Re: i decided to do a lap
From: anonymous (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Mon May 25 14:51:58 2009
excision surgery with an expert is usually a little more extensive, and
takes more time to heal, but it's worth it
do you have problems from the tied tubes? i believe this sites helps to
untie tubes
naprotechnology.com
At Mon, 25 May 2009, LF wrote:
>
>I was just like you are at first very scared. I was 20 yr old when I
>had mine and very scared of what they would find, but it turn out not to
>be as bad as I thought. The pre op I was just very nervous, the doc
>explain what they would do and they hooked me up to the IV and I was
>ready to go, I don't remember much after I got to the or bc they put me
>to sleep. When I got to post op I was very emotional and drowsey. The
>doc came in and explained to me and my husband that I had endo and it
>was attached to my rectum and she had cleaned it up and that I had a few
>choices to make, she said that the surgery would help for a little while
>but I needed to think about either getting pregnant or taking the lupro.
>We decided toget pregnant. After I got pregnant I was pain free for
>about 2 1/2 years I was then told to make the same choice again so I got
>pregnant again and I was pain free again for about 2 1/2 yrs and now I
>have my tubes tide so I have a hard choice as to what to do now. But I
>will probley have the lap again here soon. It is not that bad the only
>problem I had was that I got constapted after the surgery but that
>happens sometime when you take pain meds and you have been put to sleep,
>I would ask your doc if you can take a stool softener to have just
>incase. I was out of work for a bout a week and then after that I was
>back to normal. So it not as bad, and my pain was not that bad I was
>just real sore for a few days.
>
>At Sun, 24 May 2009, anonymous wrote:
>>
>>Can you send your records to a specialist? You are less likely to have
>>endo problems in the future because they'll get all or almost all the
>>endo, a regular ob/gyn is very different.
>>
>>I had surgery within a month of sending my records to the CEC. They're
>>great
>>
>>centerforendo.com
>>
>>most specialists do not recommend lupron
>>
>>People like the CEC also know all the areas to look for endo, its forms,
>>stages, etc
>>
>>you can also get doc recc's by googling erc.activboard.com/
>>
>>That site and endo-resolved.com also has info on preparing for a lap
>>
>>But you want to make sure the best person you can get is helping you, to
>>help avoid repeat surgeries.
>>
>>At Sun, 24 May 2009, Kaye wrote:
>>>
>>>Hi,
>>>THis is my first time in this forum. I am 23 years old and for years i
>>>have been told i have endo, but i was too young to go on Lupron or do
>>>surgery. So i have been juggling pain meds to control the pain. For
>>>the past 6 months things have been out of control and no meds my ob/gyn
>>>prescribed worked. So its now Lap time. I did an ultrasound a few days
>>>ago and i found out i have cyst as well about 6 cm. I scared about
>>>doing a lap, i read the pains may return and the only guarantee seems to
>>>be hyst.
>>>Can someone who has done a lap already tell me what to expect, what was
>>>pre and post op like.
>>>
>>>Thanks
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