After Laproscopic surgery - 3 questions

[AliceE]

Hi I am new to this forum and wish I had found it when I first found out I had a "mass" on my ovary and a CA125 reading of 79 and didn't know what anything meant.  

Eventually it turned out to be a benign 11cm cyst and I had it and my left ovary removed by laproscopy nearly 6 weeks ago now.  The size of my incisions are slightly longer than normal due to the size of the cyst.   I seem to be taking a long time to recover - certainly longer than the 2 weeks suggested!  Internally things are still very uncomfortable.   How long does it take for the "swelly belly" to go away? Clothes that are comfortable in the morning are deathly tight by nighttime!!
  2. I have continued on Orthocept (birthpill) without a break since the operation but for the last 2 weeks (coincidentally since I have been back at work) I have had intermittant bleeding - one day there might be nothing, then the next a spotting, then another day a real flow of blood.    Do you think that my body is trying to have a period ? (orthocept is fairly loss dose).   3.  WHY does the remaining ovary get the most awful  pain in it?  This vaires between a stabbing pain and a dragging cramping pain.    I hope some of you can answer these questions or someone just let me know that they also experienced these things.   Thanks I would really appreciate knowing that what I am going through now is "normal" !!  :-)

[wannabyoung]

I had surgery to remove a cyst off of my ovary 3 days ago.  Once they got in there they realized they couIdn't remove the cyst without removing the ovary, so they removed both.  They also found another cyst on my other ovary which they removed while in there but left that ovary.  My question is when will this swelling in my stomach go down and I keep feeling movement in my stomach when I turn from side to side.  (Like a ball rolling around)  Its driving me nuts and I was wondering when I would start feeling normal again.  I mean, I guess I thought since Laproscopic wasn't as bad a the real deal that it wouldnt affect me this bad.  I think its hurts just as bad on the inside maybe not the out.  

[Marla Roth]

I had a 7 centimeter endrometriosis cyst removed last Monday.  It turns out because it was attached to my ovary it makes it stage 4. I am a healthy 35 year old and still want children.  They tell me I have two options, hormone therapy or stimulate my ovaries and try to get pregnate ASAP. They say people with endometriosis have a hard time getting pregnate on their own.  Is that true?  What should I expect with stimulating with hormones?    

[welderchick]

I had laproscopic and a tubal ligation surgery done 5 days ago. Doctors had to remove a large portion of my right fallopian tube and a portion of my left fallopian tube due to a cist the size of a toonie. My question is that I'm bleeding quite heavy with large clots for the last two days.....Is this normal after the kind of surgery I had???

                                                "welderchick"

[welderchick]

I had laproscopic and a tubal ligation surgery done 5 days ago. Doctors had to remove a large portion of my right fallopian tube and a portion of my left fallopian tube due to a cist the size of a toonie. My question is that I'm bleeding quite heavy with large clots for the last two days.....Is this normal after the kind of surgery I had???

                                                "welderchick"

[Bronx]

Hi I am new.  I am sorry for all of us but glad that I found you.  I am a very young 64 yr old.  I had laproscopical removal of my right ovary and they tried to remove the left because I asked the Dr. to take it out.  I didn't want to think about having to do this again and at my age who cared about the other ovary.  He couldn't get the left one because 27 yrs ago I had my a tubal ligation laproscopically.  That caused me to have adhesions or scar tissue.    So when he went in he had to go three times then he decided to make the incision in the belly longer or else he had to do the bikini.  He had to go through the adhesions.  Got the right ovary only one stich.  The left ovary a bigger 3 stich incision and he didn't take it.  He said it was good but it was close to the intestines and some adhesions so he left it alone.  I had my surgery on Feb. 7th, 2006.  He said I would be fine and ready to go in 2 weeks.  When I had the tubal ligation I had absolutely no trouble back to work in 1 week never took a pain pill.  It was great.  This time it has been hell.  I had so much pain when I woke up in the lower pelvic area from one ovary to another.  I has now been 9 1/2 weeks.  I feel much better but not good.  I still get a pain in the abdomen it feel like a contraction.  I get pain in the lower pelvis where I had the pain after surgery when I walk up a flight of stair.  So I have stayed away from steps.  I have a friend that is a dermatologist her husband is a surgeon in Lenox Hill Hospital in NYC.  She says that he says.  It is better to get the bikini becaus then they so in do what they have to do and get out.  He killed my by going through 3 times.  When through my muscles.  He can't understand why it is taking me so long to feel good but he promises that I will.  My friend the dermatologist suggested that I go for water phyical therapy and I have just started to do that.  Wish me luch because during all of this I must and am scheduled for surgery on May 9th for fusion of 2 discs C4-5 and C56 in my neck and I have to wear a special collar 24/7 for 6 to 8 weeks.  I hope my belly feels better by then?????????  Wish me luck.  Anybody out there know what the longest recuperation for ovarian removal is????  God Bless Us All

[kah22]

I had laproscopic surgery on April 3rd to remove a 3cm cyst and both ovaries. the doctor also removed scar tissue from previous surgeries .  I had such pain on the left side in December, I couldn't even move for 10 minutes.  The throbbing continued until I had surgery.  )I had my uterus out when I was 30, I'm 53 now. fibroid tumor) I also had a vaginal prolapse 3 years ago, and has surgery.  It's over a week and I can't believe how sore I am and I'm still having pain in on both sides.  I am a teacher and am supposed to go back to work on April 24th.  I have not gotten the biopsy results yet and I am a nervous wreck. Maybe today.  I also have a pacemaker since I have neurocardiogenic syncope.  I had too much pain medicine the day after surgery BP went 60/40 and my heart rate went to 42. I am so glad I was in the NY hospital where my cardiologist is.  I am not lifting anything - my husband does everything- still very uncomfortable= when will I feel better.