Surgery - what to expect?

[HortC11]

Hi,

I am just looking for some advice on what to expect when having surgery for endo. I have been given a date in Dec for surgery to remove ovarian cysts, possibly remove Fallopian tubes if they are both blocked and damaged, & also bowel resection. I haven’t heard from the hospital but had lots of things uploaded to my online portal today which seem to suggest I need to go in beforehand for blood tests? I also don’t know how long I’m likely to be in hospital for this surgery & also how long approx the recovery time would be? I’m going to call the hospital tomorrow but would really like to hear what other peoples experiences have been.

Thank you x

[Lindle]

I assume you are under a specialist endo centre so should have the contact for the specialist endo nurse. I'd contact them.

[HortC11 in reply to Lindle]

Hi. Yes I intend to contact them but it would be helpful to hear other peoples experiences as to what to actually expect

[Lindle in reply to HortC11]

So you will have had all the necessary scans and discussion with the multidisciplinary team so presumably they have a good idea of what might be involved. You will have a pre op assessment so they'll call you in for that. I didn't have a bowel resection but had RV endo including ureters and my surgery was 7 hours long. I was kept in overnight. With a potential bowel resection you presumably have severe RV endo so I'd expect it to be a long op. I recovered well but if you do have a bowel resection then recovery can be take se time but obviously everyone is different. They say to give 6 months to know if you've turned a corner but some will recover more quickly