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MY STORY...
I RECENTLY HAD A COMPLETE ABDOMINAL HYSTERECTOMY, AUG 16,2010...I HAD BEEN HAVING "ISSUES ' SINCE NOV. 2009...MY DR. INFORMED ME IN LATE EARLY AUG. THAT I HAD POS. HPV IN/ON CERVIX. I DECIDED RIGHT THEN TO HAVE THE SURGERY.
SHE THEN INFORMED ME THAT IT WOULD HAVE TO BE DONE ABDOMINALLY DUE TO THE LARGE SIZE OF THE FIBROIDS...WHAT FIBROIDS ! ? ....I KNEW NOTHING OF THESE...I GUESS SHE FORGOT TO MENTION THEM DURING THE PAST 5-6 OR SO VISITS TO HER OFFICE OVER THE COURSE OF 10 MONTHS !
SURGERY WAS SCHEDULED, AND PERFORMED....THAT'S THE TERM THEY ARE USING ...( IN MY OPION IT WAS DONE! ).
I WAS SEDATED (ANESTESIA OF COURSE ), CUT WIDE OPEN , AND ...LEFT WITH A VERY NASTY HORIZONTAL 9" SCAR THAT GOES UPHILL AT ABOUT A 25 DEGREE ANGLE ! ...IT WOULD ACTUALLY TAKE PLASTIC/RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGERY TO MAKE THE INCISION SCAR APPEAR TO HAVE BEEN DONE AS IF MY DR. AT LEAST HALF CARED ABOUT THE MARK SHE WAS LEAVING ME WITH FOR THE REST OF MY LIFE ! ( HOWEVER SHORT OR LONG THAT MIGHT BE)....(THANKS TO HER ! )
WHEN I AWOKE IN MY HOSPITAL ROOM 3 OR SO HOURS LATER...I WAS INFORMED THAT SHE WANTED TO "GO BACK IN " ..."WHAT !"...MY BP WAS 80/50 AT BEST. , I WAS BLEEDING FROM ?...
FORTUNATELY MY FAMILY AND MYSELF DECIDED TO OPT FOR A TRANSFUSION, ( OF DONOR ) BLOOD, OF COURSE...
( BECAUSE I HAD NOT BEEN ASKED TO DONATE MY OWN BEFORE AND I JUST DID'NT REALIZE THAT IT MIGHT BE A NECCESITY ! )
MY B/P STABILIZED AFTER ONLY 6 UNITS ...A COMPLETE SUPPLY ! ...WOW!...
I WAS THEN SENT FOR A CT SCAN 24 HOURS AFTER I HAD ENTERED THE OPERATING ROOM, TO FIND OUT THAT YES...I HAD STOPPED BLEEDING, AND I NOW HAD A BLOOD CLOT THE SIZE OF A BASKETBALL ON THE WALL OF MY STOMACH BETWEEN IT AND THE MUSCLE THERE. ...OMG !
MY RECOVERY TIME OF 4-6 WEEKS ( NORMAL RECOVERY TIME CONSIDERING THERE ARE NO "COMPLICATIONS").HAD JUST BEEN INCREASED TO 10-12 WEEKS ! ( THAT IS UNLESS THE CLOT GOES INTO MY BLOODSTREAM TO MY HEART AND THEN OF COURSE...RECOVERY TIME OVER ! )
I JUST PAST THE 6 WEEK MARK THIS PAST MONDAY, IT IS NOW 6 WEEKS AND 4 DAYS...3 CT SCANS LATER, AND THE CLOT IS THE SIZE OF A BASEBALL. GOOD / MAYBE...? ! I AM NOW SCARED TO DEATH
( NO PUN INTENDED ! ) TO DO MOST ANYTHING THAT MIGHT JEPORDIZE THE CLOT GOING INTO MY BLOODSTREAM !
MY HUSBAND IS ABOUT TO HAVE A NERVOUS BREAKDOWN OVER THIS WHOLE THING , NEVERMIND WHAT I AM FEELING, IT IS BIGGER THAN THAT NOW !
NO RESUMING NORMAL ACTIVITIES FOR ME...ie. SEX...WALKING, LIFTING ...
MOST EVERY NORMAL THING !
I AM REALLY AT MY MOST DISTURBED POINT SINCE SURGERY...I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO NOW. I WOULD LIKE TO SUE HER ( THE DR. )...BUT DON'T KNOW IF THAT IS POSSIBLE. ( IF ANYONE DOES KNOW THAT ANSWER PLEASE LET ME KNOW !).
