I know all to well about having ovarian cysts AND adhesions. The good thing about the cysts is at least they can see those on CT scans and ultrasounds!
Once again, all the best!
Joy
On Wed, Mar 4, 2009 at 3:28 PM, Kris <krisl1204@yahoo.com> wrote:
> Hi, all! I just got home from the hospital after my adhesion surgery
> yesterday. My surgeon removed adhesions that were wrapped around my
> gall bladder and my colon on the right side. He also removed adhesions
> on my left side. Additionally, he found a golf ball size "chocolate
> cyst" on my right ovary. He called an OB/GYN surgeon in to remove that
> as well. He wanted him to remove the ovary as well, but the OB/GYN
> wouldn't do it as I hadn't signed a consent for that. My surgeon said
> he recommends having that removed after I recover from this surgery. The
> right sided areas where he removed the adhesions from were the areas I
> was having most of my pain. I also had pain on my lower right side,
> which is explained by the ovarian cyst. The surgeon told my mom after
> the surgery that both the adhesions and the cyst cause extreme pain,
> Don't we all know that too well??? I'm having pain from the incisions,
> but it doesn't seem to be the same type that I had before surgery. Time
> will tell for sure. I thought of all of you who suffer from this and
> was wishing each of you were there having surgery as well! I'll keep
> posting to let you know how things progress. I hope you're having a
> pain tolerant day!
>
> Kris
>