I think I may be suffering from a bit of post trauma from my lap. I feel silly because laps are just so common and so many women have had them but I honestly still feel shaken from it.
It was only 4 weeks from when I first saw my doctor about my symptoms to when I had my lap - and the whole time I was freaking out about the surgery and the unknowns.
My recovery from the lap was awful. I woke up from surgery wailing in pain - the cramping was the most awful feeling. They pumped me full of morphine until everything became a blurry haze. Then my oxygen levels dropped and my bed was rushed over to a different part of the recovery ward where I was put on oxygen and had all these monitors strapped to me. Then I felt this enormous pressure in my bladder and they tried to get me to go but nothing would happen. I was in so much discomfort that I was balling my eyes out. Eventually I could finally go and the pressure subsided. The pain came back with avengence then and the nurse said she couldn't give me anymore morphine unless I wanted to stay overnight in hospital. I just wanted to go home so I opted for a panadiene forte. Instead of being in recovery for the standard 2 hours, I was in there for almost 6.
The week following my surgery was hell. I couldn't walk for 2 days. I was constipated for almost 5 days to the point that I felt like my back was going to break from the pain it was causing me. The cramping was just horrific and every tiny movement made me cry.
A week after my surgery I found out that my endo had been extensive, but the doctor had cut out 99% of it - hence the reason for my pain.
Now I am left with 3 angry red scars which make me want to cry whenever I look at them and remember what I went through.
I'm not sure the point of my post - I guess I just needed to de-brief.
oh amy huni.
im so sorry to hear you had such a bad time and recovery.
sounds like it was bad.
im here whenever you need.
i dont know what to say but bio oil is meant to help reduce the scars.
it was a traumatic experience and you need to talk about it.
lots of love rach xxxx
Awwwww hun I didn't know you felt this way about it. FWIW, the scars will fade in time - I only know where one is from my first lap and that's because the stitch was supposed to dissolve and it didn't so it got a bit infected and left a bigger scar, I couldn't even see the one in my navel even with pg stretching it out. I know how you were feeling in the lead up to it and yeah, you didn't have a lot of time to get your head around it properly before you went in, let alone having a not-so-wonderful recovery on top of it.
Awwwww hun I didn't know you felt this way about it. FWIW, the scars will fade in time - I only know where one is from my first lap and that's because the stitch was supposed to dissolve and it didn't so it got a bit infected and left a bigger scar, I couldn't even see the one in my navel even with pg stretching it out. I know how you were feeling in the lead up to it and yeah, you didn't have a lot of time to get your head around it properly before you went in, let alone having a not-so-wonderful recovery on top of it.
I'm really sorry that it has been nightmarish with the lap. like sherie said, the time from seeing GP to lap was soo fast. they do tend to rush these things i tell ya (my guy tried to get me in 3 days later!).
if you do think there is a risk for post-traumatic stress then go talk to your gp about it. one session with a psychologist could really make a big difference.
My first lap was a nightmare. I had a very large endometrioma (cyst) removed from my left ovary as well as most of that ovary (which I wasn't told at the time ). I was in soooo much pain, I ended up staying overnight because I couldn't get out of bed without fainting and my bp was so low. I lost a lot of blood during surgery and every time they attempted to get me out of bed my drainage wound would spring a leak and I would end up covered in blood. They had to change my clothes 3 times. It was truly, truly awful. They did send me home the next day but I didn't feel at all well enough to leave. It was a day stay hospital so they didn't really have the facilities or staff to keep me any longer.
It took me probably 6 weeks to totally recover, I had almost 4 weeks off work and was in bed for a week after coming home. Being in bed for so long made the shoulder tip pain (from the gas) sooooo awful.
You can imagine my horror when 6 months later my FS went in for a second lap! For future reference, I cannot tell you the difference between the two surgeries!! The second one was a breeze, pain was minimal and I was on my feet and feeling great within a few days. This proved to me what all my drs had told me - the first surgery was not a standard lap, just because a surgery is done by laproscopy, doesn't mean it's a simple procedure.
I now have a fear of hospitals and surgery like you wouldn't believe! But I promise the scars will fade and in time you'll feel better about it.
Last edited by Willow; February 21st, 2009 at 06:13 PM.
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). I was in soooo much pain, I ended up staying overnight because I couldn't get out of bed without fainting and my bp was so low. I lost a lot of blood during surgery and every time they attempted to get me out of bed my drainage wound would spring a leak and I would end up covered in blood. They had to change my clothes 3 times. It was truly, truly awful. They did send me home the next day but I didn't feel at all well enough to leave. It was a day stay hospital so they didn't really have the facilities or staff to keep me any longer.
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