saw gynae today - possible endometriosis
fiona86
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hi girls
as some of you knew I had my gyne appt today, we had a chat, she asked ques then done an internal.
She thinks I have endometriosis and would like me to have a laparoscopy. ahhhh
im so scared I said I would go away and think about it, discuss with partner and come back to her.
I asked if this is the reason were not conceiving and she said most likely yes.
I will also be having another scan to look at cyst and then she can consider whether to also remove that when I have the surgery.
Im worried, ive never been under general anesthetic before! but If i dont go ahead with the key hole surgery I'll be reducing our chance of having another baby.
has anyone else had a laparoscopy? or got endometriosis???????
as some of you knew I had my gyne appt today, we had a chat, she asked ques then done an internal.
She thinks I have endometriosis and would like me to have a laparoscopy. ahhhh
im so scared I said I would go away and think about it, discuss with partner and come back to her.
I asked if this is the reason were not conceiving and she said most likely yes.
I will also be having another scan to look at cyst and then she can consider whether to also remove that when I have the surgery.
Im worried, ive never been under general anesthetic before! but If i dont go ahead with the key hole surgery I'll be reducing our chance of having another baby.
has anyone else had a laparoscopy? or got endometriosis???????
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we have been ttc 9 months. i had a mc in sept, so on to month 2 after that.
Do you have a scar, how big was incicsion? was your tummy painful after, if so how long? thanks xx
you have both made me feel a little better about it! xx
thanks HOPE4ABAMBINO, how did you feel after? x
If you do decide to go for it, then tons of luck. I have never had one of these, but lots of women have and had no problems.
Hope you are ok, and not stressing too much! xx
Please, please don't worry. I had a lap to remove endo last week. You've probably seem my previous posts but last month I found out I was pregnant, then found out it was ectopic. I had to have an emergency op to remove my tube and the baby as I had begun to bleed internally. Anyway, while he was in there (so to speak) he found moderate endo which I had no idea about. He couldn't get rid of it at the time as everything was still swollen from the pregnancy so three weeks later, he did it.
I was so terrified of surgery needles - anything like that before hand, I'm seriously the worlds biggest wimp. The lasproscopy was fine. You won't feel anything and when you wake up your tummy is a little sore - but it just feels a bit like you've pulled a couple of muscles. the incisions are tiny - you'll probably have two and the location varies depending on the surgeon but you'll aways have one going down from your belly button about 1/2 inch long (even 1.5 weeks on mine now meaures about 1cm, they heal and shrink into your belly button) and I have a much smaller one which was orginally about a cm, now half that, just on the inside my right hip bone. The worst part is the referred pain which you may or may not get - the first time I didn't second time I did. But it goes in a day - use hot water bottles and drink peppermint tea nd if you sit still you can't feel it. I almost threw it at my husband when he suggested I drink peppermint tea as it hurt! But it worked - althought it makes you burp for britain - that's what you need to do!
You should definitely do it - not only can they get rid of the endo if its there, you can ask them to do a dye test at the same time to check your tubes and they can look at your ovaries, check your tubes are free and check your uterus. basically, as long as it's not a hormonal issue, your gynae will know exactly what is wrong when she's done it.
Its also a day case procedure, so you don't even have to spend the night and you'll be back at work after a week.
I would definitely say do it. They think it was endo in my tube which caused the ectopic and that was so serious, I'm so glad mine's gone for now and i know so much more about my fertility.
By the way we were trying for 11 cycles (14 months) before we concieved, waiting for go ahead from consultant to start again. But it can really slow TTC down because of the hormones endo can emit (there's a thery it produces oestrogen, which can screw with everything).
PLease feel free to email me if you want to know anything and I'm not around - there should be an email button - i'm off and on as we're not TTC at the mo (after the ectopic not the lap). But honestly there is nothing to be scared about, but do feel free to get in touch if you are. I know exactly where you're coming from as I was there two months ago. My consultant wants to do it again in 6 months to see how fast and If mine is growing back - if i'm not preg I'll do it without complaint - it's that ok.
Rach xx
Seriously, it's so rare it's not worth worrying about.
Rach x