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Re: Vaginal Hysterectomy
From: Alyson (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Thu Dec 28 08:43:59 2006
My friend had hers abdominally. She did not have confirmed endo at the
time, but the doc strongly suspected it. He wanted to look for the endo
(and found quite a bit) and decided to go in through her c-section scar
rather than doing the lap/vaginal combo.
At Thu, 28 Dec 2006, Amy wrote:
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>Has anyone else also been told a vaginal hysto is not possible with
>endo? My doctor told me if I decided to have surgery he could do it as a
>vaginal/lap combo with no abdomen cut, yet my co-worker used to see the
>same doc and he said he could not do hers that way. (she ended up
>having a full hysto with abdomen cut). I am wondering if it depends on
>how bad things are? In my co-worker's case, she was in very bad shape
>and it took them three times as long to do her surgery because her
>insides "were like cement." I have a low Stage 3 so I am not as bad as
>her. Just curious. I have heard it both ways and just wondered what
>everyone else has heard? It would make sense to me that it could vary
>case by case due to the amount of scarring, adhesions, other organs
>affected, etc.
>
>Hugs!
>Amy Meyer
>
>At Wed, 27 Dec 2006, lelsie wrote:
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>>At Wed, 27 Dec 2006, joanna wrote:
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>>>At Tue, 26 Dec 2006, Alyson wrote:
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>>>>I have not had a hysterectomy, but my friend had one a couple of months
>>>>ago. She was in the hospital for three days. I believe she was out of
>>>>work for about three weeks and still a little slow going for about 2-3
>>>>weeks after that. At first she was really sore, stayed in bed on pain
>>>>pills. Then she tried getting up and taking little walks around the
>>>>house, etc. Hopefully you can give the doc a call back tomorrow for
>>>>some more definitive answers.
>>>>Alyson
>>>>
>>>>At Tue, 26 Dec 2006, Mindy wrote:
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>>>>>I am scheduled to have a vaginal hysterectomy on Feb 20th. I am hoping
>>>>>there is someone that can help answer a couple of questions for me. I
>>>>>was wondering how do you feel afterwards? Is there a hospital stay
>>>>>involved? I didn't think to ask my doc these questions when I was in on
>>>>>Friday & of course no one is in today. Any help would be appreciated.
>>>>>Thanks, Mindy Jo
>>>
>>>--
>>>well hi mindy this is my first time on. i recently had a hysterectomy feb23,2006
>>>after my surgery i felt pretty bad. but also relieved. my private area as well as
>>>pelvic was pretty sore. you should really check with your doct. aslo what helped me
>>>was reading different books on my procedure. my hospital stay was about 3 days because
>>>of my age (24). i couldn't go back to work until about 3weeks later. because you
>>>heal from the inside out. if you want to talk more you can email me @ joannalovesmickey
>>>@yahoo.com hope every thing goes well
>>>
>>I have a question for you. My doctors nurse told me they can not do a
>>vaginal hyst for endo.Only through the abdomen.
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