Laparoscopy Q's...

[satya]

They made me eat yucky hospital sangas before I could leave so I couldn't possibly have gone to Maccas.

[Aimz]

The procedure is on the Friday and I have the Monday Tuesday off after. Now I'm thinking I will take the rest of that week off to fully recover and have some down time.

If they do find endo and have to remove it I am betting I will be in quite a bit more pain.

[Aimz]

Another Q.. I am on the pill and I worked out I am due to have AF then (I have it now and the procedure is in 4 weeks). Should I skip AF next month or is it ok to have AF when I have the op?

[Indadhanu]

You should ask your FS... I was on the pill for PCOS and they arranged it for right in the middle of the cycle. I think they prefer to do it when you aren't bleeding.

[Laranna]

You should double check Amy. I was on the pill when I had mine and my gynae booked the procedure for mid cycle, they wouldn't do it when I had AF.

[Aimz]

I just rang and spoke to the nurse and she said it doesn't matter what time of my cycle as it doesn't affect the procedure. I think I might skip AF anyway.

[briggsy's girl]

i would contact the gyne about AF amy. i don't know that it would make all that much difference, but they might be able to give you direct advice. when i had my lap i wasn't getting AF visits at all so can't say for sure....

with my lap, i had two cuts - the belly button one, and the one on pubic line - i had additional "surgery" in that i had ovarian golf balling (drilling done) - to be honest, i had pain getting up from sitting, or going from sitting to standing, but nothing that panadol couldn't help with. no shoulder pain, a mild amount of bleeding (on day of surgery) - but was done the next day. i attributed it to the golfballing, but it may have been something to do with the hysteroscopy... had disolvable stitches which cleared up pretty quick

couple of things to be aware of - your wounds might be rubbed by underwear/clothes so might itch. be careful of infection too - i have a VERY deep belly button, and had a small infection in that one - it wasn't painful - but i knew it was infected cos it was a bit smelly. i spoke to GP and got advice on how to treat it at home...

i had procedure on Wednesday - took a week off (wednesdays were my day off, so went back the thursday week after) - didn't need that long off, and was bored at home! i would have been fine to go back on the Monday. given you've mentioned painful AF in the past, i would think this would be on a par with that, so nothing you can't cope with...


ETA - the bleeding afterwards - they had put a pad between my legs - no dressings internally!

[mollycat]

How many keyholes do they make in your stomach? I had 2 each time (I've had 3 laps), one at belly button, one at pubic hair line

Who has had problems with the gas afterwards (eg shoulder pain etc)? shoulder pain,

How bad was that pain? quite uncomfortable

How long did you have off work? with the second and third ops, my gyno operates on a tuesday, I took the rest of the week off and re-started work the following monday

When did you start feeling normal again? within a few days

Do the keyholes have stitches?, the first time yes, the second and third times, no - different gynos

Does your stomach get bruised? Yes, but I bruise easily

How long does the procedure take? Can't remember, but about an hour I think, recover time was the longest.

For pain relief, I was offered everything as nothing seemed to work. When I went back for the third one, (only a couple of months after the second), the nurses joked with me about how much I needed before that. I've since worked out I have a low tolerance to morpheine and usually react with vomiting. So for the third time, the made sure they dosed me up with medications before the operation.

[dusty]

Should I skip AF next month or is it ok to have AF when I have the op?

I am glad you raised this. The second lap I had I got AF the day after the op and it was pretty awful. Avoid it if you can. I was annoyed my doctor didn't suggest waiting another week.