ENDO Messages for September, 2004: Re: Scared! Having lap next week!

Re: Scared! Having lap next week!

From: Amy (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Wed Sep 29 10:33:14 2004

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Hang in there hon! Laps are not really that bad. You should be out of the hopsital within a couple hours of the surgery being over. You will be sore for a week or two, especially where they make the small incisions. For me, I am really sore for the first week and then it eases off to the point where I can stay off the heavy pain meds. They will give you pain meds, so that will help. Also, you may find your chest and shoulders hurt for a few days after the surgery. That is from the gas they use during the procedure to blow up your abdomen so they can see better. Kinda makes your chest feel heavy too.

Depending on if they remove any adhesions and scar tissue will also depend on how long it takes to heal. I just had a third one in June and took two weeks off from work. I needed those two weeks too. While the pain wasn't too bad after the first week, I just had little energy and tired easily. While it is outpatient surgery, it is still surgery and will take your body time to recover. If anything is removed, you should feel better for awhile after you recover. I usually find my pain levels to stay low for at least a year or so after lap. You will have pain from the surgery so don't know why the Doc would say you wouldn't. However, I do not find the surgery pain to be near as bad as my endo pain can be sometimes. If you have been in pain so much that you are almost passing out, surgery should be a breeze! The pain from surgery will not be anything like that.

Just remember to take it easy and don't try to do too much. Even though you may feel better after a week, your body is still healing and too much activity will only cause a longer recovery. After my second, I thought I was better after a week (and of course, the pain pills dull the pain, adding to the illusion that you are healed) and went out to do some light yard work. Well, I paid for it and ended up being down hard for another week. Just a word of caution!

Anyway, sorry to ramble but you will be fine and handle it well. The first lap is the scariest because you have no idea what to expect. With my second and third, I wasn't scared or worried at all. Think of it this way too: This is going to definitely tell the Doctor what is going on inside of you, so surgery is actually a positive thing! Hang in there! I will keep you in my thoughts and prayers. Post when you feel better and let us know how it went.

Lots of hugs!! Amy Meyer

At Tue, 28 Sep 2004, Heather wrote: >
>I am scheduled to have a diagnostic lap next weeek and I am petrified. I
>know it is a simple procedure but I am so scared! I have been having
>painful periods, pain during sex, and pain when I uriniate and severe
>pain when I have a BM (sorry for the desciptiveness) for over ten years
>now and I am so afraid of what my doc is going to find when he gets in
>there. My doc has mentioned endo, IBS and interstitial cystitis as
>possible causes of my pain. I guess my real question is if I do in fact
>have endo and he has to remove the endo sites and other tissue related
>to endo how much MORE pain am I going to be in?? My doc insists I will
>have no pain. I find that hard to believe. All I know is that I can
>not endure pain like I had last month. I came close to passing out. I
>don't really want to have the surgery but need to know what is going on
>inside my body. HELP! Thanks to all who respond. H-

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