Re: Lap Surgery
From: anonymous@obgyn.net
Sat Sep 30 11:55:24 2006
Hi Kelly~
I have to agree with Alyson. I have had many laparoscopies and a few
laparotomies (open). I have found with the dissection with the
laparotomies they cut out more which gave me more time. The down side
is after so many, things become adhered together, and it is almost as if
they are preserving our insides until necessary. We are in a catch 22
for sure.
Not choosing either way, because least invasive is always what the Dr.'s
seem to recommend with me (I can only speak for me) I always had endo
return within 6 months to a year with the scope. For some reason my
body built up the carbon used in the laser and it implanted under the
site of where they removed the endo. Go figure. I know endo likes to
attack anything it thinks is an "invader" and it really can flare up
then too.
I am here if you need me :) I hope everyone has a comfortable weekend!
Elisa
At Sat, 30 Sep 2006, Alyson wrote:
>
>Kelly,
>Many of us have had multiple laproscopies. I think some doctors are
>more conservative about how often they perform a lap, especially because
>each surgery carries a risk of creating scar tissue and adhesions. He
>may be stalling in an effort to wait until he thinks it is absolutely
>necessary to go back in and will get the best result for the effort. If
>he doesn't think that there has been enough progression in the amount
>and size of your implants for him to be able to find something to remove
>then he might not want to do the surgery yet. The flip side to that is
>that he has no way to know what things look like in there without going
>in. I had my first lap with a doctor who six months later was insistant
>that my extreme pain could not be caused by endo because enough time had
>not passed since my surgery for it to have grown back. I sought a
>second opinion, he did the lap and found extensive endo even though it
>had only been a year since that first surgery. Everyone progresses
>differently. See if you can get an explanation from your doctor about
>why he is hesitant. If you are dissatisfied, seek a second opinion.
>Alyson
>
>At Fri, 29 Sep 2006, kelly wrote:
>>
>>Is it normal for a doctor to do Lap surgery more than once?
>>I was told by my doctor he could not keep going in there. I have
>>already had it done once, they removed all kinds of stuff. He has
>>mentioned here recently he "could" go in again, but he keeps stalling.
>>
>>Thanks,
>>Kelly
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