Post Operative Appointment and the Report

Jeff and I went back to CEC this morning to have the cath removed and to have a post op appointment with Dr. Sinervo. Dr. Sinervo went over the pictures with us and he asked if I had any questions/concerns. I did tell him that I had several questions. He took his time and answered each and every one of them. He checked out my incisions (which is something I haven't really done yet due to pain and Jeff's descriptions of them).

I have a 9 page operative report to read through and a huge pathology report to read through. I read through part of the operative report but couldn't finish it...I found myself getting too emotional about it. But I can tell you this...

I was diagnosis with Stage 4 endometriosis. Out of a possible 150 points, I had 109. This isn't something that you want to get a high score on. My uterus had 3 diagnoses...endometriosis, adenomyosis, and leiomyomata (fibroids). My cul-de-sac was totally obliterated. My left ovary was covered with adhesions, multiple cysts, and sites of old cysts. My right ovary had an ovarian cystectomy (removal of the ovarian cyst). There's more to the report but I haven't read it all yet.

I will say this though...after my first 2 surgeries, I was laid up for a few weeks. I needed help getting on and off the toilet. I needed help to get on and off the couch. I needed to be followed as I walked from one room into another.

Here I am 4 days post op of a major 7 hour surgery and I can walk around our hotel room, walk around the grounds of our hotel not once, not twice but three times this evening. My first line of pain defense is 3 advil (that's 600 mg folks) every 6 hours. If that doesn't work then I'm on a prescription pain med. This is so much different than after my first two surgeries. I'm happy that I researched my choices for endometriosis excision experts and so far I'm extremely happy with Dr. Albee and the rest of the crew at the CEC. They are wonderfully supportive there.