Re: Endo help!!
From: Aimee (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Tue May 30 08:19:19 2006
Hi Lauren,
I'm not new to endo but to here, but welcome!
My surgery where I had 4 places lasered I found very painful for a
couple of days especially breathing but that subsided 3 days later. I
was back to work after a week. It can depend on how extensive the laser
treatment needs to be. As you're young hopefully your health is good so
it shouldnt be a long time for you. Try not to fret as you mentioned
you have it in your family try and get as much guidance from them and
keep asking question. It's more scary not knowing I find as knowing
means you can do something about it. I found myself for 3 years
constantly saying to the doctor the pain I was in wasnt normal it took
for me to demand to a specialist to get the answers I needed. I have
just posted about my fears of fertility also as I feel I need
reassurance i think the best thing we can both do is speak to our
doctors as much as poss. I have been suffering for 3 years without
detection and my fertility seems to be fine according to the docs.
Try and stay positive and not to worry they know what they're doing!
x
At Tue, 30 May 2006, Lauren wrote:
>
>Hello everyone, I'm new to this and i'm pretty freaked out right now.
>Not sure where to turn, so I think why not talk with people who will
>know 1st hand what i'm going through. I'm 22 years old, had a leap and
>cone procedure done last sumemr for pre-cancerous cells in my cervix.
>That has so far been good. Haven't had those same issues since the
>surgery and I'm seeing my doctor every three months to catch anything if
>it does come up again. Now, I have a new problem to deal with. Since
>last year i'd say, i have had these nasty pains in my stomach,
>reproductive area all on my left side and let me tell you these pains,
>are enough to make me stop moving and almost fall down. Horrible pains
>that nothing has been able to take away. I recently went to my doctor
>again last thursday and talked to him about my pains and with my
>history, its to dangerous to ignore it hoping it will go away or stop on
>it's own. I have a ultra sound on Friday to see if I have another cyst,
>had a large one when i was 20. If not, with the meds I'm on still not
>working, he wants to do a laparoscopy. Endo runs in my family and seems
>like i'm the one who gets all the internal problems. I'm so afraid that
>with all this work being done to my body in that general area, that it
>will make it ten times harder to get pregnant and i'm still young!!! I
>would really like to get some feedback from those who have gone through
>this surgery and how it affects you afterward. Also I would like to
>know how long the recovery period is after this surgery. When I had the
>leap/cone done last summer I was out of work for a week....which is
>longer than most people but i was just having a really hard time walking
>normally and just getting back to normal. Any advice you could give me,
>I would greatly appreciate!!!
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