Hey sorry i forgot to undate in here..... LAP went well..... i dont have blocked tubes (she actually said my tubes were perfect).. i do have ENDO tho and alot of it i really dont know much about endo i have been trying to research abt it but its hard to find exactly what im after
I have no idea how 2 laps can come to 2 different conclusions... i mean the first was blocked tubes everything looks fine (HOW did he miss ENDO) and now this one lots of ENDO , tubes are fine
I have my post op appt with FS on thursday which i cant wait for as i dunno what will happen from here..... The doc who done the surgery said i will need to have extensive surgery to get rid of the ENDO (i dunno why they didnt take it out then and there) she said that they dont always do that before starting IVF so im confused... (i had only just basically woke up when she told me all this so i wasnt all with it lol)
anyway thats about all that i know..... Oh the pain from this LAP was nothing at all.... other then the cold i have im pretty much back to 100%
Nikki- How strange! I haven't had endo myself but I have heard that once getting rid of it you can fall naturally (it does/can come back though).... but I am sure someone will correct me if I am wrong. That's great though that your tubes are fine.
Let us know how your FS appointment goes and what they say. Hopefully this is the first step to you falling pregnant
I have severe endo and had a major operation last July (a laparotomy) which took 5 hrs. Depending where the endo is, will depend how they can remove it. I had 3 different doctors work on me. I had a large cyst on my left ovary which had blocked my uretha which meant my left kidney wasnt working properly so had a urologist put a stent in it to open it, then I also had endo on my bowel so a bowel surgeon was involved. Luckily he only had to scrape my bowel and not do a re-section! And my gyno removed my ovary (and cyst) and cleaned my whole anatomy so I could then proceed to IVF.
It does seem strange that they didnt see it when you had your last one. I also had an emergency laparotomy in Feb last year in which they could see how severe it was, but since it was so extensive, they only chopped part of the cyst hoping it would fix itself, which of course it didnt!
I hope this gives you some more insight.
Have you been experiencing any pain especially after AF? That is how I found out about my endo which ended up with me in hospital.
Let us know how you go on Thursday and if you want any more info, just let me know.
glad all went well.
i have suffered form endo for many years.
they took it out first time while i had my first lap. i am now only lap number 5.
it will just keep growing and sometimes if it looks stable adn not to be spreading they will leave it and trial ivf beofre they go in and remove it.
as when you disturb it it can spread if it is not all missed as it get "angry" as i call it and spreads further.
leaving it is prob teh best option for now and if you dont fall in say 12 months they will prob remove it and then try again
i found i feel when i had bad endo and now its gone im having trouble, go figure..
WOW thanks girls for all the info.... there is really so much to take in tho im sure ill have a better idea of whats happening after my FS appt on thursday
Tania - whoa a 5 hour op... the only thing i remember the Doc saying was that the endo was on my bowel... attaching my ovary's to it... She did say she was able to realease one ovary tho..... so im not really sure what any of this means
I guess i do have abit of pain... its been alot worse then usual for the past few months
I just noticed you got your BFP... Congratulations
Kellz - thanks for the info hun... i never really realised how bad endo could be... i do remember my doc saying that they dont always remove it before starting IVF but my FS will decide that
Thanks again ladies..... ill come in here and update on thursday after my FS appt
i really dont know much about endo i have been trying to research abt it but its hard to find exactly what im after
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