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ovarian cyst recovery is taking me over 2 months...
by hummingbirdmoth, Oct 27, 2009 05:28AM
Hi all,
I am 33 and had a laparoscopy. Diagnosed with an ovarian cyst I got a laparoscopy 15th of August (over 10 weeks ago). What my gynaecologist removed was a functional hemorragic (=bloodfilled) beneign cyst on r. ovary of almost 9cm, a smaller Mullerian cyst, also on the r. ovary, a smaller beneign cyst in the left tube, 2 small 'spots' of Mullerian tumor in the Douglas pouch and lots of adhesions on both sides of my abdominal walls, on the left side my bowles were stuck to the wall. - oof, that sounds like a lot now that I write it down!
(Excuse my spelling by the way, I'm not native-speaking English.)
I had a very skilled surgeant, very experienced in laparoscopy and specialized in ovarian tumors. My luck!
Now it's over 10 weeks. Yes, I am recovering, but I'm still stuck with substantial pain in my abdomins, I feel quite tired all the time and my bowles are still acting weird. Can't sit long, can't walk long, can't anything without laying down a few times a day. Pain in my belly goes better when I lay down a lot, but it's been so long already (especially since the doctor and all info on internet says laparoscopy is such a minor and quick-recovery thing). IS THIS NORMAL?
I also have the feeling that the streching of the muscles by the gass, and the cutting (even though I just have 3 small holes) through the muscles was quite more damaging than expected. As I said, I was in quite a good shape and I'm not a 'sissy' in general I might add. Anybody also feels like recovering slowly muscle-wise, like when you have a sports-injury and rip a muscle or 'spring' something; that also takes weeks to heal, right?
Please, anyone who is about my age and has had a laparoscopy including removal of several tumors/adhesions, let me know how long your recovery took. Or any 'expert' in general on this. I read almost all your stories and I feel very lucky that, as my doctor says, 'everything that shouldn't be there is removed and everything that should be there is still there and functioning', but I could use some knowledge about this slow slow recovering!
Thank you all! And good luck to you.
I am 33 and had a laparoscopy. Diagnosed with an ovarian cyst I got a laparoscopy 15th of August (over 10 weeks ago). What my gynaecologist removed was a functional hemorragic (=bloodfilled) beneign cyst on r. ovary of almost 9cm, a smaller Mullerian cyst, also on the r. ovary, a smaller beneign cyst in the left tube, 2 small 'spots' of Mullerian tumor in the Douglas pouch and lots of adhesions on both sides of my abdominal walls, on the left side my bowles were stuck to the wall. - oof, that sounds like a lot now that I write it down!
(Excuse my spelling by the way, I'm not native-speaking English.)
I had a very skilled surgeant, very experienced in laparoscopy and specialized in ovarian tumors. My luck!
Now it's over 10 weeks. Yes, I am recovering, but I'm still stuck with substantial pain in my abdomins, I feel quite tired all the time and my bowles are still acting weird. Can't sit long, can't walk long, can't anything without laying down a few times a day. Pain in my belly goes better when I lay down a lot, but it's been so long already (especially since the doctor and all info on internet says laparoscopy is such a minor and quick-recovery thing). IS THIS NORMAL?
I also have the feeling that the streching of the muscles by the gass, and the cutting (even though I just have 3 small holes) through the muscles was quite more damaging than expected. As I said, I was in quite a good shape and I'm not a 'sissy' in general I might add. Anybody also feels like recovering slowly muscle-wise, like when you have a sports-injury and rip a muscle or 'spring' something; that also takes weeks to heal, right?
Please, anyone who is about my age and has had a laparoscopy including removal of several tumors/adhesions, let me know how long your recovery took. Or any 'expert' in general on this. I read almost all your stories and I feel very lucky that, as my doctor says, 'everything that shouldn't be there is removed and everything that should be there is still there and functioning', but I could use some knowledge about this slow slow recovering!
Thank you all! And good luck to you.
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I had the bigger incision (laparotomy) and I would say I needed 8 weeks to be mostly recovered and still had gas pains until about the 9th week.
You may still have some adhesions that are causing you discomfort. Others have tried ball rolling as a technique to get some relief from it. If you search around on the subject you should find some better description on how it's done.
It may be good to also have the doctor check you again for answers as to why you feel the way you do.