Re: SU -- Hysteroscopy without laporoscopy?

[Guest guest]

Hi again Ami,

I had lap/hys for my 1st surgery but hys only for my 2nd surgery. I

was a little freaked out by this at first because Dr. #2 was assuming

that the operative report from surgery #1 was accurate and that there

was no indentation on the outside of the uterus. Since Dr. #1 would

not admit that the surgery was not successful, I was hesitant to

believe that the report was enough to forgoe the lap. But, dr #2

reassured me that he would resect slowly and know if he was gettting

into cutting myometrium.

I knew in my heart that I trusted him and tried to ignore my fears as

the anesthesiologist put me under...I did not find out until I was ON

the OP table that the hys only would be used, so I didn't have much

time to mull it over. It worked just fine. In fact several women

have reported that their docs don't even use the lap on surgery #1

somtimes (esp. after a VERY thorough u/s showing SU).

Just curious, who is your dr in Denver? Perhaps someone here has

been to him before...

Good luck,

Sara

SU resected x2

[Guest guest]

Thanks, Sara for the reassurance.

I didn't realize that it was so common to do just the hyst. without

the lap.

My Dr. in Denver is Dr. Schlaff at the University of Colorado.

Anyone else have experience with him? Another Dr. there, Dr.

Alvero, is also going to be involved.

Thanks again for responding so quickly. This board is really a

sanity-saver!

-Ami.

>

> Just curious, who is your dr in Denver? Perhaps someone here has

> been to him before...

>

> Good luck,

> Sara

> SU resected x2

[Guest guest]

Hi Ami,

I'm so glad you've found a doctor that actually sounds like he knows

what he's doing! I will have my resection on Thursday (I'm so

excited) and my doctor will only use the hysteroscope. I was more

than a little concerned about this so I spoke to my regular OB/GYN

and she informed me that he's got so much experience that he will

know if he's cutting too far. Also, she reminded me that if

something does start to go awry that since I'll be under general

anesthesia the doctor can go ahead and bring in the laporoscope right

away.

I felt a little relieved but I was still a little worried so I talked

to the RE who will perform the surgery and he said the same thing my

regular ob/gyn told me. He also pulled out my MRI films and pointed

out to me the wonderful image we have of the outer fundal contour and

that there is only a VERY slight dip. He sketched out for me what

he'll cut away and that he's going to leave a little dip at the top

to compensate for my arcuate uterus. Once I spoke with him I felt

much relieved. I will be lying if I say that I'm not a little

nervous about the whole procedure, but I do feel confident and this

doctor has come highly recommended. I understand your nervousness,

especially since this will be your second surgery. Good luck with

everything and I hope all goes well for you this time around!

Jasmine

SU, resection sched'd 7/29/04

1 m/c, 17 wks., 2/12/04

> One thing struck me as odd. He said that since we already have the

> pictures and info from the first laporoscopy, that we don't have to

> do that part of the surgery again. I thought that the lap was not

> just to confirm bicorn. vs. septate, but also to ensure that they

> don't cut through the uterus? Is it ok to do the hys. without the

> lap.?

>

>

> Thanks!

> -Ami.

[Guest guest]

Hi Ami,

I also forgot to tell you that recovery from a hys only is SOOOO

easy. I did really well after the lap/hys - it was on a Wed and I

took off work on Thurs too and returned to work on Fri, but came home

at lunch because I was so exhausted and abdomen was tender. But with

the hys only for surgery #2 , I was feeling perfectly normal like

nothing happened by the next day! I did have more bleeding than

surgery #1, but maybe that's because he actually cut the septum out

during surgery #2 - LOL!

>

> Thanks again for responding so quickly. This board is really a

> sanity-saver!

I totally agree! I figure I owe it to the board after all of the

support it has shown me.

Sara