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recovery time after salpingectomy?
ericadisaster
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hi all. i am new to this forum but not new to loss, unfortunately.
i had an emergency salpingectomy to remove my right tube on wednesday 4/23 after my tube ruptured due to an ectopic pregnancy. that whole process was pretty traumatic, though fortunately i knew that the pregnancy was not viable before the rupture so i was prepared for that.
i started to feel a bit better on friday evening, and yesterday i was very active. i have three flights of stairs in my house and i went up and down several times. by bedtime i was in a lot of pain and discomfort, and i feel as though i overdid it. i haven't taken any pain medication in 12 hours and i am very uncomfortable, which leads me to believe i am not ready to go back to work. i have a lot of discomfort at my incision site, and cramping near my hips and in my lower back.
how long were you out of work after having a fallopian tube removed? how soon did you ease off meds?
my ttc backstory: started ttc in january 2012. tx for medical reasons/not viable at 20 weeks 7/2012. m/c at 5 weeks in 11/13 and 1/14. ectopic/salpingectomy 4/2014.
i had an emergency salpingectomy to remove my right tube on wednesday 4/23 after my tube ruptured due to an ectopic pregnancy. that whole process was pretty traumatic, though fortunately i knew that the pregnancy was not viable before the rupture so i was prepared for that.
i started to feel a bit better on friday evening, and yesterday i was very active. i have three flights of stairs in my house and i went up and down several times. by bedtime i was in a lot of pain and discomfort, and i feel as though i overdid it. i haven't taken any pain medication in 12 hours and i am very uncomfortable, which leads me to believe i am not ready to go back to work. i have a lot of discomfort at my incision site, and cramping near my hips and in my lower back.
how long were you out of work after having a fallopian tube removed? how soon did you ease off meds?
my ttc backstory: started ttc in january 2012. tx for medical reasons/not viable at 20 weeks 7/2012. m/c at 5 weeks in 11/13 and 1/14. ectopic/salpingectomy 4/2014.
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Re: recovery time after salpingectomy?
BFP #1: 6/25/09 EDD 2/13/10 @ 6 weeks- Saw HB @ 9 weeks - DS born 2/11/10 (39w5d)
BFP #2: 2/20/13 EDD 11/4/13 - Saw HB 3/19/13 (7w2d) - MMC discovered 4/13/13 (10w5d) - Est. loss @ 9w3d - D&C 4/14/13
BFP #4: 9/10/14 (3w6d) EDD 5/21/15 - natural MC 9/23/14 @ 5w5d
BFP #5: 11/23/14 (3w3d) EDD 8/4/15 - Please be our Rainbow!
I only stayed on Tylenol 3 for the first weekend, because that's all the hospital sent me home with. After that I took 600mg of motrin every 6 hrs and 500mg Tylenol every 4 for the next week or 2. I stopped taking the Tylenol first. Then started decreasing motrin. Motrin helps with the swelling. This is the first week I've not taken anything.
Take it easy. The more you push yourself now, likely it will only set you for a longer recovery. Please be patient. Your hormones and emotions are probably going to kick in too. I'm stilling crying some nights.