Hey,

I just had a lap and hysteroscopy and tubal dye done on Friday. I found the experience like the women above mention - but I find that my abdomen is tender and swollen and the muscles in my back are sore. I don't have any shoulder tip pain, but had pain around my collarbone. But overall, it is not very painful, I don't think.

I had to have two shots of morphine went I woke up - but that was the worse pain I have experienced. Yesterday and today there has been only minimal pain and just general discomfort and stiffness.

You get two incisions in your abdomen - one in your navel and the other lower down in your pubic hair (so you can't really see either one) - at least that is the case for me. Sometimes they need to have a bigger incision, but this is only if they find lots of endo and it is hard to remove.

They didn't find anything with me - except they said they couldn't get dye up my left tube, although they couldn't find any reason why not. They didn't seem too worried about this finding. Overall, I think it is inconsequential for us, since we have bad MF and have been told we will need ICSI to conceive anyway.

So it really depends on your situation as to where the treatment goes after your lap. If there is really bad endo, you may need to go in for another op to get rid of it all. Some docs put a mirena device (IUD) in to shrink the endo if it is really bad, and then operate again in two months time when it had shrunk a bit and is easier to remove.

Sorry for the long post... hope it helps,
Michelle