Re: Is this normal?
From: anonymous (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Tue Mar 31 00:13:29 2009
Oh! and for a long time after the 1st surgery, I did not wear anything
with a real waist band. I never wore skirts again after the first time
I tried it, and I wore pants with a very soft relaxed waist band.
I do think from your reactions that you might step back a bit, you might
be pushing yourself too much.
At Tue, 31 Mar 2009, Elisa wrote:
>
>I had a laparoscopy done about 3 weeks ago now and apparently it turns
>out that all these years of complaining about period pain (which lead to
>ovulating pain) – I actually had endometriosis, which has now been taken
>out.
>
>I believe my case was more the location - touching my bowel wall -
>rather than the amount. My post op appt with my gyno is still in a few
>weeks, so I don’t quite have much of an understanding of what is going
>on, tho when I saw him after my surgery he seemed positive. So far I
>have only seen my local Dr the week after my op to take the stiches out
>and she said the way I was feeling was normal......
>
>I am a little confused tho, after all this reading about having a
>laparoscopy I was under the impression it was only going to take a few
>days to recover, however I was on my back for at least 4 of those days
>straight and felt nauseas through to the second week, even now at times
>and I think I managed to get or still have flu like symptoms not sure if
>its all related or just bad luck etc.
>
>I started going for the occasional walk within the last week or so, as I
>had had tremendous sugar cravings the week of my op (is this just me?)
>and I have also been dying to get back into my squash (which I tried to
>play last night – and could barely play and spent the rest of the night
>on the couch stretched out - I was in more pain after trying to play
>rather than during)! The reason I am so keen to get back into exercise
>is because I believe it helps manage my weight and PCOS (not that I
>quite have my weight managed just yet - But i feel like I put so much on
>with all my sugar cravings after my op that I just wanted to get back on
>track! Which I guess I will try sort out with my gyno when my appt comes
>around - so the saga continues etc?
>I guess my real question is what I am feeling normal? How long is it
>supposed to take to heal from this?
>I have been having night sweats and struggling to sleep.. I keep
>getting this occasional stabbing pain on my RHS... my rib cage and back
>has been aching... I have more days that I feel bloated than days that
>I don’t, I am still finding it a struggle to sit up all day at work at
>my desk, I’m tired and only really find relief when I lie down and
>stretch out plus I still can’t wear tight things around my waist like
>jeans or stockings – I’m living in dresses..... Am I pushing myself
>here? Is this normal? Can anyone shead some light?
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