Upcoming surgery advice

Christiane,

We were born with all our parts to serve us our entire life. Not just for child bearing.

Estrogen is produced even post menopause and provides numerous benefits.

Your uterus once gone no longer contributes to your sexual satisfaction.

I know it seems like everything is haywire right now but hopefully this tune up gets you back on track with no recurrence.

The many side effects of a hysterectomy are not pleasant. In turn, the normal post menopause side effects are magnified.

My sister had ablasion and is thrilled with the results.

So in the grand scheme of things. Yes preserve your lady parts, assuming they find no complications. Yes, go for ablasion. There are a few days of discomfort the you likely won't notice with everything else going on.

Hi,

I'm 24 and I had a laparotomy about 12 says ago to remove a 26cm cyst from (what they thought) was my right ovary. Turns out, it was no longer attached to anything and they were able to remove it with ease and not touch any reproductive organs. Do you have a gyno oncologist surgeon doing your surgery? It's probably too late to request now but I can't recommend them enough. My surgeon removed a massive cyst through a 3 inch incision on my bikini line that is almost healed, I will barely have a scar. Originally they thought they might have to do a much larger vertical incision from my bellybutton to bikini line.

I've heard both sides regarding keeping or not keeping your organs and it ultimately comes down to a personal decision. Because I'm young, though I do not plan on children, I am happy they were able to keep everything intact - but this surgery set me back financially and I'm hoping they do not reoccur. Unfortunately for me, if I was older, money would be a deciding factor if I were to choose a hysterectomy or not.

My surgery was a close to keyhole surgery as they could have done, but I've been laid up on the couch - not doing much other than walking to the bathroom or letting the dog out. 12 days in and there is a dull pain but not as much sharp pain. The worst is when I cough or laugh. I'm taking less and less pain medicine. Make sure you still walk around a bit to avoid blood clots. I would give yourself 4 weeks to fully recover.

Good luck!

Hi.

It's good it will be laparoscopic as recovery will be much easier. I had a lsrge bikini cut done that is about 15cm. They wanted to do it open because my cysts looked irregular (though ended up both being dermoids). This was 9 weeks ago now and the cysts were both about 10cm each! I'm only 24 so keeping my ovaries was very important to me, and luckily they were both saved. My gyno said that even when he does hysterectomies he will still save the ovaries because they are so important to the functioning of the female body.

As for recovery, yours should be much easier than what I went through! I had a blood vessel not closed off properly during the first surgery and went into septic shock and developed a huge collection of blood in my abdomen, requiring a second surgery! My recovery has been long and slow and I am still getting bloating and jabbing pain. Make sure the nurses show you the correct way to get out of bed afterwards, as you need to roll onto your side and not use your tummy muscles to get up. Coughing/laughing/sneezing hurt a lot! I got a cold a few weeks after surgery and was in agony from all the sneezing/coughing! Take the pain meds for as long as you need.

Good luck xx

Why is the 2cm cyst removed or just, because they are in there anyway? Or is it not functional simple, but a complex cyst?

My daughter's 3cm hemorrhagic cyst was left inside when found during diagnostic laparoscopy even.

Bigger cysts need to come out so or so, yes.

But leave as much as you can in your body.

I know a lady, who had a CA125 of 600u/ml and a benign condition (inflammation of her abdominal wall)

The quantitative value is only valuable, when used after the operation as a screen to see what it is doing in a series, if it rose 100s.

Good luck!

I had a 7cm cyst removed last August. I also had both ovaries and tubes removed while they were in there. I was 50 when I had the surgery and was all done with the ovaries anyway. My doctor remommeded removal of both ovaries and tubes since I was in the beginnings of menopause. I also had a d&c. The surgery was a breeze. I was home by 1:00 in the afternoon watching tv comfortably on the couch. No pain at all (I did take the pain meds as prescribed. The only negative was I was bloated for about a month. Since then I feel wonderful. Swimming a mile 3 times a week. My hair and nails look the best they have every looked and my weight has finally stopped going up and down. I also had an ablation about 8 years ago because of very heavy bleeding. Again no pain, and it was great for me as no more periods!