I Had My Lap! In pain... was: Re: 1st Laparascopy tomorrow morning. Scared and questions... Please Help
From: Megan (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Sat Jul 3 17:34:43 2004
Hi everyone!
Thanks for all the words of encouragement. I need to keep this breif
cuz I am so drugged on percocets... My Doc had to do an open Lap!!!???
any idea what that means??? My hubby said something about she couldn't
see and needed to open me up further... They founf endo! thank god!!! I
know its bad to have but I am just so glad to finally know what has been
killing me all these years... She zapped it off my ovaries.... I told
her at my preop to excise but she lasered them instead :( I think I may
need to find a new doc. She also wants to see me in 2 weeks... SHe
wants me to start Lupron ASAP (says my hubby) She says I can go back to
work right away. I am in sooooo much pain.... it hurts to move and it
is so hard to get in and out of bed... plus I keep getting nauseous.
Can I take bathes? I forgot to ask. Any suggestions on getting
better??? will the endo come back??? Can I still wait to have kids ir
will it be better for me to try now when I have no endo??? ahhh I think
my head is going to explode I have so many questions.... Thanks all!!!
Meg
At Fri, 2 Jul 2004, Candace wrote:
>
>I understand what it's like to be scared hun. I admire you for pushing
>for a lap. If you did Lupron and it didn't work, and they didn't find
>any endo in a lap it would have all been done for nothing. I'm proud
>there are women out there who can do that. I read here once you hire
>your doctor don't let him push you around. Remember you're the boss of
>your own health (I need to remember this sometimes too.) You have every
>right to refuse medications. I hope all goes well keep us posted :)
>
>At Fri, 2 Jul 2004, Dee 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
>>
>>No. You are not crazy and don't let any doctor convince you that you
>>are (they will try). First of all, I agree with your decision to push
>>for the laparoscopy. I did the same thing. It was the best thing I
>>ever did in terms of the disease. If the doctors find scar tissue they
>>can also remove during the same procedure. I do not understand why your
>>doctor wants to prescribe the Lupron when they can find the scarring and
>>remove it during the lap. In my opinion. Lupron is hell. I'm sure it
>>has worked for some, but I refuse to ever get it again. I suffered with
>>awful hot flashes that were so bad that I couldn't work because I could
>>not stand to wear clothing. Who can live like that. Also, I too have
>>been suffering with constipation for years. I began experiencing
>>abdominal swelling and constipation about a year and a half before I was
>>diagnosed. My doctors never said that it was connected but I thought it
>>was strange being that I had never experienced any problems of that kind
>>before. Furthermore, some scar tissue was found on my bowel during my
>>lap. Unfortunately I am still suffering with constipation (my doctor
>>says its IBS)that I believe is somehow linked to the endo.
>>>
>--
>Best of luck!
>
>Candace
>
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megan.wagner@comcast.net
newbie who needs help
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