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Re: Vaginal HysterectomyFrom: Mindy (anonymous@obgyn.net)Thu Dec 28 09:33:34 2006
First off I would like to thank everyone for their information that you have provided for me. Leslie to answer your question about why he is doing a vaginal. I only have stage I endo & it seems to be under control right now. I have had 2 prior abdominal surgeries for cysts & an ovary removal. I have also had a lap. My last surgery was a lap & surprisingly enough I didn't have any scar tissue. My doc is thinking very positive in that I still don't have any & if I do it is really minimal. I am suffering from adenomyosis really bad. This is why I'm having the hysterectomy. He is going to leave my left ovary (being the only one that I have left) so I don't have to worry about HRT. My mom had a hyst about 8 years ago & she is having a really hard time with her HRT. So I don't want to be in the same boat as her. My doc did say that if I do have a lot of scar tissue then he would have to go ahead & open me up. So I prefer that he try vaginal first & if it doesn't work out then he can do the abdominal hysterectomy. I do believe this is a case by case kind of thing. Amy thanks so much for the website link. I will definately check it out. Again thank you everyone for your input I really appreciate. Please keep me in your thoughts on Feb 20th. I am really nervous about this surgery. I think I'm more nervous now than I have been for any of my other ones. I believe this is because I have two precious little ones at home now & I didn't before. Thanks again. Take Care, Mindy Jo At Thu, 28 Dec 2006, Alyson wrote: > >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: >> >>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: >>> >>>At Wed, 27 Dec 2006, joanna wrote: >>>> >>>>At Tue, 26 Dec 2006, Alyson wrote: >>>>> >>>>>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: >>>>>> >>>>>>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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