WOMENS-HEALTH Messages for June, 2000: Re: Frustrated: Third Post and No Response

Re: Frustrated: Third Post and No Response - Pelvic Pain

From: Amy (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Wed, 14 Jun 2000 12:44:12 -0500 (CDT)

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At Wed, 14 Jun 2000, anonymous@obgyn.net wrote: >
>I had posted this a few times and have not gotten a response as yet. I'm really in a lot of pain, so I'll try again. I have had right sided pelvic pain for years now. The pain has gotten much worse since a surgery in September 1999, when I had a myomectomy (bikini incision) to remove an 8cm and a also a 2 cm fibroid. To remove the 2cm fibroid (that one was a subserous fibroid in the cavity of the uterus), the surgeon made a large cut in my uterus on the right side. I woke up in recovery with excrutiating, stabbing pain on my right side. The pain has persisted to this day. I did have pain on the right side before this surgery, but nothing like this. The surgeon also found some adhesions on my right ovary. This right ovary was operated on previously over ten years ago by another surgeon, to remove a cyst. The ovary was partially removed at that time to take out the cyst, and I am told now that only 1/2 of it is left.
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>The surgeon who did my September 1999 surgery left the partial right ovary in, and only removed the thinner adhesions, saying afterward that he did not want to disturb the ovary. I believe there are some adhesions still there. My question is this. Is there any way to tell if this excrutiating, stabbing pain on the right side is coming from the uterus, where he made a deep cut to get to the subserous fibroid, or coming from the right ovary? Can one tell by my symptoms if the pain is coming from the uterus or coming from the partial right ovary?
>Does this persistent throbbing and sometimes stabbing pain sound like uterus or ovarian pain? And lastly, could this be due to an injury to my right ureter at the time of surgery?
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>I am in a great deal of pain and would appreciate some answers to this, preferably before going through another surgery. Thank you very much.

I am certainly not a medical expert, but to my knowledge, one would have to to a diagnostic laparoscopy to see where they believe the pain could be coming from. You may have new adhesions pulling on the right side causing this pain or something else. I would certainly see another GYN experienced in laparoscopic surgery and go from there.

Good luck. I will be praying for you that God will help you resolve the problems.

God bless, Amy

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