Expert: Tonja Wells - 1/18/2012

Question
I am an otherwise healthy 23 year old female. In the past 6 months, I've had 3 surgeries. The first for a painful egg-sized lipoma. I was still having a lot of pain (a 5-6 on pain meds). The second was for a supposed lipoma that turned out to be fat necrosis and scar tissue. They removed a 3 inch by 5 inch chunk 3 in. right and 1 in. lower than my belly button. My abdomen just wasn't getting any better. I tried going to a chiropractor and he successfully fixed the intercostal fasciitis, but there was still a lot of pain. I ended up having a pelvic and abdominal ct scan that showed a distended appendix. I had it removed 12 days ago (it was 1 1/2 in. by 1 in. by 4 in.) and was diagnosed with chronic appendicitis. Why was this so hard for the doctors to figure out? I'm still in a lot of pain recovering from all these surgeries and this appendix. What can I take to make this recovery quicker and be pain free? Are there any exercises you could tell me? Any advice? Thank you for your time! :)

Answer
Hello Michelle,

I am an herbalist. If you are wanting medication you would want to ask a doctor. You will want to find a good herbalist to find out the root of all these issues. Why do you keep having growths, etc? I would wonder if the body needs to be cleaned up herbally but would get well first.
To help recover from surgery I personally have found the following have helped.
Enviro-Detox to detox from the medication.
Bone/Skin Poultice to use to help heal the tissue, ligaments etc.
IF Relief for the pain.
Thai Go for the inflammation.
This information is for educational purposes only and should not be used to diagnose and treat diseases. If you have any health problems consult a health practitioner before embarking on any course of treatment.

To Your Health,

Tonja Wells, CNHP, NHC