ENDO Messages for October, 2006: Re: hello, new to forum....frustrated

Re: hello, new to forum....frustrated

From: Ami (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Fri Oct 13 08:09:25 2006

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At Thu, 12 Oct 2006, Sabrina wrote: >
>The worse part of the lap for me was the nausea from the anesthesia and
>the unknowing. However, my dr made sure to let everyone know what he
>found with me so that the unknowing part was taken care of. As soon as
>I woke up, a friend of mine (recovery room nurse who just happened to be
>working) told me what he found. He also talked to my dh and then came
>and talked with me. The nausea was the worst. I had a double dose of
>Reglan and a dose of Zofran and it didn't work. I told the
>anesthesiologist it didn't work while pregnant either. I did have a hot
>spot of pain to the right of the belly button. When they woke me up, I
>remember saying I am going to throw up. Which then he shot the Zofran
>and Reglan in my iv. Then I said pain. Then right. They gave me a
>dose of pain killer. I have been sore. I am very tired. I am ok
>walking around at home. I don't think you'll be able to hop back to
>work after only a day or two. My dr gave me a note for a week. Lap was
>10/9 and I am supposed to return on 10/16. However, I am probably not
>going back till 10/17 or 10/18 at the earliest. I drive an hour each
>way to and from work. Just trying to drive the 5 minutes across town
>leaves me sore and even more tired. I have a computer type job. So
>there is no lifting or anything. I have a 15 month old and I havn't
>even THOUGHT about lifting her yet. As far as the day I had the lap, I
>came home from the hospital and crashed and have stayed in bed for since
>Monday (except my 5 minute jaunts to get something to eat at lunchtime).
>I'm not trying to scare you, but you don't just get up and go the next

i had my lap last tuesday and i s far have had no relief. I am not sure my doc did anything for the endo. I had a diagnostic lap. Any insight anyone might have thank you

\ >day. I will say that at this time, I "think" the lap has helped me.
>This is the point where I get excruciating pain in the cycle. While I
>have some pain in the area that I used to (lower right side) it is not
>excruciating like it was. Also the really bad back pain is gone too.
>
>At Thu, 12 Oct 2006, rachel wrote:
>>
>>hi all,
>>
>>i'm feeling a little depressed over the "options" available to those
>>with this disease. i haven't had a lap yet, but every doc i've seen has
>>said it's likely i have endo. all but one of the docs has suggested not
>>going the lap route. i was excited when talking to a friend of my
>>boyfriend's recently when she said she'd had a lap and felt much better
>>afterward, but i keep reading these posts about people having pain from
>>the lap weeks and months afterward. my boyfriend's friend was in pain
>>for a week, she says she's a fast healer. docs i've talked told me i'd
>>be fine the same day, at most the next. that doesn't seem to be the
>>case. at the moment, i'm on month 5 of nuvaring, which i know is a very
>>low-dose BCP, but i'm very sensitive to the hormones (got suicidal on
>>yasmin and threw up several times a day every day on seasonale) - at
>>this point i'm just moderately depressed for the week before my period.
>>and on top of that, i'm having fewer and fewer intolerable days, my
>>"10"pain days are down to 1-2. per cycle, which is a huge improvement.
>>i take lortab and flexeril and bentyl on the intolerable days. it seems
>>like with all the side effects of everything else, this is the best
>>option for me, however in florida now there are super strict rules for
>>these kind of meds and docs want me to go on lupron or one of those BCPs
>>where you don't get your period even though i know i won't be able to
>>tolerate them. i feel really frustrated over being treated as a drug
>>seeker (how can you sustain a habit on 15 pills a month anyway?!) and
>>don't know what to do. NSAIDs do nothing, and besides, i'm not
>>comfortable taking them as at least 2 i've been on have been pulled from
>>the market.
>>
>>anyway, frustrated. don't know what to do. can't deal without the
>>meds, i miss work 1-2 days. i know it's nothing compared to what many
>>of you go to, but i'm still frustrated (word of the day, ding ding
>>ding!!)
>>
>>thanks for listening.

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