ovarian surger

do they put you completely out for this procedure....and is it painful...what is the recovery

[boosty]

hi. i dont quite knwo what type of surgery youre talking about. but if you have an ovarian cyst and it needs to be removed, yes they will put you to sleep. i had a laparoscopy last month and they put me to sleep ofcourse. i didnt have any pain after surgery. but i had to stay in the hospital for a couple of hous so i can feel better before going home. someone will need to drive you home. i felt a bit dizzy afterwards. but thats because i was catching a cold while i went in for the surgery. make sure youre not sick. it takes two weeks to feel completely normal again. after two weeks, i forgot i had surgery. that is all ofcourse only if youre having a laparoscopy. if you have more questions, feel free to ask. when is your surgery?

[NancyNiles]

not knowing what surgery you are talking about, i can only offer what i know. I had a very large cyst removed earlier in the month. i was given two choices for the surgery (which was full abdominal incision, not laproscopy which is much smaller incision). I could go with anestisia (sp.?) and morphine-on-demand for the pain after, or I could get an epidural for the pain which would stay after the surgery to deaden the pain. I was in the hospital three days. I chose the epidural but didn't like the feeling of not being able to feel or move my legs (was like being paralyzed). The epidural you get when you have a baby is much, much milder than what you get for major surgery and I didn't realize how it would feel. I had the doc turn it down so i could get muscle movement back but still deaden the pain.  If you are OK with epidurals and can trade movement for no pain, then it may be the best route for you. If I had to do it again I'd go under and then do the morphine clicker, but that's just me.

let us know exactly what type of surgery and for what, and perhaps you'll get better answers from some of the others. Recovery varies too depending on the surgery, but before my surgery the girls here gave me EXCELLENT advice that was invaluable for me.

Good luck

[ruby-jay]

I was so pleased to read your candid explanation of how the epidural anaesthesia felt - the deadened legs and being unable to move etc.  I had two cesaerians and the epidural method was great - but I did hate the paralysis feeling - and now that you have mentioned that for surgery it is even stronger - I think I too will go the general anaesth route instead of the epidural - I can imagine totally freaking out if it was any worse than when I had my children via this method - that was bad enough.  Thank you for sharing that.