Recovery from laparascopic surgery really fooled me too. The scars on the outside may be tiny...definately misleading to the actual work done! It is totally normal for you to have pain right now, please give yourself time to heal. I had surgical pain for 5 weeks after my last laparascopic adhesiolysis...didn't get off pain meds unti 3 weeks post-op.
Love and big hugs,
Janet
[Original Message]
> From: <anonymous@medispecialty.com (Lisa)>
> To: Multiple recipients of list ADHESIONS
<adhesions@mail.medispecialty.com>
> Date: 7/27/01 12:10:02 PM
> Subject: Back from Surgery
>>
> Hi Everyone!
>
> Im back. Well first of all thank you all for your prayers during my
> surgery.
> Im here with what I guess is good news. When they "opened me up" they
> only
> found ONE adhesion around my belly button (which I did have alot of
> pain)
> from. They found scaring on my bowel, but only minor. So, I guess what
> they are saying is that my last lysis of adhesions (Sep 00) worked! The
> problem - Im still in pain and nauseas! What they did find was that the
> right ovary ususally has two blood supplies, the fallopian
> tube (which it was) and a ligament. The ligament is missing which they
> believe is causing the pulling sensation. I was too out of it to really
> have any sort
> of conversation with Dr. Palter (this all came from my mothers
> conversation
> with him). So In two weeks I have my stitches out and then we talk
> further.
> He told my mother that he thought if the ovary seems to be the source of
> pain
> then we may need to look at removing it, but he wanted to try and save
> it.
> He also said that many people have residual pain for lengthy periods of
> time
> after lysis of adhesions, so I could be in pain from my last surgery
> still.
> Have any of you ever heard of this?
>
> This has left me with quiet a predicament. This pain was identical to
> the
> pain I had before my last surgery - so was the pain I was feeling then
> due
> to all the adhesions they removed in September or something else? Also,
> the last surgeon said my fallopian tube and ovary were "destroyed" so
> why is
> it that Dr. Palter (a reproductive endo) thinks differently? Now, like
> I
> said Ive yet to talk to him yet, so I still have questions to ask. I am
> concerned as to where the pain is coming from and if my reproductive
> organs
> are fine (which I would be greatful for) then why did the other surgeon
> tell me for the past 10 months that it would be nearly impossible for
> me to have children naturally. It leaves me feeling as if a whole new
> can of worms has been opened and now its figuring it all out (which i
> thought the surgery would do).
>
> Anyhow, so Im confused and looking forward to getting question answered
> from Dr. Palter. To anyone interested in surgery at Yale I would
> reccomend
> it. I am in almost no pain compared to my last operation here in NY.
> Now yesterday I had 3 injections of morophine and 1 toradol but am now
> taking
> percocet. After my last operation I couldnt move for almost 1 week!!!!
>
> So again thank you for your prayers. I guess I was a success story last
> september after all, now why though am I still in pain???
>
> Thank you.
> Lisa
>
> --
> Lisa
>
--- Janet Karam --- janetk7@earthlink.net