Re: Pelvic Adhesions - infertility - surgery....again?
From: Debbie (tigger6040@aol.com)
Tue Sep 28 13:49:22 2004
You've been through a lot...I'm so sorry that you are facing another
surgery.
One of the things in your post that really jumped out at me was the
mention of endometriosis. I, too, have endo and have been doing battle
with it since my diagnosis in 1987.
It's important to know that endometriosis can cause adhesions and
scarring. My guess would be that unless you have surgery with a doctor
that specializes in treating endometriosis in order to have all endo
removed, you are likely to continue to form adhesions. Endometriosis
implants bleed each month in response to our menstrual cycle, much the
same as the uterine lining bleeds. The difference is that these wayward
implants are located within the pelvic cavity and the blood from these
implants has no way to exit the body. This blood is an irritant to
surrounding organs and tissues. The body's natural response to this
kind of irritation is to form adhesions and scarring to protect itself.
Unless the source of the irritation, the endo implants, are removed, the
cycle of bleeding and adhesion formation will only continue.
You may very well be able to preserve your fertility if you were to have
surgery with an endo specialist and have all endo removed. At the same
time the doctor would remove adhesions and attempt to restore your
pelvic anatomy to normal, possibly facilitating future pregnancy.
By the very nature of the patients they treat, endo specialists see some
of the most severe adhesion cases. Some with adhesive disease so
severe, caused by endo, that the patients essentially have what is
called a frozen pelvis. These doctors are very skilled at adhesion
surgery.
The doctor I see for endometriosis is Andrew Cook. He has been a real
blessing in my life as well as the lives of countless other women with
endo and adhesions. If you'd like to read more about him, check out his
website at http://www.vitalcareinstitute.com
Good luck with everything!
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Debbie
At Wed, 22 Sep 2004, Karyn wrote:
>
>Hello to all!
>
>I am a 35 year old female. My first surgery was back in 1989 with a
>laparoscopie to remove a grapefruit size dermoid cyst on my ovary. To
>date I have had 12 surgeries (combination of laparoscopies,
>laparotomies, oopherectomy and omentectomy), last surgery was just last
>week which was an attempted laparoscopie. All surgeries were due to
>ovarian cysts/benign tumors and removal of adhesions while in there to
>remove the cysts. The surgery last week was done to remove a new
>problem which is endometriosis (in particular endometrioma on the right
>ovary).
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