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Re: Is this normal one week after a lap?

From: Brandy (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Sat Oct 25 10:46:05 2008

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Hi there, I'm so sorry that you're having a tough recovery. I just had my first lap on tuesday and wasn't expecting it to be so bad. My lap involved excision of endo and removal of parts of my right ovary.

Just today, finally, my abdominal muscles aren't as sore as they have been and I'm able to stand upright, although my incisions are still very sore. And my back pain has fully returned to the point that i'm using crutches to get around again.

I have the EXACT same bladder issues as you are having. I was just telling my sister a couple of days ago, I cant tell when I have to pee! And then when I go, I have to kind of just sit there and let it come out on its own (sorry if that's TMI). I have to just sit and wait until it stops because I cannot tell when I'm done otherwise. I dont have any incontinence, I'm not worried that I'll lose my bladder control at all, it's just not normal.

I'm also having some bowel issues. mostly I'm just really really constipated, so I've been taking Miralax and that seems to help move things along, but my right leg and lower back KILL me during a B.M.

I'm sorry that your stomach is hurting now too, as if your other symptoms weren't bad enough! I can't imagine what this would be like without pain medicine!

Even though a lap is usually an outpatient procedure and many people have pretty easy recoveries, it's still a major surgery and a shock to your system. I'm sorry I can't be of more help to you. I wish you all the best.

-- Brandy

At Sat, 25 Oct 2008, anonymous@obgyn.net wrote: > >Hi ladies, I had a lap last Friday with excision on endo/adhesions, an >appendectomy & presacral neurectomy. My recovery has been really slow >and hard thus far. I just started being fully mobile on Thursday and it >really hurts to be up and moving around for longer than five minutes. I >still have the same amount of pain I had after surgery, I can't tell >when I have to pee, I can't tell if my bladder is empty after I've >finished peeing, I have pain having a bowel movement, and my stomach is >so sore from taking so many painkillers that I can't take any more. I >called the doctor and he said to go to the ER and get a scan done of my >bladder to see if it was emptying properly, but didn't address any of >the other things going on. Now I don't want to go to the ER to have the >scan done since I could wait until Monday & get it done at my doctor's >office for MUCH cheaper (I'm broke after this surgery) but if the other >issues I'm having are something abnormal I will go. Any advice? Has >anyone else had a really long recovery like this?

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