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After Laproscopic surgery - 3 questions
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" !! :-)
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" !! :-)
The 2 weeks that the dr gives you just means that the anestesia(sp)is out of your body and that you have recovered from the surgery process. However, depending on the surgery It could be six months to a year for you to be fully healed. I had 2 softball sized dermoids removed and there was a lot of tissue trauma. The swellybelly can last 4 weeks!. Your body will let you know if you are doing too much. Pain and fatigue set in. Take it easy and relax, let your body heal. Godspeed
~Tascha
~Tascha
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