Pelvic pain after oopherectomy?

[TeresaHardy]

Hi all -
I am new to this site and have a few questions to ask ANYONE who is willing to help me.  I am 48 years old and am 14 days post op (December 18, 2009 - surgery) from having a bilateral salpingo oopherectomy (BOTH ovaries AND fallopian tubes removed).  I had 3 cysts on my left ovary that were 3.4, 2.3 and 2.7 cm.  I have a history of ovarian cysts and my aunt passed away from ovarian cancer.

My question is:  Has anyone else had lower pelvic pain after laproscopic oopherectomy?

My GYN said that I had alot of endo that was attached to my uterus AND had enveloped my ovarian tube and that she had to peel away the endo from the uterine wall just to get the ovary out.  The first 3 or 4 days of recovery were very painful, even to just roll over to get out of bed.  When I sit on the toilet to urinate or have a BM I have a terrible pain in the left lower pelvic area, kind of like I have a stitch that is ripping out.  My doctor gave me pain meds after surgery and as of Wednesday (11 days post op) I was totally out of pain meds.  I do not take pain pills out of habit but I am in pain and just need them to sleep and to actually get up and walk around.  I called my doctor's office on Wednesday to see if she would call me in a script to the pharmacy just to get me through the holiday weekend (New Years Weekend) and the nurse said that the doctor wanted to see me but couldn't get me into her schedule until Monday, January 4th!!!  I asked what I am supposed to do until then for pain and the nurse said ibuprofen.  I told her by the time I see the doctor in 5 days I won't need pain pills!

I don't mean to ramble on but I'm just worried that something more is wrong with me because of the pain that I'm having.

Any comments or suggestions would be helpful.

Happy New Year!
Teresa

[ireneo]

Lower left pain would make sense. That's the area of the descending colon, where it all backs up just before you go to the bathroom. Your surgery wasn't that long ago and although the exterior incisions have healed up by now, the interior takes longer. Try to keep the stools soft so you don't have to strain or push too hard. The pains will gradually go away but it does seem to take a long time. Remember - they had to do a lot of pushing and tugging to get to those ovaries and tubes to get them out of there. (I had a 10 cm cyst, ovary and tube removed Feb 08)

[TeresaHardy]

Thank you for your comment MarieMichele.  The pain is slowly but surely subsiding with each day, but I still think it's odd that it is just on one side and mainly when I urinate or have a BM.  It's like when I push down I am using that muscle and it feels like it is ripping.  Oh well.. I am going to the doctor Monday and will see.

Thanks again.
Teresa

[MarieMichele]

Considering the nature of your surgery, the pain issues are not too surprising.  I would still see the doctor even if the pain subsides to be sure nothing else is wrong, such as infection.  I had a BSO, too.