ENDO Messages for December, 2001: Re: Had Laparoscopy Done!

Re: Had Laparoscopy Done!

From: DC (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Thu Dec 20 22:08:16 2001

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At Thu, 20 Dec 2001, Samantha wrote: >
>Hi Everyone,
>
>I'm just letting you know that I've had my laparoscopy done on the 11th
>Dec, it didn't go quite as smoothly as hoped infact it was a nightmare.
>
>The surgeon went through a blood vessel in my abdomen and when I came
>round from the anaesethic I was in excruitating agony, I had also
>completely forgotten that I had come in for an op and thought I was
>waking up at home so it was all a bit of a shock.
>I had been told to tell the nurses in Recovery if I was in pain when I
>came round so I did this, but all they said to me was well you will be
>you've had an operation. The pain was increasing, and suddenly my face
>started to shake, then my legs did, they put oxygen mask on me and
>wheeled me back to the Day Case ward. I was crying and in alot of pain,
>shaking and getting frightend. I pointed to my abdomen and said the
>pain's getting worse, the nurses pulled back the covers and immediately
>saw the problem. Where the surgeon had cut the blood vessel 2 red
>patches were appearing under my skin. A pressure bandage was applied to
>stop the bleeding, I was put on a heart monitor, the head end of my bed
>was tilted back as my blood pressure had now dropped dangerously low and
>I could not stop shaking. A blood sample was taken ready to do a blood
>transfusion if needed. The pressure bandage eased the pain and the
>shaking began to stop, my blood pressure started to normalise and I
>managed to calm down. I was given a heavy duty painkilling injection
>and an antiobiotic injection. The surgeon came to see me, my blood
>pressure was taken and he was the one that administered the antiobiotic
>injection. I felt truly awful-sick and dizzy, I still had the oxygen
>mask on. My ex-boyfriend had arrived 30 mins before I arrived back from
>theatre and he was very worried, he couldn't see me for 30 mins after I
>had arrived back.
>In the afternoon I was violently sick then I was transferred to a ward
>where I spent the next 4 days. I went in on the Tuesday and came out on
>the Friday afternoon. The nursing staff were brilliant, so supportive
>and caring and acted so fast!
>My Consultant came to see me the following morning-he was not the one
>that performed the Laparoscopy. He drew a black felt-tip mark around
>the border of the bleed on my abdomen 7 inches across by 3 inches down.
>He told me to take it easy. I was visited several times over the
>following days by diff members of my Consultant's team. The surgeon who
>did my op said he had gone through the blood vessel because the
>instruments were sharp, my stomach was very tough, this he said was due
>to my previous operation scars (which I had been told would not create a
>problem), my stomach was not floppy because I had not had any children,
>and the anaesethic had not relaxed my stomach muscles. I have asked my
>Dr to get a surgeon's report because I would like to find out exactly
>what went wrong. I now have a 2 month recovery period instead of the
>hoped for week. My abdomen is yellow with the bruising from the blood
>clots underneath the skin. I have been told that if it starts to spread
>then I will need a 2nd op to drain the blood clots. It's been a
>painful, agonising, frightening experience which I do not want to
>repeat.
>
>The results of the Laparoscopy show there was no cause for the period
>problems and spotting/pain I have been suffering from since I was 20. I
>have spoken to my Dr and we have agreed for me to try the Depo-Provera
>injection, starting it in the New Year. My Dr paid me a huge
>compliment-he said he thought I was brilliant to have gone through the
>Laparoscopy and go on the Depo-Provera injection considering I don't
>like needles or hospitals. I told him if I ever have to have another op
>he's going to have a hard job on his hands getting me there!
>
>For those who of you who haven't had a laparoscopy and are waiting to
>have one done, my experience is one which not every woman experiences,
>and I would not want what happened to me to deter women from having a
>laparoscopy done. The actual cuts I have are very very small, and if
>the surgeon hadn't made his error then I would not have experienced any
>pain at all. I suffered no shoulder tip pain, it just stayed in my
>abdomen and I got very constipated.
>
>Hope everyone is ready for Christmas.
>Merry Christmas
>Take Care
>Samantha (in the UK, I notice there are 2 Samantha's now!)

Hi Samantha, I am so sorry to hear that your Lap. didn't go well. I hope that you are feeling better! Take care, and have a wonderful Christmas! DC

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DC

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