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Re: covery-kinda long
From: Alyson (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Thu Sep 15 15:44:09 2005
I don't have my surgery until October 6, but I would be happy to update
you on how things go. I think taking a list of questions to the post op
is an excellent idea. Good luck to you!
Alyson
At Wed, 14 Sep 2005, anonymous@obgyn.net wrote:
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>thanks for the info, I think I'm gonna do a lot of research and then
>take some of the info I get to my post op. I'll have to look into that
>progesterone. When do you go in for your next lap? Will you let me know
>what you find out? Thanks again and take care!
>At Wed, 14 Sep 2005, Alyson wrote:
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>>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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