AND I WOULD REALLY LIKE TO KNOW WHAT THE NORMAL SIZE OF A HEALTHY UTERUS WITHOUT FIBROIDS IN IT IS. ( MINE MEASURED 12.6 X 7.4 X 8.3 CM...LARGEST FIBROID MEASURED 4.8 CM ) .BY THE WAY I HAVE A PIC OF IT TAKEN IN OPERATING ROOM (BY DR. ) (BECAUSE I HAD ASKED THAT QUESTION BEFORE SURGERY...TO SEE WHAT IT LOOKED LIKE ! ) IF ANYONE WOULD LIKE TO SEE IT LET ME KNOW VIA E-MAIL @ ***@****'LL BE HAPPY TO LET YOU SEE IT , EVEN POST IT IF YOU WANT TO. (I WOULD BUT DON'T HAVE CAPABILITY ON THIS COMPUTER TO DO SO. )
ANYWAY, THOSE ARE MY QUESTIONS, AND MOST OF MY EXPERIENCE...( I PREFER TO USE THAT TERM..(.PROCEDURE) SOUNDS SO UNQUESTIONABLY UNPROBLEMATIC IN MY OPINION ! ).
PLEASE REPLY IF YOU CAN HELP ME OUT WITH ANSWERS....AND REMEMBER TO ASK QUESTIONS YOURSELF IF YOU ARE CONSIDERING SAYING YES TO A HYSTERECTOMY !
(IF ANYONE HAS HAD ANYTHING LIKE THIS HAPPEN TO THEM I WOULD LIKE TO HEAR YOUR EXPERIENCE...AND OUTCOME...)
THANKS IN ADVANCE, ANGIE
I RECENTLY HAD A COMPLETE ABDOMINAL HYSTERECTOMY, AUG 16,2010...I HAD BEEN HAVING "ISSUES ' SINCE NOV. 2009...MY DR. INFORMED ME IN LATE EARLY AUG. THAT I HAD POS. HPV IN/ON CERVIX. I DECIDED RIGHT THEN TO HAVE THE SURGERY.
SHE THEN INFORMED ME THAT IT WOULD HAVE TO BE DONE ABDOMINALLY DUE TO THE LARGE SIZE OF THE FIBROIDS...WHAT FIBROIDS ! ? ....I KNEW NOTHING OF THESE...I GUESS SHE FORGOT TO MENTION THEM DURING THE PAST 5-6 OR SO VISITS TO HER OFFICE OVER THE COURSE OF 10 MONTHS !
SURGERY WAS SCHEDULED, AND PERFORMED....THAT'S THE TERM THEY ARE USING ...( IN MY OPION IT WAS DONE! ).
I WAS SEDATED (ANESTESIA OF COURSE ), CUT WIDE OPEN , AND ...LEFT WITH A VERY NASTY HORIZONTAL 9" SCAR THAT GOES UPHILL AT ABOUT A 25 DEGREE ANGLE ! ...IT WOULD ACTUALLY TAKE PLASTIC/RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGERY TO MAKE THE INCISION SCAR APPEAR TO HAVE BEEN DONE AS IF MY DR. AT LEAST HALF CARED ABOUT THE MARK SHE WAS LEAVING ME WITH FOR THE REST OF MY LIFE ! ( HOWEVER SHORT OR LONG THAT MIGHT BE)....(THANKS TO HER ! )
WHEN I AWOKE IN MY HOSPITAL ROOM 3 OR SO HOURS LATER...I WAS INFORMED THAT SHE WANTED TO "GO BACK IN " ..."WHAT !"...MY BP WAS 80/50 AT BEST. , I WAS BLEEDING FROM ?...
FORTUNATELY MY FAMILY AND MYSELF DECIDED TO OPT FOR A TRANSFUSION, ( OF DONOR ) BLOOD, OF COURSE...
( BECAUSE I HAD NOT BEEN ASKED TO DONATE MY OWN BEFORE AND I JUST DID'NT REALIZE THAT IT MIGHT BE A NECCESITY ! )
MY B/P STABILIZED AFTER ONLY 6 UNITS ...A COMPLETE SUPPLY ! ...WOW!...
