Re: 16 Days Post-Op Lap and No Good News to Report
From: Chandra (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Mon Aug 31 18:44:56 1998
Ronna,
Thanks for the kind words. This was indeed my first lap. I had an
appointment today with my Internal Medicine physician and he gave
Zithromax to clear up the UTI. He says that the UTI could be causing
some of my discomfort, but not all. I will be checking with Ob-Gyn real
soon about this.
I am really beginning to suspect that these "powder burns" that he
mentioned to me may be starting to rear their ugly head. Do you know
anything about those?
Have and blessed and pain free day!
Chandra
Manassas, VA
mrscmartin@hotmail.com
----Original Message Follows----
Date: Sun, 30 Aug 1998 20:52:52 -0500
Reply-To: anonymous@obgyn.net
From: anonymous@obgyn.net (Ronna)
To: Multiple recipients of list <anonymous@obgyn.net>
Subject: Re: 16 Days Post-Op Lap and No Good News to Report
At Sun, 30 Aug 1998, Chandra wrote:
>
>Hi all:
>
>I am sitting here about to tear my hair out because I am so frustrated
>right now. I am only 16 days post-op lap and I am starting to feel my
>old symptoms creeping back up on me again.
>
>On 8/16, I had my first pain-free period in 5 years. There were
twinges
>of sharp pains, but not the same intensity as before. On 8/21, my
>husband and I had intercourse and it was pain-free for the first time
in
>2 years. It was great!! All last week, I was constantly feeling
>sharp, stabbing pains in my abdomen, just like before, but with less
>intensity. With these pains, I could still function. This past
Friday,
>8/28, my husband and I had intercourse again and THE PAIN WAS BACK!!!
I
>didn't tell him because he has really been looking forward
sorry to hear how you are feeling..... I myself am now 11 days post
-op...... and still feeling well...... kinda scary to read about all
the pain you are in so soon... Was this your first lap? This was my
second. I do remeber the first taking much more time in healing and
feeling good.
Could the UTI be causing some of your pain? I hope you have called your
doctor and now taking a antibotic ...... if not , call now!
Definately let your doctor know how you are feeling!!!!I took the
lupron, it did help for 10 months, no pain! But it is only safely
approved to be use 1x for 6months, so I will not take it
again.......going to ride this out for as long as i can with no hormonal
meds for the endo .
If you can ,try to read about lupron with a open mind..... ask me any
questions if you like. It can help, for a time.
Thinking of you
>when I could finally get some enjoyment out of sex again, and I didn't
>want him to start worrying. After intercourse, I was in pain and it
>felt like my insides were going to come out. This pain lasted until
>Saturday afternoon. All day today, I have been suffering from
"phantom"
>menstrual cramps with back aches and it's driving me crazy.
>
>I consented to this surgery because I thought that it was going to help
>in the long run. Not help for one week and then everything eventually
>goes back to the way it was before. I am so upset over this. To add
>insult to injury, I have been having burning sensations during
>urination. So, not only is the Endo coming back 16 days post-op lap,
>but I've developed a lovely UTI in the process (yipeee!).
>
>I just want to murder my doctor. I know that it's not his fault, he
>removed all the Endo that he could see, I just want someone to take
this
>out on. I know he mentioned the possibily of me having "powder burns"
>and those are not very visible to the naked eye. He is singing the
>praises of Lupron, but because of all of the posts that I've read in
the
>forum, in addition to my own indepth research, I can't go that route.
>He refuses Danazol (even worse side effects, he says), he says Zoladex
>is the same as Lupron, as it stands right now, Depo-Provera or regular
>BCPs may be my only option.
>
>I am just about ready to tell him to just remove all of my female
organs
>regardless of the fact that I want kids so desperately that at times my
>heart aches. I don't want to deal with this. I don't want to believe
>that this is happening so soon after my lap. I'm trying to be strong
>and not go into a panic over this, but I just can't help but feel that
>something is not right. I have a consultation with him on 9/9, I don't
>think I can wait that long - I'm going to see if I can move it up.
>
>Has anyone else experienced anything like this so soon after a lap? I
>would really like to hear your comments on this. In the meantime, I
>will be drinking gallons of cranberry juice and taking lots of
Echenacia
>until I can get an appointment with my Internal Medicine physician for
>this possible UTI.
>
>Thanks for listening. I'm venting here because I don't want to tell my
>husband what's going on right now. It would crush him.
>
>God Bless.
>
>Chandra
>Manassas, VA
>mrscmartin@hotmail.com
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Ronna
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