Re: ADVICE needed. Heavy bleeding after 1st Lap From Thurs 9/18/08
From: Candace (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Sun Sep 21 19:16:36 2008
Please think about what I'm about to say, without disregarding it,
because it's probably not the answer that you want to hear.
You need to either get a hold of your doctor, OR go to the ER. At the
ER they are properly equipped to handle surgical complications. This
has nothing to do with Endo, this could be a complication, and it is
best to get advice from a medical professional. It could cause worse
things to happen. It might not. You NEVER know. We never know. I
know that after every single one of my surgeries one thing that said to
call the dr. or to go to the ER was soaking through a pad in under two
hours.
At Sun, 21 Sep 2008, ampyali wrote:
>
>Your doctor or another surgeon on-call for him should be available 24/7,
>especially to someone who had recent surgery. I would call ASAP.
>
>At Sun, 21 Sep 2008, bren wrote:
>>
>>Thank you so much for your reply. The only problem is that I have no
>>way of contacting my doctor until Monday & we all know what it's like to
>>go the ER. Waste of money & time & u come out w/ just added
>>frustrations (@ least in my case). I don't know what to do. Also, I
>>know having no bowel movements for the first 3 days is normal, but I've
>>been having constipation or feels like more of a blockage (since my
>>uterus is retroverted/tilted, I feel like it's stuck to my rectum
>>causing a blockage @ times-sorry tmi again). You would think that
>>laxatives or enema or something would work well, but not in my case. I
>>just want to know what's wrong w/ me & if endo is easy to diagnose
>>during a lap or can it be easily missed as well? I don't know the
>>results of my lap surgery yet, have photos, but have no idea what they
>>mean or what part of my organs I'm looking at & what's normal/not
>>normal..I have all the severe debilitating symptoms of endo, but sadly
>>am worried that I'm going to end up in dead end w/o definite answers to
>>the cause of all my pain. As you can sense, I'm feeling quite anxious &
>>concerned, so thanks for reading through my venting. BTW, has anyone
>>gained weight for no known cause especially strange for me since I've
>>had lost of appetite & my metabolism is still quite fast.I just don't
>>understand many of my symptoms. Thanks for even reading through my post
>>& any advice is much appreciated so thank you. =)
>>>
>>>--
>>>I just had my second lap for endo on thursay and my post op instructions say to contact your physician immediately if you are soaking a pad every two hours!!
>>>
>>--
>>Bren
>>
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Candace
Wishing for pain free days for all!
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