Re: First laparoscopy and am I ever nervous! Any tips? (from Anj)
From: Anj (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Tue Apr 3 17:26:01 2001
I had my first lap about 3 weeks ago and I just noticed that my incision
at my belly button has a pucker in it!!! I think I will just have to get
used to it, since it is now really a scar. I thought that was kinda
funny.
I had to keep a pillow handy to hold against my stomach to get up. I
also slept for the first few nights in a recliner since laying flat was
very uncomfortable for me. I was a little loopy from my post op meds
and my hubby had to leave me alone the day after. He knew I wasn't ok
to be by myself so he called my youngest sister over to "baby sit" me. I
really needed it. Not to take me to the bathroom or anything, but so
that I could get myself feeling better and not have to worry about our
two dogs, or anything else. It was great. I didn't feel like eating a
lot of heavy food, so I had lots of popsicles, and soup.
I tried to do to much too soon. So take your time to recover, let the
people around you know that you need this time to your self, and get
lots of sleep.
It is scary, and during the first week of my recovery is when I was very
depressed and found this forum. It really was good for me to read about
what everyone else had gone through.
You will be glad you did this, if for you it is the beginning of
understanding what is happening with your body! (And why) And that there
are people that have been there too!
Anj
>
>At Tue, 3 Apr 2001, Wendy wrote:
>>
>>Hi Morgyn,
>>
>>My name is Wendy and I just had my first lap done on Friday. Friday
>>night I was very groggy from the anesthesia so I didn't notice too much
>>pain (I slept most of the day and night away). I did make sure that I
>>took my pain killers every 4 hrs (tylenol#3 every 4-6 hrs) and ate some
>>crackers to keep down any nauseau(sp?). I noticed that little things
>>like getting out of bed were harder to do so I either pulled myself up
>>with my blankets that were tucked in tightly or had my husband help me
>>up. I am still bloated from the gas and solution but have been walking
>>around to try to help it come out and it does seem to be working. My
>>doctor told me today that it will take a few days for my bowels to get
>>back to normal so don't stress that too much either. Make sure you do
>>have some pads at home since you may have some bleeding, also make sure
>>you have some comfy clothes, including panties bigger than what (I found
>>that my normal ones were a bit tighter than what was comfy for me.)
>>Sorry this is so long, it is just a few things that I have noticed from
>>the past few days. I hope this helps you some. Good luck to you and I
>>will be thinking of you next week. Take care and pain free wishes to
>>you!!!
>>>
>>>Well my first (and hopefully my last!!) laparoscopy is next week. After
>>>four months of awful pain, I hope this will solve it!!! It's supposed to
>>>be a diagnostic lap but I told the doc to blast(laser!) any endo he
>>>finds. I'm just really nervous about the whole surgery part. I haven't
>>>had any surgery since I was twelve years old when I had my tonsils out
>>>and I'm now 23 so I don't really remember it. I need any little tidbits
>>>of advice you gals would have! I took a whole week off of work, and my
>>>boyfriend is going to stay home with me for a day or two. I just start
>>>shaking when I think about it. HELP!!! :-)
>>
>>--
>>Wendy K
>>
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