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Location: Somewhere between raising hell and Amazing Grace | I know I spelled that wrong, but tell me your experiences. Good, bad, ugly. Recovery? How did you feel immediately after, a day after, a week after.....
The plan is to remove one ovary, several cysts, and treat endometriosis. I've not been able to talk to anyone that has had it done so I really know nothing about what to expect and the surgeon has been vague as well because he won't really know until after the surgery (still unsure of what all they will end up finding).
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Location: Florida | I had it done 4 years ago for cysts and severe endo. I was in so much pain it was unimaginable. The Dr said it should be a 2-3 hour surgery. Ended up being almost 6 because it was much worse and my dr didn't want to cut me open. I ended up having to stay over night in hospital cause of the length of the surgery. I was sore as heck for a couple days, had to wear loose clothing but really wasn't gosh awful. The difference after was incredible as far as pain in concerned. You will be glad you went thru with the surgery. I have two tiny scars that healed nicely. Good luck and I hope all goes well for you. |
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Location: Somewhere between raising hell and Amazing Grace | burn 3 and home - 2014-03-01 10:45 PM I had it done 4 years ago for cysts and severe endo. I was in so much pain it was unimaginable. The Dr said it should be a 2-3 hour surgery. Ended up being almost 6 because it was much worse and my dr didn't want to cut me open. I ended up having to stay over night in hospital cause of the length of the surgery. I was sore as heck for a couple days, had to wear loose clothing but really wasn't gosh awful. The difference after was incredible as far as pain in concerned. You will be glad you went thru with the surgery. I have two tiny scars that healed nicely. Good luck and I hope all goes well for you. The surgeon also said based on the current pain situation that I should notice a huge difference pretty quickly afterwards even though I'll be sore. He said about 2-3 hours but they are already expecting me to stay overnight because I have a history of not liking to wake up after anesthesia :)
And thank you for sharing
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Location: Florida | No problem. Glad I could help. You certainly will notice a difference once you recover from surgery, which if memory serves me right, I was pretty good about 4 days after. I know I probably have some more issues going on but just keep putting off another surgery. My pain tolerance also is a big issue with me because its so high that by the time I cry uncle it's gotten bad. You will know a month out how great of a decision it was!!  |
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Location: Texas | Had this same procedure done. I too have trouble with the Anesthesia.I went home the same day. I was very uncomfortable as they will fill your abdomen with a gas. Very few stitches involved. Not bad at all compared to standard open surgery. Took about a week to really start feeling better.
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Location: Nebraska | I just had an exploratory done. They were supposed to biopsy anything they found and if there was a lot they were planning on cleaning me out too. Turns out they only found one spot that could be endometriosis and it was on a spot they were unable to biopsy. I don't know what they did in there, but I have been pain free since they did the procedure. The doc said sometimes it helps to just move stuff around. My procedure was about an hour. The one thing I will say is you don't know how much you use those muscles until they cut them! I was doing chores the next day and riding after the weekend.
The worst part of it all was the bloating. I was bloated for probably a week. They wanted me to ambulate as much as I could so that I could get rid of all that gas that they pump you with. I probably lived in sweats for about a week before I felt comfortable wearing jeans again. Although I only had 2 small incisions, my abs were sore for quite a while. I have very little scaring from it, too which is nice.
They told me I would be drugged up and that I wouldn't remember anything from that day----they were wrong. I remember everything. The worst thing I remember though is when they extubated me. They promised me I wouldn't remember but I do. Man, my throat was sore after that.
I have had a few friends that also have endometriosis be cleaned out. They would have the procedure Thurs or Fri and be back to school after the weekend. |
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Location: Nebraska | I would also recommend taking a stool softener after the procedure. Pain meds and surgery will cause constipation. |
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| As mentioned a couple of posts up, they "blow you up". When I woke up in recovery, I was unprepared for how much pain was in my upper chest, and I truly thought I was having heart problems. The nurse asked if they didn't warn me about that, and no, they did not. It is from the gas they use to somewhat inflate your insides so they can work. It settles in various places after the surgery is over, and does hurt if you do not know it's coming. But it passes quickly. Best of luck with your procedure.
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Location: WV | I have had a few of theses. They all were about the same except for the first one and I had a little gas. Nothing that just plain Tylenol could not fix though. Never had any pain meds afterwards with any of the others though. I'm not big on taking medication unless I really have to. I was always up and moving pretty good, you may be sore but no worries it's not that bad. Or, in my opinion it was not. Wanted to mention that I was not under for 3 hours either and do not really have any trouble with anesthesia. Good luck and I will be thinking of you.