I WAS THEN SENT FOR A CT SCAN 24 HOURS AFTER I HAD ENTERED THE OPERATING ROOM, TO FIND OUT THAT YES...I HAD STOPPED BLEEDING, AND I NOW HAD A BLOOD CLOT THE SIZE OF A BASKETBALL ON THE WALL OF MY STOMACH BETWEEN IT AND THE MUSCLE THERE. ...OMG !
MY RECOVERY TIME OF 4-6 WEEKS ( NORMAL RECOVERY TIME CONSIDERING THERE ARE NO "COMPLICATIONS").HAD JUST BEEN INCREASED TO 10-12 WEEKS ! ( THAT IS UNLESS THE CLOT GOES INTO MY BLOODSTREAM TO MY HEART AND THEN OF COURSE...RECOVERY TIME OVER ! )
I JUST PAST THE 6 WEEK MARK THIS PAST MONDAY, IT IS NOW 6 WEEKS AND 4 DAYS...3 CT SCANS LATER, AND THE CLOT IS THE SIZE OF A BASEBALL. GOOD / MAYBE...? ! I AM NOW SCARED TO DEATH
( NO PUN INTENDED ! ) TO DO MOST ANYTHING THAT MIGHT JEPORDIZE THE CLOT GOING INTO MY BLOODSTREAM !
MY HUSBAND IS ABOUT TO HAVE A NERVOUS BREAKDOWN OVER THIS WHOLE THING , NEVERMIND WHAT I AM FEELING, IT IS BIGGER THAN THAT NOW !
NO RESUMING NORMAL ACTIVITIES FOR ME...ie. SEX...WALKING, LIFTING ...
MOST EVERY NORMAL THING !
I AM REALLY AT MY MOST DISTURBED POINT SINCE SURGERY...I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO NOW. I WOULD LIKE TO SUE HER ( THE DR. )...BUT DON'T KNOW IF THAT IS POSSIBLE. ( IF ANYONE DOES KNOW THAT ANSWER PLEASE LET ME KNOW !).
AND I WOULD REALLY LIKE TO KNOW WHAT THE NORMAL SIZE OF A HEALTHY UTERUS WITHOUT FIBROIDS IN IT IS. ( MINE MEASURED 12.6 X 7.4 X 8.3 CM...LARGEST FIBROID MEASURED 4.8 CM ) .BY THE WAY I HAVE A PIC OF IT TAKEN IN OPERATING ROOM (BY DR. ) (BECAUSE I HAD ASKED THAT QUESTION BEFORE SURGERY...TO SEE WHAT IT LOOKED LIKE ! ) IF ANYONE WOULD LIKE TO SEE IT LET ME KNOW VIA E-MAIL @ ***@****'LL BE HAPPY TO LET YOU SEE IT , EVEN POST IT IF YOU WANT TO. (I WOULD BUT DON'T HAVE CAPABILITY ON THIS COMPUTER TO DO SO. )
ANYWAY, THOSE ARE MY QUESTIONS, AND MOST OF MY EXPERIENCE...( I PREFER TO USE THAT TERM..(.PROCEDURE) SOUNDS SO UNQUESTIONABLY UNPROBLEMATIC IN MY OPINION ! ).
PLEASE REPLY IF YOU CAN HELP ME OUT WITH ANSWERS....AND REMEMBER TO ASK QUESTIONS YOURSELF IF YOU ARE CONSIDERING SAYING YES TO A HYSTERECTOMY !
(IF ANYONE HAS HAD ANYTHING LIKE THIS HAPPEN TO THEM I WOULD LIKE TO HEAR YOUR EXPERIENCE...AND OUTCOME...)
THANKS IN ADVANCE, ANGIE
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR COMMENTS AND ADVICE AS WELL AS THE INFO I WAS LOOKING FOR. I AM GOING TO FOLLOW UP WITH IT. I WILL SEE ANOTHER DR. AND WILL POST NEW FINDINGS ASAP.
ANGIE
ANGIE
OMG Angie, I am so sorry for everything you have gone through. This is not a comforting story in these modern times when we have made so many advances in the medical field. I have not quit gone through as much as you have and can only sympathies with your pain. If I were you I would research what this Dr. was doing during the 5 or 6 visits in those 10 months make sure to get copy's of your medical records and take them to a real Dr. for a second option. Good Luck Heidi
I just want to say that is TERRIBLE!!!!! OMG!!!!! I think I would be sueing her if I were you!!!
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