WOMENS-HEALTH Messages for January, 2001: endometriosis

endometriosis

From: Kim (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Sun, 7 Jan 2001 20:06:31 -0600 (CST)

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Hello...sorry for bothering everyone again. But, my appointment is fast approaching and I'm just wondering if anyone has any additional suggestions for questions or information I should be getting before this surgery. Also, does anyone know how the recovery for laparoscopy to remove endometriosis compares with laparoscopy just to "look"....more/less pain, etc.?

At Fri, 5 Jan 2001, Kim wrote: >
>Hello! First, I would like to thank Dr. Montgomery for taking the time
>to answer my previous question and apologize for once again bothering
>everyone. With that said, here is my question:
>
>I'm scheduled to have a laparoscopy to remove endometriosis...I am
>currently seeing a gyn who specializes in this. The last laparoscopy I
>had, my previous physician saw "multiple" implants and told me I had
>endometriosis, but he couldn't remove any of it for a couple of reasons.
>1) There were too many adhesions to allow manuevering around enough for
>him to feel comfortable doing this.
>2) There is too much endometriosis.
>3) It is too close to the blood vessels.
>
>I also experience a lot of lower right abdominal pain and pain with
>bowel movements (it sometimes feels like tugging in my abdomen) and
>sometimes even pain (in the rectum) when I'm trying to sit. My family
>physician says this is all because of the endometriosis...he thinks it
>is on my colon. I saw a gastroenterologist and had a colonoscopy last
>December...there was abnormal tissue in my colon, but the biopsies were
>negative. The gastroenterologist agress that it is because of the
>endometriosis. I also started having pain around my gall bladder...he
>said he thinks that too is because of the endometriosis. When the pain
>is real severe, I also have nausea & vomitting. I'm wondering if this
>is all common with endometriosis and what questions or additional
>information I need to talk with my gyn about before the surgery. How
>much of the endometriosis and adhesions will the be able to remove? Am I
>hoping for too much to think that I will be able to be completely pain
>free after this surgery?
>
>Thank you so much for taking the time to answer my questions! As the day
>approaches (January 16th), I'm getting more and more nervous!!
>
>--
>Kim
>
>--
>Kim
>

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Kim

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