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Re: How did you all feel after your laparoscopies?
From: Angie (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Fri May 4 16:23:26 2007
The only tip I can provide in Bengay and alot of it. Most of the pain
comes from gas being traped and it aches in the back and shoulders. I
don't know about the appendectomy but for the back pain get someone to
rub bengay on it. It was a lifesaver!!
-Angie
At Fri, 4 May 2007, anonymous@obgyn.net wrote:
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>At Thu, 22 Mar 2007, Cari wrote:
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>>Ali,
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>>Can't speak for all but my lap was pretty easy. I took only 2 pain
>>pills and although I scheduled a week of vacation for recovery, I was up
>>and pretty much normal within 3 or 4 days. There will be bloating and
>>some funky shoulder pain due to the trapped gas used during the surgery.
>>Scars will be tiny. In the areas where he removed the endo, I noticed
>>immediate pain relief. You will likely take a few days more to be up
>>and running because of the appendectomy. Yes, it will take a few weeks
>>to be 100% but you will be active pretty quick and pain should be
>>minimal.
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>>My doc missed endo the first time. He went in for an emergency
>>laparotomy (nasty surgery that is) and only fixed the rupture. I was
>>sure at the time I had endo, chocolate cysts and the whole nine yards of
>>symptoms. I was text book. I believe now he missed it then because it
>>can be easy to overlook.
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>>At Wed, 21 Mar 2007, Ali wrote:
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>>>Hi, my name is Ali, I'm 24 and have had endo for over 3 years and an
>>>actual diagnosis for less than 1. I'm having another laparoscopy next
>>>week with an appendectomy on the side (because of adhesions) and wanted
>>>to see how you all felt after your own laparoscopies. My first one 7
>>>months ago was diagnostic and exploratory only because the stupid,
>>>stupid doc I had at that time doesn't even know what endometriosis looks
>>>like and didn't remove any tissue or the adhesions attached to my lower
>>>intestine and appendix. Another specailist then saw the pics and in all
>>>of five minutes told me it was endo and sceduled me for surgery. Anyway,
>>>after my laps I feel so bad. It takes me like two weeks to feel halfway
>>>normal and every website I look up labout ap recovery time made it sound
>>>like I should be running the Boston marathon 5 days after being
>>>released. Not the case with me. My doctors have made me feel the smae
>>>way. So like I said, I have a lap/appendectomy(endoscopic/laprascopic
>>>appendectomy) with my relatively new doc sceduled for next week and I
>>>wanted to know if anyone had found any tips for getting up and around
>>>sooner. And I wanted to hear about others' experiences with lap
>>>recovery. How long till you felt better? Any tips for feeling better
>>>faster? I have a new job I have to start 2 weeks post op. I don't know
>>>if I'm going to be able to do it. Am I alone in feeling like I get run
>>>over by a mack truck every time I undergo this "minimally invasive minor
>>>procedure" ? Please let me know!
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>I also had a hard time with this "procedure". I was in alot of pain for
>about 5 days and it started to slowly get better, but was at least 6
>weeks until I felt bact to normal. Whatever that is!! Good Luck with
>your surgery and new job!
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