It's OK to be nervous about it. If you have a read of the Endo forum, there are many stories there of how the surgery went for different people, so it will give you an idea of what to expect. It is a pretty routine thing to have done these days. I'm sure you will be fine. And if you have any questions just ask!
Im not sure about returning to normal duties the day after, but it took me about 5 days to feel right again. The dye studies will cause some blue leakage for a few days. The gas they pump your abdo with can cause pain the shoulder, it helped me to walk around alot the day after. Your cycle may be thrown out of whack for a while, it took me ages to get a period. They cut you in the bellybutton and down on your pubic line, this caused consideable bruising and tenderness for myself. When I woke up from the GA i just felt like period type cramps so the nurse gave me a heatpack and some panadol which seemed to help some. I was very very nervous leadiny up to it, but afterwards wondered what I was ever worried about, my gyno saw me in recovery and in my groggy haze told me I was fine She just happened to be walking past me, or I would of had to wait to see my GP. Big hugs to you. You will be fine.
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I had my lap, d&c and endo removal 3 weeks ago. I feel great - fully recovered, though you will be very sore the next day - they puncture your stomach muscles (only small hole but 3 or 4 of them) to do the procedure so these muscles are very sore for about 3 or 4 days. Depending on what your job is, I wouldn't recommend going back too soon - lifting, etc wouldn't be a good idea till you are well healed.
Everyone's pain level differs, what I can tolerate you may not, and viceversa. Plan to take a week off at least.
I had mine done on the Friday & was back at work on the Monday. I did have quite a bit of pain with the stitches (it was lots of years ago so they didn't disolve back then) for about 2 weeks on the top incision - like whenever clothes brushed on it. I was able to live life normally of course though.
It is the standard thing with infertility. Try not to be too disappointed if they find nothing wrong. I know that sounds weird but I hoped they'd find something so it could be fixed & then I could get pregnant.... they didn't & it was a real let down.
I agree with everyone else, you won't be up and about the next day. Plan to take a few days off work to rest and heal properly.
They are all straightforward procedures which are best done at the same time.
Fingers crossed that you're all clear though and there is nothing to worry about!
Hi everyone, thanks so much for all your replies. I still feel nervous but reading all your responses assured me that I shouldnt worry too much. Fingers crossed
Hi everyone, just thought I'd updated what happened after the lap ...
My obgyn told me that everything inside is clear, no blocked tubes, no endo. so at least I can breathe a sigh of relief on that. but my blood test came back showing a high level of prolactin, he said this is caused by stress, and disrupts ovulation ... so he's putting me on a tablet to reduce the prolactin level. I was too groggy when he explained this to me, but I've been googling about prolactin, and I've found that high prolactin levels can cause anovulation, even though my OPK results have been positive.
Just wondering if anyone else had had this before? thanks heaps ..
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