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Location: Somewhere between raising hell and Amazing Grace | Thank you for sharing guys. It's not scheduled until this Friday but I have a busy week coming up so wanted to as while I had time. |
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Location: Under The Big Sky Of Texas | I had it when I had to get my Gall Bladder taken out, was a rough first two days for me, after the 3rd day I was feeling almost normal again. Hugs for you, I know you will be just fine  |
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Location: Somewhere between raising hell and Amazing Grace | I think that's why he scheduled it for a friday. He knows we have horses and farm work so I think he wanted to give me the weekend for hubby to be home. |
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Location: Under The Big Sky Of Texas | missroselee - 2014-03-02 2:49 PM I think that's why he scheduled it for a friday. He knows we have horses and farm work so I think he wanted to give me the weekend for hubby to be home.
You will need hubby really bad the first couple of days, I did, he had to help me to go potty and help me lay back down, my muscles were so darn sore. And he's such a good guy made sure I had everything in reach, and make sure you keep your cell phone right there with you, I used mine when I needed him to help me to the bathroom, I would call him if he was outside are working in his shope. It was just as good as having that little bell to ring  |
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Location: Somewhere between raising hell and Amazing Grace | Southtxponygirl - 2014-03-02 3:57 PM missroselee - 2014-03-02 2:49 PM I think that's why he scheduled it for a friday. He knows we have horses and farm work so I think he wanted to give me the weekend for hubby to be home. You will need hubby really bad the first couple of days, I did, he had to help me to go potty and help me lay back down, my muscles were so darn sore. And he's such a good guy made sure I had everything in reach, and make sure you keep your cell phone right there with you, I used mine when I needed him to help me to the bathroom, I would call him if he was outside are working in his shope. It was just as good as having that little bell to ring
I hope it's not that bad. But it may be. I know things were more painful after my spine surgery because my back muscles were so strong from working out, so it will probably be the same with ab muscles :( |
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Location: Central Montana | Mine was exploratory for endo......I had been and still am on Progesterin only and the Dr. only found a small spot due to the meds shrinking the rest of it.
The Dr. did find a fairly large abdominal adhesion which he tried to remove, it grew back. I have since done a lot of research and it seems that adhesions are almost impossible to get rid. But....at least I know where my pain is coming from. I'm pretty sure it is from an injury when I got dumped off a horse several years ago.
The surgery was aobut 45 minutes. The worst part was the nausea due to the anesthesia. I didn't have any bloating and the pain was just some soreness, nothing that couldn't have been handled with ibuprofen or naproxen, but, the Dr. did have me on hydrocodone for a few days anyhow.
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Location: Somewhere between raising hell and Amazing Grace | GoinJettin - 2014-03-02 4:43 PM Mine was exploratory for endo......I had been and still am on Progesterin only and the Dr. only found a small spot due to the meds shrinking the rest of it.
The Dr. did find a fairly large abdominal adhesion which he tried to remove, it grew back. I have since done a lot of research and it seems that adhesions are almost impossible to get rid. But....at least I know where my pain is coming from. I'm pretty sure it is from an injury when I got dumped off a horse several years ago.
The surgery was aobut 45 minutes. The worst part was the nausea due to the anesthesia. I didn't have any bloating and the pain was just some soreness, nothing that couldn't have been handled with ibuprofen or naproxen, but, the Dr. did have me on hydrocodone for a few days anyhow.
They will be trying to remove a very large adhesion/tissue growth that has the left ovary attached to the uterus....hoping that goes ok. Either way, it's got to be less painful on a daily basis then where I'm at right now. I don't think I've really slept in months and I believe it's finally catching up to me. |
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Location: Somewhere between raising hell and Amazing Grace | Ok ladies, recovery time. I'm not quite as sore in the abdomenal area as I thought. I'm hurting, definitely, but not as bad as I imagined. My biggest problem is the chest pain, gas, and naseua. Do I just need to get up and walk around more? The doctors said the more I could move around, the better. The chest pain sucks, but it is exactly as they described it would be so I'm not concerned that there is anything else wrong. |
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Location: Florida.. | Glad your doing ok and o your road to feeling 100%.. yes tiff walk around lil walks alot during the day and rest sitting in recliner or propped up.. dont lift anything until dr clears you though that is very important.. so you dont get more adhesions.. |
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Location: Somewhere between raising hell and Amazing Grace | Bibliafarm - 2014-03-09 9:35 AM Glad your doing ok and o your road to feeling 100%.. yes tiff walk around lil walks alot during the day and rest sitting in recliner or propped up.. dont lift anything until dr clears you though that is very important.. so you dont get more adhesions..
