Well, my neighbor watched my little boy for me yesterday while i went to the emergency room with the pain. The doctor there said he's sure it's not a cyst or a torsion because the pain would be constant with those and mine is off and on like contractions. My mom suggested maybe it is adhesions. I did have a c-section almost 4 years ago now. Has anybody had any experience with these? Or does anybody have any other ideas to what it could be? I have an appt. with a new ob/gyn this week. They are supposed to be very good there so I will see. But if they want to a laparoscopic thing to look around in there I have nobody here to help really. Does anybody know how long it takes to recover from those? I've heard they're outpatient but don't know much else. I've looked it all up online but it still doesn't tell you real peoples recoveries and such. Thanks for listening and replying. I am hoping to find something out soon to update everyone about.
Your pains could be as simple as Braxton-Hicks contractions. Laparoscopic procedures are the least invasive and the quickest to heal. It shouldn't take much time at all for you to be back up and around. Keep in mind that every woman is different and nobody knows your body as well as you do. Stay encouraged. We moms are praying for you.
ive had the laproscoptic thing done twice, once when they went in and did an ablation and the second time when i had both my overies out and a cyst taken out, dont worry its a simple procedure, you go in the morning and youll be out by noon that day but you will be sore for a couple of day, so youll need help with the kids, youll feel like you did after you had your kids.
I know this post was over a year ago, but for those who might be looking now for answers to similar questions, I had a laparoscopy Sept. 2007 in which adhesions and endometriosis were excised, including some adhesions near the c-section site. I would suggest to anyone with a lot of lower abdominal pain to check out the ERC Yahoo Group. I found a lot of answers there. As far as recovery from a laparoscopy, I had a hard time. It was as bad and as long as recovering from a c-section. My husband took one week off from work and school, but I still wasn't ready to take care of my kids on my own after that week. I'd tried to take it easy, but caring for little boys takes a lot of physical and emotional strength! I was blessed to have several neighbors who took the kids for a couple hours at a time during the second week to allow me to rest in the middle of the day. It took a few months for me to be able to be on my feet for an hour, build a snowman, have my kids on my lap, deep clean my house, etc. So hope for a short recovery, but be prepared for a long one, because every laparoscopy is different.
I don't know if it's any help or not, but I grew up with polycystic ovarian disease as well as endometriosis and have had 12 laparoscopies between the time I was 14 and 28. Cyst pain can definitely come and go, as can endometriosis pain, with it worsening around the time of your period and again around the time you ovulate. I always described it as "waves" of pain, and my mom, who always was the one to take care of me, compared it a lot of times with labor (which I realized was the case when I had my son). Just because it's not constant or consistent doesn't necessarily rule out cysts if you're just going on pain. Ultrasounds can rule them out, but can't detect endometriosis.
Laparoscopies aren't too horrible. The day of the surgery, you will be out of commission for the whole day, usually. You'll be awake and able to talk to people and things like this within a couple hours after surgery, but really feeling pretty lousy. The second day you will be up and around more, but the third day (for me)can be worse than the second, between the anesthesia being completely worn off at this point and the fact that I always overdid it the second day because I was feeling so much better. By the fourth day, things are pretty good and you're sore, but definitely mobile and up and around.
If any of this happens to be your case, there are some great doctors out there, and a ton of options these days. At fourteen, I was told I'd never have kids, and to not go through the heartache of trying. Here I am today on Mamasource, with a gorgeous two-year-old that wasn't even tried for :)
Feel free to email me or let me know if you need any other advice or just a sympathetic ear. I know the thought of being out of commission can definitely send one into panic mode, but I always also considered the fact that I'd be out of commission for a longer time because of the pain if I didn't find a way to take the three days and have the surgery.
Good luck. I feel for you!
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i went and had my ultrasound done on thursday and they said they dont see anything that would be causing my pain either so i cant help you i dont know what is going on with mine either.. please let me know if you find out anything thanks
I have had adhesions(18 on the back of a surgical scar). Ihad intemitant pain for years before I had to have an emergency surgery. I think adhesions can cause a number of different sensations depending on their attachment site and what else they interfere with. As far as recovery time I think that also is very dependant on your tolerance for pain--ie how was your c-section? Adhesions can be a difficult diagnosis and treatment, good luck.
