I had my 5th laparoscopy yesterday the Consultant mentioned adhesions but no endometriosis (this time).. Has anyone had this before?

[JadeH92]

Morning, so I had my 5th laparoscopy yesterday (the 1st didn't find any endometriosis but the other 3 did).

I was still in recovey when the consultant came to talk to me so he spoke to my Mum and partner Instead. I have a follow up in 2 months so I will probably find out more then.

From what I can remember my family telling me yesterday; I had a lot of adhesions which he has managed to remove, he managed to safely unstick my ovary and wrap it in a mesh to stop it sticking again and he managed to safely remove the septum in my uterus and put a anti-adhesion gel in there and in the rest of my abdomen I think to help it heal and prevent more scarring.

What I am confused about is he didn't mention any Endometriosis, so I'm not sure if; he just didn't mention it / he couldn't see it because of the adhesions / or if there wasn't any there...

Had anyone had this before? My last surgery was 4 years ago I have believed for the last 7 years I have endometriosis (I have medical records to state it was found and removed in my other surgeries) but potentially now nothing?

Can adhesions hide it? Can it just go away? I am soo confused about it all.

Anyway I surprisingly feel better than I thought I would, still sore obviously and groggy/tired and I am fully expecting once all the good stuff they gave me yesterday wears off it will hit me a bit more because I'm already starting to feel it a bit more this morning.

Thank you all for commnting on my other post with your well wishes and kind words it means alot! Yesterday all seems like a massive blur but soo glad it's over and hopefully NO MORE SURGERY EVER!!

Take care xxx

[endopositive]

Have you got your post op notes? If not you can call and ask for them. I did this looked everything up and made my question list for my follow up. Endo is difficult to find and my surgeon said unless it’s advanced in size they can’t guarantee anything. It sounds like they gave you an excellent clean up! Now what are you taking going forward? Or did they give you a coil? Xx

[JadeH92 in reply to endopositive]

I got discharge papers but I don't really understand them. They look more like what the plan was opposed to what they actually did. Going forward I'm continuing on the pill until I have healed then I will be going head with my second ivf transfer. Many thanks for replying xxx

[Linley]

Hi!

My Endo days are long gone but after my 4th Lap and 2nd Colonoscopy I was told i had adhesions (scar tissue) on my ascending colon which may be causing IBS symptoms. I am post menopausal therefore all I am left with is an irritable bowel on the right side.

[JadeH92 in reply to Linley]

Thank you for replying. Sorry to hear about your IBS but glad to hear your endo days are long gone. I am currently on my period because antibiotics (potential infection from surgery either internal or wound) has messed up my pill and I'm still in pain. Prior to my surgery my consultant said my pain could be my adenomyosis opposed to my endometriosis which means the surgery might not help... so I am hoping that's not the case and it is due to it being my first period after my surgery. But I suppose I will know more when I have my follow up appointment. Thanks again! Take care xxx