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Post by Ricki on Feb 26, 2007 8:05:50 GMT -5
Hi Everyone,
Last Thursday I had a laparoscopy where my gyno was looking for endometriosis, and I ended up having a diathermy. I didn't get to see my surgeon afterward, so I won't know what the results were until mid march.
I'm feeling quite alright, and have bounced back really quickly, but I'm having problems with my mood at the moment. I feel like I have really bad PMT, and I could kill someone! (no, not literally). I couldn't really say I have 'mood swings' because I haven't been pleasant and happy at all, just annoyed with the world and wanting to be left alone.
The people around me offer no support, a classic example was a friend (who is studying medicine of all things) was comparing the pain from a needle when she had a blood test to me having a laparoscopy, and I was supposed to feel sympathy for her!
I know in this case environmental factors can come into play, but I wondered if it could be after effects of this kind of surgery making me feel this way and if anyone had a similar experience?
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Post by ouchy on Feb 26, 2007 8:11:46 GMT -5
Hi, Ricki. I felt that way after my last lap. The doctor didn't visit me afterward (every surgery I have ever had the sugeron came to check on me himself!!!), and I was very confused and going crazy!!! The ONLY thing I knew was that I had to give a blood sample so the lab could perform an HIV test as one of the nurses had been cut during my surgery. I went ahead and gave the sample, because if I were in the nurse's shoes, I'd definitely have wanted to know, too. Anyway, I was just very frustrated and felt thrown-out in the cold! They also put me under too soon, so I didn't even get to see either of the surgeons operating on me! I always like to at least get an idea of the mood of a surgeon before he operates on me! So, I can understand your frustration and everything!!!
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Post by scarlett on Mar 5, 2007 15:44:01 GMT -5
I felt very depressed after my last lap, although that was probably because the results weren't so good. I cried pretty much every day for a week and felt very fragile for a few weeks (although this forum really helped!) I think it was a combination of the bad news, but pumped full of drugs and being cut off from my normal world (work, shopping, friends, etc). I got better after a few weeks but I definitely felt weird for a while.
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