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Re: 1st laparoscopy
From: Gina (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Wed Sep 22 19:10:53 2004
Good point, Jude. I always get nauseated with Anesthesia. I ask for
Phengran, it cuts out the nausea. It came in really helpful after
having my tonsils removed last year. I got a dose in post-op, but I
should have taken a Rx home. I was up about 12:30am until 4:30am
vomiting. After bursting a stitch, I end up in the emergency room
begging for a shot of Phengan.
Not everyone reacts this was to anesthesia, but it is better to be safe.
Your belly will be extremely sensitive and you use muscles you do not
know you have vomiting.
gina
At Wed, 22 Sep 2004, Jude wrote:
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>Dear Jen,
>
>First of all, the best of luck with your first lap, I will be thinking
>of you and hope it goes well. It sounds like you are most worried about
>the anaesthetic? From my personal experience on anaesthetics it's really
>important to tell you anaetheatist if you get motion sickness (e.g. car
>sick). I do, and as a result get really sick, that is vomiting and
>turning deathly pale in the recovery ward. When I told my anaetheatist
>he mixed me up a special "cocktail" as he called it to stop the vomiting
>after surgery in the recovery ward. It really worked a treat and so now
>on every time I have surgery I make sure I write "bad nausea" on the
>pre-op form and tell the anaethatist in person.
>
>What else...The drugs in the anaesthetic make me quite sleepy for
>several days and some people I talk to say they find themselves getting
>spontaeously sleepy at about the same time every day the original
>anaesthetic was given. The positive side to this is if you haven't been
>sleeping well because of the endo pain, now is your chance to catch up.
>
>You may also find you get bad shoulder tip pain from the gas used to
>inflate you. It will pass in about three days, however a wheat pack is
>a godsend for relieving that particular pain. Also, the nurses will
>show you how to get out of bed after abdominal surgery...there is a
>trick to swinging your legs off the side first. In general, just take
>things slowly, make sure you have someone to drive you home and stay
>around to look after you. You may find it difficult to open cupboards
>and the fridge, so I get my husband to leave food, drink, cutlery and
>plates out on the bench so I don't have to bend down and open cupboards.
>Avoid doing any lifting, especially stuff like hanging out the washing
>for a couple of weeks.
>
>I hope this helps, Jude.
>
>At Wed, 22 Sep 2004, Jen wrote:
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>>Hi everyone. I am scheduled to have my first laparoscopy on Friday
>>morning and I am pretty scared. Can anyone give some info that might be
>>helpful? I have never had general anesthesia before and I think that
>>worries me the most. My doctor is supposed to perform a diagnostic lap
>>and fulguration of endometriosis if there is any present. My symptoms
>>include back pain from ovulation to first day of period, a lot of
>>bloating, pelvic pain, and heavy and irregular periods.
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