enough I could actually pass something from my rectum at this point.
My OB says that two anchors for the uterus during pregnancy pass right over the rectum. Apparently, those anchors are putting pressure on the scar tissue and adhesions that are where my rectum used to be. I don't think it was a real issue until the baby started growing more, putting more weight on that area.
So, what do hernias have to do with my scar tissue/adhesions problems? The baby is limited in where he can grow and where the uterus can expand because of the two hernias I have--one perastomal and one incisional hernia.
Hernias, Scar Tissue, and Adhesions: 1 Crohn's Disease: 1 Alison: 0
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