Managing Endometriosis/Post Unilateral alpingo-oophorectomy

01/22/2016 1:38AM

You poor thing. I had this same surgery in 9/13 to remove an endometrioma (large dark colored filled cyst) on my left ovary attached to the pelvic wall. I had my left tube and ovary removed too. I had already had a laparoscopic surgery in 1/13 to remove some endometriosis and adhesions. The endometrial cyst was found then, but the Doc couldn't get it then. She wanted to check on it in a few months and it was still growing. She said it took both hands to get under it and pull it off the pelvic wall. The first surgery was a somewhat painful recovery, but was doable. The second one which was for the large endometrioma and ovary and tube was worse than I had expected too. It seemed to take longer to recover than I had expected and I had to keep downing pain medicines for longer than originally expected. I totally understand what you are going through. I feel for you and am sending you white light and healing vibes. I hope you feel better soon and that the pain subsides soon!

Laura V.

I love hearing other women's stories on this! Let me know how you're doing now or what you have done to manage or if there has been any improvements. Thanks for reaching out

GeminiWitch83 Amanda

Well, it has been a little over 2 years since I had this particular surgery and it's been 3 full years now since I had the first laparoscopic surgery to remove some endometriosis that found the endometrioma. The pain and issues from the endometriosis have been greatly improved. I did have issues with my IUD coming out for the past year, and my insurance didn't cover the replacement, so it took me a little while to save up to have that one removed and a new one inserted. From that, I was having increasing amounts of pain and cramping. It got to the point that when I did any kind of exercise besides some walking I would get swelling and moderate to severe cramping the next day. I finally had that replaced at the beginning of November and was stil having some cramping issues with exercise up until I had a follow up December 24 and was given an OK to start exercising again. I took it slow for a couple of weeks before I started Dietbet again and started exercising again. Now, I am not having those issues. My periods are starting to get a little more severe again, but it could be from the IUD still getting re-adjusted. I did have some of the PCOS type cyst pain like the little water filled kind that grow and burst and drain out here within the past few weeks too, but all in all ever since the two surgeries in 2013, I have had a great improvement with the endoemtriosis issues. It took me a few months to where I started feeling like I could exercise again or do a whole lot