ROFL...Well we all can get a snip, but in this case its a "roto-rooter" kinda thing. They have come a long way in efficiently neutering folks. Just 3 little holes. One in the navel, one to the left and a bigger one to the right. One has a camera, one has an assist arm and the other has this thing scalled down from the movie Dune. Its a vacume grinder/mincer that allows extraction of tissue thru a small tube. Not having the main muscles cut in the belly is definately a plus. My scent is already changing, a reaction from the dogs. I wonder whats going to happen to my psychy...
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I had that done in April and it went fine! While they were in there they discovered an appendix about to burst, so I had to recover from the appendectomy--which was hellish--but had I only the lap incisions, I think I would have been fine within a couple of days.
Interestingly enough, my H and I were talking about this just last night. My mother called and is nursing a young co-worker through an appendectomy (they are out of state). He is not married and she did not want to leave him in a weird state with no family there. I remarked to H that she will do this for a near-stranger but when I had my surgery and had to come home the next day and then take care of my 3 little ones while H went back to work, she was nowhere to be found. People are STRANGE!!
Honey, who is not resentful, noooooooooooooooooooo.
P.S. LostGal, let us know how everything goes. Take care of yourself!
Honey, I hope you have recovered from the apendectomy well. I can only imagine how that may hurt from the frisky gas bubble to the cuts from my recent surgery.
I believe, altho I dont know for sure, that laparoscopy is simply the camera running around in the gut. You can have the camera just alone as a discovery tool, or as part of the surgery for the eyes to the opperation.
Pity me that the heart is slow to learn
What the swift mind beholds at every turn.
Edna St. Vincent Millay
You are right--the laparoscopy is a diagnostic tool only. When the doc discovered the appendix, he literally ran out of the ER and passed my H in the hall shouting for another doctor to come in and take out the appendix. He was so psyched, because of the change of his usual routine, lol.
Have you already had the surgery? What was the nature of it? Are you recovering ok?
Mine hurt terribly because I did not take one single painkiller the entire time, due to nursing. Plus, my wiggling squirming 20 lb baby would lay on my abdomen--on the incisions--and nurse. It was painful beyond words. Plus, like I said, my husband went back to work and I was shuffling around trying to fix pbj's and take D2 to the bathroom and pick the baby up. Oh man, those are not pleasant memories! At least this healthy young man with no children or responsibilities has my mother to attend to his every need.
Ah well, it's ancient history now. I hope you are feeling better--if you've already had it--and that you are taking good care of yourself.
HP, when I had mine out in June, I BEGGED the Dr to let me stay in the hospital one more day. I literally told him that I had 3 kids at home and would not be able to rest and then lied to my H that the Dr was not releasing me yet. I just don't think I could have faced it yet, especially since right on discharge time I got very sore.
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OMG! I can only imagine a real inscission vs the little slits I have, the one were the rotorooter went in hurts, like a gas bubble from hell or what I remember of menstrual cramps. Having a wiggler laying on the belly paints a picture of terror...even with my little cuts I wrapped myself tight with a towel to help. When the bowels move the gurgling is very forceful and hurts but other than not wanting to strain the gut in sitting up or what have you I'm not doing badly. Surgery was Tuesday, home Wednesday, I wanted to sleep all Thursday, Friday I "milked". I am bruised some but stairs are ok cautiously and I'm off pain meds which was nothing but motrin 600 and a Vicoden for the way home.
OOH the way home, I could scream! The drive was your typical stop and go city traffic for 45 min. Nothing really you could do to make that better. But...almost home there was some bridge construction that had been going on for a couple months and that made the smooth payment unavailable for the last 3 miles. HOWEVER on the way to the hospital the construction and orange barrels were gone! The bridge was open, yippee! So coming in the last little bit I asked didnt H want to go into the other lane? He replied that he knew what he was doing and went the detour way. Well after grabbing my gut and cerimoniously falling into a pit and bouncing up agian, I asked with a grimmace, "Just exactly why was it that he wanted to go this way?" He said it was a habbit...
This just followed a talk about the note he left for the helper in the barn with "oh you can read it tonight when we do the horses" Wide eyed...."I'm not going to the barn tonight....."
What is it with guys that they go into denial with wives who have surgery or such. I'm sure he didn't mean harm, yet I can't help but thinking how thoughtless it has been....
HP, what did this guy have done? Is he special to your mom? That seems so strange for her to react that way unless she thought Mr HP had it handled and she would be in the way?
Pity me that the heart is slow to learn
What the swift mind beholds at every turn.
Edna St. Vincent Millay
Quote: Laparoscopic Supra-cervical Hysterectomy (LSH): This type of hysterectomy means that the opening of the uterus was cut from the uterine body and left attached to the vagina. It is touted as preserving a woman’s sexual function and preventing prolapse, but research shows that it does neither. Studies comparing women with total hysterectomy compared to supra-cervical hysterectomy had similar sexual function, satisfaction and frequency. Research results on many women confirm that there is no benefit for sexual enjoyment or prevention of urinary incontinence or saggy vagina. The women with supra-cervical hysterectomies had more monthly bleeding (their periods), and needed the progesterone supplements in their menopause to prevent hyperplasia and cancer of the cervix. Many had to have their cervix removed later to alleviate pain or bleeding that persisted after hysterectomy. A few have developed fibroids, adenomyosis or cervical carcinoma. Dr. O’Hanlan has reviewed all of this literature and does not recommend or perform this procedure.
This is the newest way (since 1989 or so):
Total Laparoscopic Hysterectomy: This procedure involves removing the uterus by operating through the scopes and passing the tissue out through the vagina or through one of four of the tiny half-inch abdominal incisions. Massive uteruses and ovarian cysts, cancer and pre-cancer can all be treated by laparoscopic hysterectomy. Because there is no operating through the vagina (though tiny pieces of tissue can be passed down through it), there is no requirement for a wide vagina or loose ligaments from childbirth, and no problem with increased urinary incontinence risk later. Hospital stays are shorter and blood loss is about half. Pain is less and time off from work is only two weeks, not six. There is no increase in risk of urinary leakage after this type of procedure, and some report that mild leakage was corrected. This is because Dr. O’Hanlan connects the inner end of the vagina where the uterus was attached to the three ligaments that originally held up the uterus (Round ligament, Uterosacral ligament and Cardinal ligament). Dr. O’Hanlan uses this technique as often as is safe and effective.
[image]http://www.ohanlan.com/newpix/total_lap_body.jpg[/image] B. These are the usual incisions for a laparoscopic hysterectomy. The fourth incision is inside the bellybutton
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Pity me that the heart is slow to learn
What the swift mind beholds at every turn.
Edna St. Vincent Millay
that the Dr was not releasing me yet. I just don't think I could have faced it yet, especially since right on discharge time I got very sore.