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Re: Laparotomy removed one ovary in 2003 from Endo, second in same danger
From: jillson (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Thu Oct 25 20:46:59 2007
Hi and welcome to the site. I had a laparotomy in Feb for the same
thing. Both my ovaries were the size of oranges. They were
endometriomas. They were able to save both my ovaries. I would think
if you had surgery before it ruptured and it wasn't too big yet they
would be able to save it. Since then I have had two laps and I am still
recovering from my last one two weeks ago. If your doc knows that you
want children they will usually do everything they can to save your
ovary. Have you seen a specialist at all? I would also ask your doc if
you have surgery if they can do a dye study on your other tube to see if
it is open. That could mean a lot as well if it isn't you will need IVF
to get pregnant. Better to know now. Good luck.
Jill
At Thu, 25 Oct 2007, Bennerebe wrote:
>
>Hi, this is my first post, so I thought I would introduce myself a
>little.
>
>I've never had a regular period and was placed on bc when I was 13 to
>control the excessive bleeding.
>
>In Jan. '03 I began to experience debilitating pain with my period. For
>months I went to doctor after doctor and was disregarded as just wanting
>Rx pain pills.
>
>In Sept. '03 I went to the ER for the second night in a row and was put
>on morphine. The doctor came into my ER room and said, "Geez, if you
>need morphine for your cramps, something's probably wrong". (yea think)
>After the surgery I awoke to find out that I had had an endometriotic
>cyst 'the size of a golf ball' (4.2cm) on my right ovary that had
>ruptured. The doctor had preformed a laparotmy and removed the entire
>ovary and tube.
>Since then I have been taking Progestin only pills.
>
>Up until now my only concern had been my fertility, but last week at my
>annual, another ultrasound shows that my remaining ovary is now 4.6cm
>wide (normal ovary is 2cm).
>I'm going to need some major delicate surgery and I am scared to pieces
>that they won't be able to save my only ovary, causing infertility and
>worse early menopause.
>There are some very horrific hysterectomy stories, but I couldn't find
>very much info about surgery to the ovary in this way, or what happens
>when ONLY the ovaries are removed.
>
>--
>~Rebecca
>
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