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Re: bladder & colon is attached to uterus
From: gonetobch (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Tue Jul 31 15:37:00 2007
My surgery is scheduled for Sept 28th and Im nervous too. Ive had two
children thru natural childbirth with no pain killers & 2 back surgerys
and none of them has made me as nervous as the hysterectomy.. So I can
understand you being nervous. Well it took me a lil while for my Dr to
understand but after
the lap he was completely sympathetic. Whats sad to me is that our area
just does not have alot of the resources available to us... especially
after reading these other posts.....
At Tue, 31 Jul 2007, ada wrote:
>
>NO, he is not an endo specialist BUT he is a doctor I trust, who listens
>to me and has helped a great deal.There is no specialist in this area.
>But, like I said I am aware I could have endo problems after the hyst.
>Just need to get rid of this uterus and all of its problems. I have had
>problems for years, but like you thought it was somewhat normal. After
>weaning my 2nd child (he is now 7) I started having major problems with
>ovarian cysts, etc. I had a lap last May with my doc and was diagnosed
>with endo stage 3, I had a lot of adhesions and things were stuck
>together (but not as bad as yours) as well as the adeno and pelvic
>congestion. I also am having my surgery in sept so the kids will be
>back in school. My surgery is on the 12th and I am very nervous. When
>is yours?
> Tue, 31 Jul 2007, gonetobch wrote:
>>
>>I am a 36yr old single mom of 2 children and really do not have the
>>resources or finances to travel to Atlanta but its good to know about it
>>nor do I have the time off or work available to me I had back surgery in
>>Jan of this year for a herniated disc and have used up my time. I
>>scheduled the hyst for Sept to try and prepare and make sure my children
>>were somewhat stable in school. Im going to ask my urologist to be on
>>standby due to the involvement. I live on the Coast of MS. Do you mind
>>me asking do you use a specialist in LA .. I did have an appt at
>>Ochsner for early Sept but will probably have to cancel because they are
>>not in my network for health insurance. How long have you been dealing
>>with this?? Take Care
>>
>> At Tue, 31 Jul 2007, ada wrote:
>>>
>>>I am also having a hysterectomy in Sept due to adenomyosis, pelvic
>>>congestion(vericose veins in my uterus) and endo. Though I do not have
>>>your problem I can relate as I am also in the Katrina area (the
>>>northshore of New Orleans) and know the struggles of finding a
>>>specialist. I will be keeping my ovaries but decided to get rid of the
>>>uterus to take care of the adeno and pelvic congestion. I feel that in
>>>the future if I ever need surgery again for the endo I will travel to
>>>Atlanta to the CEC to see a specialist. Is it possible for you to
>>>travel to Atlanta, it seems that your problems would need a specialist
>>>to unravel the endo adhesions and preserve your organs. Good luck. Ada
>>>
>>>t Tue, 31 Jul 2007, gonetobch wrote:
>>>>
>>>>I have suffered with period pain & pelvic pain for years I just thought
>>>>it was normal. But due to some ongoing Fatigue, ovarian cysts &
>>>>abnormal blood work( elevated CA125) My dr performed a Lap to go in and
>>>>confirm & get rid of endometriosis but to his surprise when he got in
>>>>there all of my organs are completely webbed together he could not even
>>>>move things around to look without causing serious damage to my bowels
>>>>or
>>>>bladder. I have a hysterectomy scheduled in later Sept. As I have made
>>>>my contribution to the world with a boy and girl so having other
>>>>children for me is not a huge concern, and my heart goes out to those
>>>>that are trying to concieve. I have been reading this forum for over a
>>>>month and I see some similarites but not close to mine. Where I live is
>>>>still recovering from Hurricane Katrina I have searched for specialist
>>>>in my area for endo but the only thing they are interested in is
>>>>treating for fertility and that is not my case.. My DR deliverd both my
>>>>children and is well known in the area. I did not want to take Lupron
>>>>because of research done on it. He advised me at this point it would
>>>>not helped in my case its way to advanced. My biggest concern is the
>>>>bowel & bladder being attached to the uterus he explained it like its
>>>>one big basketball of organs attached together( uterus,
>>>>bladder,tubes,ovaries ets). When I move they move there is no fluid or
>>>>room for them to move freely. Anyone out there with similar
>>>>circumstances or anyone have any advice to offer. Thanks
>>>
>>>--
>>>Ada
>>>
>--
>Ada
>
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