For 11 years he suffered excruciating pain and ended up finding out it was from a needle and thread in his intestine.

In June, María Aderlinda Forero will be 11 years old with intense pangs in her belly. There are innumerable nights in which she has not been able to fall asleep as a result of these strong pains. Her ordeal began after tubal ligation surgery after giving birth to her fourth child.

Maria Aderlindaa Colombian housewife who lives in the rural area of ​​El Retorno, Guaviare, discovered that she has had a needle and thread stuck inside her for almost 11 years.

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In accordance with Jam Presson June 18, 2012, the woman made the decision not to become pregnant again after her fourth child, so underwent a tubal ligation.

The surgery was carried out in San José del Guaviare and in principle there were no complications. However, in the following days the pains began. She related it to postpartum side effects after the birth of her last child, but it was not.

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“They did not stop (pain), so I started making appointments, and every time I went they sent me to take paracetamol and that’s it,” Forero said to the portal The Pin.

aderlinda She thought that the pain would pass with the medication, but each time the discomfort was greater and this forced her to change jobs several times because she could not carry out her activities.

away from it all

According to the Colombian newspaper Timemove from your farm to San Jose del Guaviare it can take up to two hours. If she wanted to make an appointment, she had to go to town on her husband’s motorcycle, which is expensive for her and her family.

”I let things go because with the pastes I calmed the pain. I didn’t have the time to go back and forth, let alone the resources. But the pain continued, so I came back.” said.

After getting an appointment, the doctors prescribed stronger painkillers like meloxicam, but nothing worked. Time passed and the pain was unbearable.

Needle and thread

In November 2022, nearly a decade later, she was ordered for an MRI and ultrasound, where they found a needle and thread stuck in his intestine.

“He told me that in the operating room they left me a needle with thread,” told the portal Week.

The unusual thing came later when Maria contacted the doctor who had operated on her, to which he replied that it was not his doing and possibly the woman had swallowed a needle with the thread.

“What I need is for them to operate quickly, for them to take this away from me because I don’t want to die and leave my children behind,” specified Aderlinda, who is awaiting the valuation that will take place on May 12.

He trusts that it is the last step to be able to remove the needle and thread in his intestine, in order to lead a normal life and rest normally.

Source: Elcomercio

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