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Re: Anyone ever heard of, or had a presacral neurectomy?
From: m (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Thu Sep 7 04:05:59 2006
I had one and did not feel even one bit of relief at all from it. I
guess it works for some but not all. It's worth trying though, I don't
think it's to risky if you have a good doctor. i expereinced no loss of
sensation form it, in fact I can't feel anything from it at all!
At Tue, 5 Sep 2006, Wendy wrote:
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>Hi Emma:
>
>I've had a presacral neurectomy. I had it during my very first surgery.
>It does help with the pain right down the vertical middle of your lower
>abdomen. I didn't have any problems at all with the loss of sensation
>mentioned here. It was higher up than that. I also had a uterosacral
>neurectomy, which helped even more, during my second surgery. Of course
>now, there's no uterus to cause pain for me, but I hope this helps.
>
>At Sun, 3 Sep 2006, Emma wrote:
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>>Hi everyone, I am new to the forums. I've been suffering from endo
>>probably since I was 13, but I had my first surgery at age 20 to
>>diagnose it, and I am 27 now. Since the first surgery I've had 3 others
>>to cauterize the endo and to remove 2 cysts.
>>
>>So, apparently a presacral neurectomy is a procedure to lessen the pain
>>of endometriosis when other procedures (laparoscopies) have failed to
>>prevent it from coming back, and when you are not quite ready to have a
>>full-blown hysterectomy (I would like to try to have kids in a couple
>>years, although now it is looking like we should try sooner than later).
>>I am tired of the pain, but also tired of having surgery (this would be
>>my fifth one for endo). I've already been on Lupron twice, and I cannot
>>be on it again because of the risk for osteoporosis, and I cannot be on
>>the Pill (at least one with estrogen) continuously because of severe
>>migraines. Good times, and I am sure you can all relate!
>>
>>Anyway, does anyone know anything about this procedure? I have a
>>consultation sometime in the next couple of weeks to learn more about
>>the procedure with a surgeon, but thought I'd try to research it a bit
>>first.
>>
>>Thanks in advance!
>>
>>Emma
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