Re: NEW TO BOARD

From: Lynn Creacy (anonymous@medispecialty.com)
Wed Aug 7 16:10:27 2002


At Wed, 7 Aug 2002, Dusti wrote: >
>My name is Dusti and I am a 27 year old female. I have had 4 abdominal
>surgeries (c-section, uterine repair, c-section, hysterectomy) since
>1997 and with the last 3 I have had adhesions removed that were
>attaching my uterus, bladder and colon to some other part of my body. My
>last surgery was February 2000 when I had a hysterectomy and I still
>have both of my ovaries. In the last 6 months I have noticed some of
>the painful symptoms returning. I have been having bladder problems on
>and off since I had my hysterectomy but I have been able to handle that
>pain. The pain with intercourse had returned as well as abdominal
>cramping, bloating, constipation/diarrhea. I have been able to handle
>the bladder and intercourse pain but I am having a lot of trouble
>dealing with the abdominal problems. I found a new OBGYN in Oklahoma
>City and she put me on low dose birth control for hormonal reasons and
>said to take them for a month and see how I feel. My abdominal symptoms
>have worsened considerably so I contacted her and she is going to do a
>diagnostic laparoscopy on August 23. She said she would like to take a
>look and see what is going on.
>
>I would appreciate any information that you all might have for me or any
>advice. How long does it take to recover from a laparoscopy? How should
>I expect to feel afterwards? Does anybody here have the same symptoms as
>me and if so how do you deal with them?
>Dusti,

A laparoscopy usually takes about one to two weeks depending on how your body recoups. This is about how long it took my dauther's friend which is 27 yrs. old, but make sure you follow the doctor's post op directions and have someone to take care of you. Hope everything goes well. We will be praying and thinking about you.

Welcome to a group of wonderful people Lynn Creacy >Thanks
>
>--
>Dusti
>


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