-- Kris >Sounds like you're recovering well! Glad to hear it and I hope you >get back to 100% and adhesion-pain-free! > >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 >>