Re: Pain after total hysterectomy
From: Ally (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Sun Dec 30 10:08:27 2007
Michelle -
Did you have any rectal bleeding after your bowel resection? I had mine
done 2.5 weeks ago and am having some blood with my bowel movements, but
I also have a history of hemorrhoids. Thanks.
--
Ally
At Sat, 29 Dec 2007, Michelle wrote:
>
>Hello,
>
>I have not had a hysterectomy, but during my last surgery I also had a
>piece of my sigmoid colon removed and partial resections in other areas.
>A little was also taken off of my bladder. I noticed I had pain with
>bowel movements for several months and still had some issues with
>urination. The pain where my sigmoid is has finally gone away, but it
>took a while for this to happen (though it wasn't near as painful as it
>was before surgery). I still have pain where my small intestine is, but
>not near as bad as before.
>
>If the pain is the same as before then you may want to get more answers
>from your doctor. I hope this isn't the case for you, I hope it is just
>a matter of having more time to heal. A nurse told me about six months,
>I found this to be very accurate!
>
>I hope you feel better especially after everything you went through.
>Michelle
>
>At Sat, 29 Dec 2007, andrea wrote:
>>
>>Sorry you went through all that! How scary! :( If they left any endo
>>behind, which may have happened, you will still have pain. If they did
>>not do your hysterectomy laparscopically, through an endoscope, they
>>were not be able to see the small lesions that are possibly on your
>>bowel and bladder. Only specialists can remove endo properly, so you
>>may have to go to an endo specialist. Women who have had hysterectomies
>>are difficult to do endo removal on, and require an expert doctor
>>because everything has been distorted, tied up and could have covered up
>>some of the endo.
>>
>>Please read this, it will explain. Scroll to the bottom of this page
>>and it is the second to last question about hysterectomy and endo. Dr.
>>Cook is a top specialist. I hope this answers your question.
>>
>>http://www.pelvicpain.com/askdoctor_QA.html
>>
>>--
>>Andrea :)
>>
>>At Sat, 29 Dec 2007, anonymous wrote:
>>>
>>>I had an emergency total hysterectomy two months ago. Along with my
>>>uterus and both ovaries, my appendix and a portion of my sigmoid colon
>>>was removed. However, I am still having low left sided pain and low
>>>back pain with urination and bowel movements. Has anyone else
>>>experienced this?
>>>
>>>I was hoping that after the surgery I would no longer have this pain..
>>>After all, it was such a painful ordeal to go through. It is very
>>>upsetting to still have the same pain as before.
>>>
>>>I would appreciate any feedback.
>>
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