BethW
08-01-2004, 09:35 AM
Hi Everyone, this is the first day since my operation on Wednesday that I have felt well enough to write. On Wed my uro/gyn performed a lap/cysto/hydro and bladder installation of marcaine/heparin under a general.
The procedure itself went fine, thanks for the good thoughts and prayers! Unfortunately I was intensely sick from an allergic reaction to an antibiotic the night before and then sick from the anesthetic.
They gave me 3 types of different anti-nausea meds through IV and nothing helped. I spent the next 12 hours vomitting and dry heaving in the recovery room. It was just terrible. I really thought I was gonna die. They decided to admit me late in the day, but I just begged them to let me go home. I'd had nothing to eat or drink the eve/night before and then nothing again that whole next day so I was v. weak.
I managed to eat a rice cake on the way home from hospital which helped but was still ill that night and had nausea for the next 48 hrs after.
My uro/gyn finally spoke to me on Friday about what she found. Apparently I have a growth behind my right ovary that they biopsied and am waiting for the results. I also have a lot of scar tissue they think from a botched laparoscopy I had as a teenager. Basically, I have things attached to other bits that shouldnt be there. I saw photos of my bladder and I have no ulcers (thank God) but have the red glomerations and some muscle damage from straining during urgency and frequency.
I still have my lymph procedure to do and am now having 2nd thoughts. I dont think I can go through another general anesthetic.
So, that's where things are at right now. I hope that everyone who had procedures last week are ok! Take care and let me know how you're doing!
If I ever have another cysto I'm gonna go for a spinal and think I would have this time if I didnt need the lap.
BethW
The procedure itself went fine, thanks for the good thoughts and prayers! Unfortunately I was intensely sick from an allergic reaction to an antibiotic the night before and then sick from the anesthetic.
They gave me 3 types of different anti-nausea meds through IV and nothing helped. I spent the next 12 hours vomitting and dry heaving in the recovery room. It was just terrible. I really thought I was gonna die. They decided to admit me late in the day, but I just begged them to let me go home. I'd had nothing to eat or drink the eve/night before and then nothing again that whole next day so I was v. weak.
I managed to eat a rice cake on the way home from hospital which helped but was still ill that night and had nausea for the next 48 hrs after.
My uro/gyn finally spoke to me on Friday about what she found. Apparently I have a growth behind my right ovary that they biopsied and am waiting for the results. I also have a lot of scar tissue they think from a botched laparoscopy I had as a teenager. Basically, I have things attached to other bits that shouldnt be there. I saw photos of my bladder and I have no ulcers (thank God) but have the red glomerations and some muscle damage from straining during urgency and frequency.
I still have my lymph procedure to do and am now having 2nd thoughts. I dont think I can go through another general anesthetic.
So, that's where things are at right now. I hope that everyone who had procedures last week are ok! Take care and let me know how you're doing!
If I ever have another cysto I'm gonna go for a spinal and think I would have this time if I didnt need the lap.
BethW