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Re: 2nd Lap - pain and bleeding...normal?
From: Beth (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Mon Dec 11 18:06:46 2006
Thanks, D! I'm hoping it's just the healing too.
I just don't remember feeling this bad last time, but like I said, I
think my doctor missed a lot then.
I'm hoping to be feeling better soon. Thanks for the support.
Beth
At Mon, 11 Dec 2006, D wrote:
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>Hi Beth,
>
>A week and a half isn't that long, and it sounds like he did a lot of
>work, so I think things are okay? It's good you're in touch with your
>doctor, and if it gets worse, call him back, or if you start vomiting or
>running a fever. I had a lap last year and the doctor didn't find any
>endo (never mind what I think of that, still sick 6+ months later), so
>she did absolutely nothing but look around and I was still pretty sore
>for 5 or 6 days!
>
>I'll keep my fingers crossed that your pain means that he did a very
>thorough excising of all your endo, and these are the last surgery pains
>you'll ever have!
>
>Best,
>D
>
>At Mon, 11 Dec 2006, Beth wrote:
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>>Hello, all. I had a second lap about a week and a half ago. My
>>original doctor had to have missed a lot of endo when I had my first 2
>>years ago. I went from having stage 1 to having a lot of it cut out in
>>5 different areas.
>>
>>Like I said, it's been a week and a half now. I'm still having bleeding
>>and a good amount of pain and cramping.
>>
>>I know they move a lot of stuff around when they're in there, and that
>>he cut a lot of endo out, but it normal to feel this bad and still be
>>bleeding? All four of my incisions are healing well, so I'm gessing it's
>>just the insides healaing too.
>>
>>The doctor said he's not concerned yet, that if it's still going on next
>>Monday when I have my post op, he'll look more into it then.
>>
>>I hope this is all just my body healing and nothing more.
>>
>>Thanks, all.
>>Beth
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