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Re: Home from Hospital !!
From: Ana (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Thu Apr 11 13:02:57 2002
Pam,
I hope you start feeling better soon. I think the most difficult thing
about endo is not the physical pain, but the emotional pain. All we can
really do is hope and have faith (I should take my own advice). When I had
my surgery they discovered that my organs had all grown together. It was
"interesting" to say the least. Well just wanted to say get better.
*HUGS*
ANA
>From: anonymous@obgyn.net (pam)
>Reply-To: anonymous@obgyn.net
>To: Multiple recipients of list ENDO <anonymous@obgyn.net>
>Subject: Home from Hospital !!
>Date: Thu, 11 Apr 2002 11:16:40 -0500
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>Well, I am home from my laparoscopy. Just now felt like getting up long
>enough to get on puter. Feel very depressed and confused. I went in
>sure I had endo, Dr. took two hours to remove left ovary, it had so
>many adhesions surrounding it. He could barely visualize the right
>ovary, but said it seemed to look normal from a laparoscopic point of
>view. He did however, tell me I had adhesions everywhere, that my
>intestines were literally "glued to my abdominal wall." I had a cyst on
>my left ovary that he removed. He stated the left ovary was
>encapsulated by adhesions, and at one point thought he would need to
>open me up just to remove it. He said he did not "see" any Endo. He
>was prepared to laser if he did. He doesn't know if I will get any pain
>relief or not from this procedure, and said if pain persists, he would
>have to get a general surgeon to go in with him to work on the
>adhesions. I am so depressed that I may have just gone through two
>hours of surgery for nothing. I don't even want to think about another
>surgery. I wonder if I got MORE adhesions from this one. Also, I have
>the new fluid they put in me that was supposed to be absorbed into my
>abdomen to prevent adhesions, constantly leaking out my belly button. I
>went to the Dr., he stated the rust colored slimy fluid that is
>constantly running out is indeed the fairly new thing they use to
>prevent adhesions from forming. I am having to wear maxi pads on my
>belly, and am messing up clothes like crazy. Just wanted to vent,
>otherwise I feel like staying in bed and covering up my head.
>
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