Ladies who've done Lap and Hysteroscopy - please come in

j&j508

I have both scheduled for next week and am freaking out a bit.  How bad are they? How bad is the recovery?  We're in month 12, not yet pregnant, and I've always had really bad cramps, and my periods have been worse (heavier) in the last year.  She wants to rule out endo, so we talked about a lap, but she just called and said she wanted to do a hysteroscopy d&c too...

Any experiences you could share would be greatly appreciated!

rebelina1

I have a hysteroscopy scheduled for tomorrow to remove uterine polyps so I will let you know how it goes.

At my pre-op appt. today the RE said that the recovery will be quick.  She said I could expect some slight cramping tomorrow and some bleeding similar to AF.  She said I should be able to go back to work on Wednesday but I think I will take the day off to rest.

tankeroni

I had a lap last month and the recovery wasn't too bad.  It was pretty hard to do anything the first 3 or 4 days, so you have to make yourself lay down and rest. After a week, I felt almost back to normal again, just a little tender on the incision spots.  Just be sure you have a nice comfy place to come back to set up with everything you might need.

 

Good luck to you!

j&j508

GL rebelina! I'm sure it will go well, and I'd love to hear about it when you're feeling better.  I'll be thinking of you tomorrow!

thanks ladies.  I have it on Wednesday, and will be taking Thurs and Fri off, and then have a long weekend because of the holiday, so that should be good.  I'd love to hear more if anyone else wants to share!

lace1118

I had both back in December. It was the easiest part of this whole process. I stayed in bed for a day and a half. After that, no pain meds were needed and I was up and at it like normal. Well, normal but slow. The only painful part of it was the shoulder pain from the gas and the swollen abdomen. Good luck!!

kthappy76

Both of my hysteroscopies were no big deal, anethesia is the worst part.  I had one general (bad) and one local w/twilight (not as bad)  Haven't had a lap yet, that's up next...  GL!

LnR70707

I had both back in October (full details are in my blog...you forget some things as time passes) and I think my recovery was longer than most because I had 4 incisions for the Lap part.  I'd say little to none of my post-op pain was from the hystero...I just had a week or so of bleeding.  As long as you lay as flat as possible the day after the surgery, you won't have trouble with the gas pains.  It took about 3 days before I could even put on my own underwear without very careful maneuvering.

the comments on this blog post were very helpful to me:

https://lifeandloveinthepetridish.blogspot.com/2009/03/laparoscopy-and-hysteroscopy-what.html

SweetieD21

I think most drs like to do a laparoscopy and hysteroscopy at the same time.  I had both at the end of March.  Not really any prep...shower with antibacterial soap, no perfume, makeup, jewelry, scented lotion, hair products, and no eating or drinking 12 hrs before.  The actual surgery only took a little over a half hour, then I was in recovery for about 1.5 hrs.  I was nauseous from the anesthesia and threw up twice when I woke up.  I was pretty out of it the rest of that day.  For the few days afterwards I was sore and crampy, but by about a week after I was feeling 100% better.  I had some AF-like bleeding, but not too heavy, for about 5 days.  My surgery was on a Wed, and I took off work on Thurs.  My office was closed that Fri because it was Good Friday, so I had a nice long weekend.  I really wasn't in that much pain, so just advil worked fine for me.  Two weeks after I had an appt with my dr, he checked the incisions and went over what was found during the surgery (polyps and endometriosis).  We were ready to ttc again that next cycle.

j&j508

Thank you ladies so much! You've made me feel so much better about this!  I appreciate the tips... I'll let you know how it goes next week.