Brain Fog from Hyster
From: CatLoverSonia (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Wed Nov 12 13:17:08 2003
OK...hope everyone will forgive my no-brain moment. Thought I was
responding to Tamara's question from Oct 20, 2003...oh well! Please
except my apologies for my oops.
Thank you so much for providing this forum !
At Wed, 12 Nov 2003, CatLoverSonia wrote:
>
>Hi Tamara! I just found this site and am really thrilled I am not alone
>in this. I have been suffering w/endo for more than 10 years...2
>laps...finally had a hyster on Nov 27. Doc told me that I must have a
>high level of pain tolerance as the endo totally encapsulated my left
>ovary (which she took), a significant amount of my right that she burned
>off and that there is endo on my bowel..about 3-4" worth. Will ask on
>my six-week post op how bad the uterus was. I have had severe bloating,
>menstrual cycles that would last from 2 to 3 weeks, knife-like pains up
>my rectum, painful bowel movements during my cycle and on the other
>side, constipation. The last lap was in April 2000 and the Doc could
>not believe how much it advanced. My thoughts are..it's probably best
>to have it checked out by your Doc or OB GYN.
>
>Good luck and God bless.
>
>At Tue, 20 Oct 1998, Tamara wrote:
>>
>>I'm really curious about what symptoms, anyone has had before being
>>diagonsed with endo on the bowel. I suspect that I do have it.
>>Finally, after 6 months, my RE has suggested I have a colonoscopy to
>>find out.
>>
>>Thanks
>>
>>---Carmen Ouellette <anonymous@obgyn.net> wrote:
>>>
>>> Vicki,
>>> I was wondering what the surgeon could do for the endo on your
>>bowel? How do
>>> they go about removing that? I've heard that it's quite common to
>>get it
>>> there, but I'm curious as to how they go about fixing it the best
>>they can.
>>> Thanks!
>>> Hoping you have a speedy recovery,
>>> Carmen
>>> cita@attcanada.net
>>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: Robert <rnv523@bellsouth.net>
>>> To: Multiple recipients of list <endo@talk.obgyn.net>
>>> Date: Tuesday, October 20, 1998 4:04 PM
>>> Subject: Post-op appt with surgeon
>>>
>>> >Hello,
>>> >
>>> >I just got back from my post-op with my surgeon, already met with the
>>> >ob/gyn that was called in to help out once the endo was detected.
>>The
>>> >surgeon was surprised by the pathologist report not mentioning
>>anything
>>> >about the endo on my appendix. The surgeon had found large amounts
>>of
>>> >endo on my appendix (which was being removed) and my bowel. He
>>couldn't
>>> >understand why the pathologist didn't see it. He said that my
>>appendix
>>> >was severely scarred by the endo and that it had been going on for a
>>> >long time (8 years of pain). Just something interesting that I
>>thought
>>> >I would share.
>>> >
>>> >Thanks
>>> >
>>> >Vicki
>>> >
>>>
>--
>CatLoverSonia
>
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