The Endo Surgery - Round One (Entry # 7)

(Excerpt taken from previous document of my experiences - picking up from #5)


I am hopeful and prayerful that this surgery will close the book on all of this pain I’ve been dealing with. The doctor tells me that endometriosis can reoccur. He said that one of his patients told him that she was down on the floor on her knees and she just felt like she wanted to die. I said, "yep, that’s the feeling." I have felt like I wanted to die and actually thought and said I might be better if I were dead. I quickly had to take that back, but that accurately reflects the state of mind when going through that kind and intensity of pain.

May God bless us all and may the medical field, researchers and this country increase its emphasis on women’s issues (research and cures).

Well, I began writing again. I had the surgery in November 2004. I was in surgery for many hours because I just had so much Endo on the inside to deal with, according to the doctor. Endometriosis was all over the place. My uterus was attached to my rectum by endometriosis. Yes, you've read right.  I'll discuss this in further detail in another post.

The doctor was only able to partially separate my rectum from my uterus or else he would have had to cut out part of my rectum and said I might have to wear a body bag. Also, I had fibroids in my uterus which had to be removed to the extent possible. No one knew the extent of my problems until Doc G did this laparoscopy. I was in surgery longer than anyone expected. I was so doped up when I left the ambulatory center, I was unable to stand on my own and was not aware of my surroundings. My dad had to practically carry/drag me into the house (I had both arms around his neck). Thank God for Daddy.

Later in November after the surgery and in less pain and able to get around a little better, I went in to Doc’s office to get my shot of Lupron (see section on "Why is the medicine prescribed" and  "What side effects...") which covered 3 months. Doc believed I should get on this in order to be able to heal properly and hopefully get some relief from periods and period pain and shrink the endometriosis sites. I had a period in December and that was painful, but that was it for a while. I got my second shot of Lupron in February 2005.