Re: 1st Laparascopy tomorrow morning. Scared and questions... Please Help
From: anonymous@obgyn.net
Thu Jul 1 16:56:58 2004
I hate to say this since your surgery is scheduled tomorrow, but I'd
find a doctor more skilled in removing Endo. Not one who says she will
just remove "small amounts" and leave the rest. She doesn't sound like
a very skilled surgeon. There are surgeons who can remove pretty much
all of it, depending on where it is, of course. My surgeon removed
SEVENTEEN fibroids from a friends uterus and managed to save it so I
felt pretty comfortable with him doing mine. A LOT of surgeons would
have just said my friend needed a hysterectomy and yanked everything
out. It's easier and more money for them. There is a BIG difference in
skill levels of some docs.
I definitely do NOT want to go on Lupron either and REFUSED when my
doctor suggested it. I'm still having painful periods after my 3rd
surgery about 3 months ago. I was actually shocked to have pain because
the first 2 surgeries worked like miracles to get rid of pain for years.
Luckily my pain is nothing like the DAILY AGONIZING pain I was having
right before the surgery though. And the dietary/herbal changes I've
been making seem to be helping. My last period was much shorter, less
painful and less bleeding. Search some of the old posts on this site
for some of the natural approaches some of us have tried. There is A
LOT of good information. Too much to reprint here.
Personally, if you could I'd cancel the surgery and get a 2nd, 3rd or
4th opinion until you find someone skilled enough to remove all the Endo
while they have you open. No use going thru surgery if they aren't
going to remove it all.
Good luck!
At Thu, 1 Jul 2004, Tiana wrote:
>
>I know what it is like to be scared, but you will get through it ok. Did
>they want you to do the bowel prep? As far as the pain that you are
>having with your stomach I found it to be associated with endo. I had
>some of the same symptoms. My specialist suggested that I start eating
>more fiber and it has helped tremendously. Taking a good multi-vitamin
>helps too. You should also tell your doctor about your bowel symptoms
>just in case, to rule out any other problems. I am pretty sure the
>doctor explained what type of surgery it is and how it will be
>conducted. I assure you that it is not as bad as it sounds. Once you
>wake up from the surgery you may feel a bit dizzy or like you might be
>sick, but it will subside. I suggest that after the surgery you don't
>try to move much and have someone there with you that can take care of
>you atleast for the first couple days after the surgery. If they don't
>find endo, don't worry...there might be something else like adhesions or
>polyups causing the pain. As far as the lupron, don't go on it until
>you are sure that is what you want to do. I have heard women say it is
>great and others that have complained about it. Everyone's body is
>different. I am sure you will get through it just fine. I hope what I
>have said helps a bit. I will keep you in my prayers. Please keep us
>posted on how it turns out.
>Tiana
>
>At Thu, 1 Jul 2004, Angela wrote:
>>
>>At Thu, 1 Jul 2004, Megan wrote:
>>>
>>>Hi!!! I hope you are all doing well. After 2 trips to the ER, a
>>>ruptured ovarian cyst and dying of pain (I have constant pain but it
>>>severely increases during my period), I am having my 1st5 lap tomorrow
>>>morning. My doc didn't want to. She wanted to put me on depo lupron
>>>but I pushed for the lap. becasue the lupron sounds horrible. She says
>>>she will excise any small amounts of isolated endo but if I am covered
>>>in it she will just prescribe the lupron. Does anyone have any stomach
>>>problems associuated w/ the endo? I gt constipated w/ this wierd
>>>pressure arounf my period and it hurts to go to the bathroom. Have you
>>>heard of this? I am also getting increasingly tired and worn down. I
>>>have had chronic pelvic pain since I was in 7th grade but drs never
>>>figured out what it was. They said i couldn't have endo cause i didn't
>>>have cysts. They never did a lap. Now, 15 years later I am getting one
>>>after the pain has gotton almost too hard to bear. Anyway, any
>>>pointers? anything I should tell/ask my dr?? What do I do if they don't
>>>find endo??? am I going crazy then?
>>>Thanks so much,
>>>Meg
>>>
>>>--
>>>megan.wagner@comcast.net
>>>newbie who needs help
>>>
>>--
>>Hi there,
>>I had my second surgery for endo in may. I've also been on the Lupron for 5 months. Being pain-free is the best but this drug is AWFUL. make sure you read all the side effects before you go on it. I've experienced ALL of the effects X100. The Lap went VERY well, better than I expected. I returned to work (office) after a week and a half. This is my last month of Lupron, my doctor's appt is July 8. My husband and I are still trying to have our children.
>>I'm going to try a liver cleanse...read up on this at sensiblehealth.com (I think) you may want to try it, It sounds very promising. I wish I would have known about it before taking the Lupron.
>>Good luck tomorrow! Don't worry about the scarring, it is very minimal.
>>angela
>>
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