6 days after laparoscopy surgery for endometriosis

[Ken1370]

I’m extremely frustrated and down. I recently had three cyst and a good amount of endometriosis removed. I did good for the first few days but the last days have been crazy. I have severe aching legs from the hips to my knees and calves. My bigger concern is the dizziness. I can’t seem to get answers from surgeon. What are other experiences have you had? Any dizziness or issues with aching legs. I know I’m supposed to be up moving around but that’s pretty difficult when the dizziness takes me back to the couch or to bed. Grateful for any insight offered.

[LouLouT]

Did you have a bad reaction to the anaesthetic?

I did and have really struggled with heart palpations, breathlessness, dizziness and nausea following my lap just over 3 weeks ago. I'm still getting episodes where I go limp and breathless now.

By day 7 I was still unable to stand up straight and struggled to walk unaided. I too had quite a lot of endo removed, right over was unstuck and a cyst ruptured on my ovary. I started to improve in the 2nd week but compared to a previous operation my recovery has been very slow.

Are you able to call your GP and speak over the phone? I think it takes around a week for the anaesthetic to work it's way out of your body but you can still have symptoms for a long time afterwards.

Everyone's different and I can only tell you my experience.

I hope the dizziness eases soon.

All the best xx

[Tillyfloss]

hi. How are you feeling today? Did you stay in hospital for a few days after the operation? I had cysts, endometriosis and a frozen pelvis dealt with last may and i was dizzy afterwards but it was due to low blood pressure, drinking plenty of water helped. I was also advised to be kind to myself and not expect to much to quickly as even though it's keyhole it's still major surgery so I gave myself little goals of being up for a few minutes then having a rest and just gradually built it up. I was lucky that I'm self employed and had arranged 12 weeks for a full recovery and stayed with my parents for 3 weeks so I wasn't looking at jobs that needed attention. I was extremely tired as well and when I asked a friend that's an anaesthetist she said its normal to take a good 6 weeks to get over an general anesthetic so I found that reassuring to. Has the op helped with your pain? Xx

[Ken1370 in reply to Tillyfloss]

Thank you for taking the time to help. Today is Day 8 since lap and the dizziness started on day 4. I’m still dizzy. 2 days ago the doctor had me go back in to do my blood work and vitals. Everything was the norm other than my blood pressure was a little high but they said it’s the norm for me. Thank you for reminding me it’s not just a little surgery.

The dizziness has yet to let up and I’m scheduled to return to work in 5 days. It’s discouraging to not know what is causing this. I’m left to worry.

The pain is getting better

Thank you again