Thanks. I can't lay completely flat yet. So I have been staying propped up on the couch.
I wish he would have said they removed all the endo and I would be good to go for a while. But I understand why they didn't and couldn't. Not really looking forward to having to continue dealing with all of it, BUT grateful that it is finally being dealt with. |
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Location: Florida.. | I have not had endo stuff done but when they were in there one surgery removing some of my intestine they grabbed my ovaries.. due to they had unexpected issues he noticed..not lapo way though.. . I wil say some prayers for healing and better days ahead!! |
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Location: Somewhere between raising hell and Amazing Grace | I can't keep anything down today. I've only had fluids since waking up and they all just came back up :( |
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Location: Florida.. | did they give you anti nausuous meds you need to take them.. you will be ok for today but need fluids tomorrow or next day. small sips of warm tea.. if you can take a few bites of cracker with it it will help settle your stomach |
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Location: Somewhere between raising hell and Amazing Grace | I just ate more toast and have been moving around some. Hubby thinks the sugar in the gatoraide is bad. (not expired but bad for my stomach). Drinking sprite and going to head to the store for some pedialyte or something. |
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Location: NW Arkansas | I hope you get to feeling better soon! |
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| Anesthesia usually makes me really sick, but have found that taking anti-acids seems to stop that. I take a Prylosec daily any way. My sister who does sonograms on pregnant women, told me to tell them when I go in for surgery about my gastritis issue. They either let me take my reg med before or give me something for the stomach acid. This has made a huge difference on my recovery from anesthesia. Still takes a couple of days for it to all clear my system, but at least I'm not sick.
So I guess you can try taking some anti-acids to see if it makes a difference for you.
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Location: Central Montana | missroselee - 2014-03-09 7:38 AM Bibliafarm - 2014-03-09 9:35 AM Glad your doing ok and o your road to feeling 100%.. yes tiff walk around lil walks alot during the day and rest sitting in recliner or propped up.. dont lift anything until dr clears you though that is very important.. so you dont get more adhesions.. Thanks. I can't lay completely flat yet. So I have been staying propped up on the couch.
I wish he would have said they removed all the endo and I would be good to go for a while. But I understand why they didn't and couldn't. Not really looking forward to having to continue dealing with all of it, BUT grateful that it is finally being dealt with.
I have been on Progesterin (?) only for hmmm.....maybe around 7 yrs now. It shrunk my endo down to where the Dr. could only see a couple of tiny spots during my surgery and remove them.
I cannot take anything with estrogen in it, it makes things so much worse and makes me very sick. Has your Dr. had you try that yet to see how it works for you? I know it doesn't work for everyone but it was my lifesaver.
Hope you are feeling better soon. |
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Location: Somewhere between raising hell and Amazing Grace | GoinJettin - 2014-03-10 12:09 AM
missroselee - 2014-03-09 7:38 AM Bibliafarm - 2014-03-09 9:35 AM Glad your doing ok and o your road to feeling 100%.. yes tiff walk around lil walks alot during the day and rest sitting in recliner or propped up.. dont lift anything until dr clears you though that is very important.. so you dont get more adhesions.. Thanks. I can't lay completely flat yet. So I have been staying propped up on the couch.
I wish he would have said they removed all the endo and I would be good to go for a while. But I understand why they didn't and couldn't. Not really looking forward to having to continue dealing with all of it, BUT grateful that it is finally being dealt with.
I cannot take anything with estrogen in it, it makes things so much worse and makes me very sick. Has your Dr. had you try that yet to see how it works for you? I know it doesn't work for everyone but it was my lifesaver.
Hope you are feeling better soon.
This is a brand new doctor. The first three i saw didn't want to even talk to me about anything. So this one hasn't had a chance to try different things. The surgery was a necessity for sure. We will discuss other options when I see him for my followup. He did bring up some meds they use to treat endo the first appointment that I saw him but I don't remember what he said.
I ended up taking some muscle relaxers last night and it seemed to make a world of a difference. |
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