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Re: Anyone had a Laparotomy performed?
From: Sybille (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Thu Oct 17 22:13:08 2002
Dear Heather,
stupid question....
Are you shure they said: diagnostic Laparatomy? Not Laparascopy and
eventally Lapatomy....
It just seems a bit drastic for diagnostic of endo to perform
Laparatomy... So please ask them again.
Anglhugs
Sybille
At Thu, 17 Oct 2002, Sybille wrote:
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>Dear Heather,
>I had 5 Laparatomies for endo.The recovery was totally different each
>time.
>Mayor aspect: never lift or shift anything heavier than 5 kilos for the
>next 6 weeks.
>Anything else is up to your condition and how you feel. And listen to
>your body. If you feel you are not able really leave it. I made the
>mistake once to go further and it took me weeks to make up for it( and
>that wasn't a mayor surgery).
>I had recoveries anything from 3 weeks to 5 months, that dependet as
>well how bad I was before and how much they had to do during surgery.How
>much I was weekened.
>
>I did alot of excercising like handy gymnastic for the diaphragm and
>belly and back muscles. I found this helps alot to regain your energy
>levels, without provocing weekness.
>
>Hope that helps you any further, feel free to mail me if you have
>further questions.
>Good luck and don't worry you will manage, what you feel up to.
>Anglhugs
>Sybille
>
>At Thu, 17 Oct 2002, Heather wrote:
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>>I'm having diagnostic laparotomy done in december and was looking for
>>suggestions, etc.. I'm a bit nervous. I had an unsuccessful diagnostic
>>laparscopy done in august and I've heard that recovery from the
>>laparotomy can take 4-6 weeks, any insight? How long did it take you to
>>recover, etc? I have three weeks to recover before I have to go back to
>>college in janurary for second semester, so I'm hoping I'll be okay...
>>how long were you in bed, etc? Any insight would be great, thanks.
>>
>>Feel Free to email me if that's preferred- I'll probably get it sooner
>>;)
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