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Re: Back from surgery (lap)
From: Lori (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Fri Oct 3 15:46:32 2003
So what exactly did they do to you this time around? Did they remove the
scar tissue? Sorry, I haven't had to go through that yet? What did they
do durgery on? Please forgive my ignorance...
Lori
At Fri, 3 Oct 2003, Nicky wrote:
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>Hello everyone, I'm back, well sort of. I am in bed and haven't left it
>since I got home Wednesday morning at 1:30 a.m. I survived my hours and
>hours of not eating (total of 21 hours) I still think that is to much to
>ask. By the time it was my turn in the OR room I was cranky, mad, and
>emotional. Surgery started at 7:45 p.m (I was scheduled for 6 p.m.) and
>came out around 10:30 p.m. Waking up was the hardest part I came out
>throwing up and in so much pain. I came home and have been taking the
>painkillers every 2 to 3 hours. Today is the first day that I can make
>it to the bathroom by myself and I am feeling a little better but still
>very sore and I probably will for a while. I have four incisions and
>one is about 2 1/5 inches long across my belly button the other three
>are only about 1 inch long. All in all I survived and the good news was
>that there was no endometriosis this time, however, the scare tissue was
>the culprit, it covered my stomach, bladder, colon and bowel. We got to
>bring pictures home and it looked bad. Dr. told my husband that the
>scar tissue was causeing all the pain and he feels good about saying
>that he did not think that it was coming back. Great news, just hope he
>is right.
>
>--
>Nicky Cattafi
>
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