ENDO Messages for February, 2005: Re: Endometriosis...

Re: Endometriosis...

From: Kristen (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Thu Feb 24 16:25:33 2005

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At Thu, 24 Feb 2005, Dianne wrote: >
>JK,
>
>I had surgery on Monday morning and was out of the hospital on Friday. I
>had a little longer in the hospital (I think the norm is 3 days) because
>the surgeon had to cut my bowels and I had to ease back into eating and
>I had a little fever the next day. I'm pretty tough when it comes to
>pain, so recovery wasn't so bad for me. I was back to work after two
>weeks and actually went on a business trip after 4 weeks (someone just
>had to lift my luggage for me.) I drove myself to the dr to get my
>staples out after 10 days. What helped a lot is that I walked as much
>as I could. You are going to be very tired and won't be able to walk
>for very long, but make sure you get up and move.
>
>--
>Dianne
>
>I really don't remember what else they found except for the cysts and I
>had a general surgeon do the surgery. Everything was pushed around and
>the one tube was mangled from what they said. Things have come a long
>way since 10 years ago and they know so much more than they did then.
>
>At Thu, 24 Feb 2005, anonymous@obgyn.net wrote:
>>
>>Diane,
>>
>>Thank you so much for your response. It's very nice to here from
>>someone that has been through this sucessfully. I have a couple more
>>questions for you:
>>How long were you hospitalized for this procedure, and how long was your
>>recovery? Were your ovaries and tubes stuck? Did you go to a specialist
>>for the surgery? Did the endo come back? Sorry for all of the
>>questions... and thanks again for any info you can give.
>>
>>At Wed, 23 Feb 2005, Dianne wrote:
>>>
>>>Hi, I had a laparotomy when I was 33. I had a huge 2 1/2 pound cyst on
>>>my left ovary and golf ball sized cyst on my right. They had to take my
>>>left ovary and tube and almost half of my right ovary. One year later,
>>>I got pregnant and two years after that I had another, without any
>>>fertility help. I now have healthy and active 8 and 6 year olds. I
>>>don't know all the specifics of your situation, but with mine, I was
>>>able to have healthy, easy pregnancies, both to term with no
>>>complications.
>>>
>>>Good luck and I wish you the best.
>>>
>>>--
>>>Dianne
>>>
>>>At Wed, 23 Feb 2005, anonymous@obgyn.net wrote:
>>>>
>>>>I was hoping for some information. I have struggled with abdominal pain
>>>>and all sorts of cysts and infertility since I was 21. I just recently
>>>>got rushed to the ER with severe pain in my upper right side of my
>>>>stomach. The doctor did an MRI Scan of my stomach and said I have very
>>>>large cysts on both ovaries, and she wants me to follow up with my Gyn.
>>>>I did and long story short she did a laparoscopy and found that I have
>>>>severe endo and my ovaries are stuck up under my uterus and attached to
>>>>my bowel, she was unable to do anything and wants to refer me to a
>>>>specialist to get the full Laparotomy. I am 34 and have never had
>>>>children, my question is..can you actually have a healthy pregnancy
>>>>after this type of surgery. The doctor wants to do whatever is
>>>>necessary to save the organs for fertility reasons, but I just want to
>>>>do whatever is best for my health???
>>>>
>>>>Thanks for any info you may have.
>>>
>>>--
>>>Dianne
>>>
>--
>Dianne
>

-- Diane,

Thanks again for all of your help.

Kristen

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