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Re: covery-kinda long
From: Alyson (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Wed Sep 14 10:30:53 2005
Trisha,
Remember, it has only been a day since your surgery. It sounds like
your doctor had to do alot of work in there. Your insides are probably
pretty beat up and need some time. When I had my first lap I was
hurting pretty bad (not to the extent you've described) the first day or
two and took enough percocet to knock me out. I pretty much slept for 3
days. As far as the Lupron alternatives go...I expressed my concerns
about it to my doc and he has suggested that after the lap he will put
me on a continuous dose of progesterone. He says it accomplishes the
same task as Lupron without having to go to that extreme and that if it
doesn't work we'll explore some other options. I haven't done alot of
research about it yet though.
Alyson
At Wed, 14 Sep 2005, Trisha wrote:
>
>I just had my first lap yesterday. Endo was found and removed. I'm a
>little scared and worried though. When I first spoke to my Dr. about
>the surgery and at my pre-op appt. he said that he excises the endo but
>then when the nurse who was assisting in my surgery came to see me
>before she gave me the impression that they use a lasor. When an
>excision is done is it done with a lasor or other means? I'm confused
>about that. I think my surgery was roughly 2 hours and the Dr. said it
>was severe endo, but a stage 2 and now he of course is recommending
>Lupron, which frankly, scares me. Do you girls know of any other
>medicine that doesn't have the sometimes severe side effects as Lupron?
>I'll probably go on birth control and then only have a period like every
>so often. I didn't want to do that yet b/c the pill stalls my weight
>loss, although I haven't noticed that it makes me gain weight and to me
>it seems like a safer alternative to Lupron. Plus I guess not all of
>the endo was removed which I'm not really happy about. I am having to
>pop pain meds like crazy too. In the last 12 hours I have been
>given/taken 3 doses of morphine, 2 percecets and 4 hydro 7.5mg. They
>wanted to keep me overnight due to the amount of pain I was having and
>this was before I let them know I was in a lot of pain. What kind and
>how frequent where you girls using to get relief? All I want to do is
>sleep but getting in/out of bed and moving around really hurts my
>stomach, feels like someone is ripping my muscles. My neck is tender
>and shoulders too, but not as bad as I have heard from some. I was also
>able to get a very short video of the surgery showing where the endo was
>and then what it looked like after it had been removed and I have 4
>incisions. The endo was on my bladder, abdominal wall, intestines and
>my left ovary was stuck to my abdominal wall, but it wasn't on my tubes
>which I was happy about. I'm just scared that it wasn't taken out using
>the best method and that with some still there I will be in pain again
>soon.
>Sorry so long but thanks for listening! Hope you all are going great and
>take care!
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