What does laparoscopic surgery feel like after everything has been done? And do you think it would feel the same (meaning the pain after surgery) around your upper abdomen the way it feels around your lower abdomen?
A little achy, crampy. Your abdomen feels a bit like you got punched. Good drugs (and an epidural, in my case) help.
The appendectomy hurt worse - probably because it was a bigger incision, and messier. That was right side, below the belly button, but only by an inch or so. That hurt for weeks after.
The whole thing depends on how much stuff got mashed around, and how big the incision is. Also, if you try to do too much too fast aftyerward, it hurts because of trying to use sliced and/or bruised muscles!
And if you have your ovaries..and not a uterus..and if you havent gone through menopause yet...how does the whole period thing work?
Supposedly, you get the hormone based PMS, but not the uterine bleeding and cramping while the uterus tries to turn itself inside out. I'm sure I'll have plenty TMI to post about it in a few months.
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A little achy, crampy. Your abdomen feels a bit like you got punched. Good drugs (and an epidural, in my case) help.
The appendectomy hurt worse - probably because it was a bigger incision, and messier. That was right side, below the belly button, but only by an inch or so. That hurt for weeks after.
The whole thing depends on how much stuff got mashed around, and how big the incision is. Also, if you try to do too much too fast aftyerward, it hurts because of trying to use sliced and/or bruised muscles!
And if you have your ovaries..and not a uterus..and if you havent gone through menopause yet...how does the whole period thing work?
Supposedly, you get the hormone based PMS, but not the uterine bleeding and cramping while the uterus tries to turn itself inside out. I'm sure I'll have plenty TMI to post about it in a few months.