'We don't know what else to do'

My last post was all about my anxiety regarding having a laparoscopy, well thankfully that's all done with now and went smoothly! However it seems not all of my anxieties were unfounded over thinking. 

Firstly I'll give you the findings; despite not expecting to find anything, we did. Nothing of large concern but it seems I am now a member of the endometriosis club (yay?)! They only found a small amount, so it's easy to conclude that this isn't causing my issues, though it is good to know about and so can now help manage it going forward. The other finding is probably more pertinent to my gut brain issues, this being a very overfull cecum (first part of the large intestine) with it actually lying lower in my body than it should be and entering my pelvic area. I don't know what this means yet, but perhaps it is part of what is causing my pain? Only time will tell! 

So which of my anxieties came true? Well, my worries about an overreaction to the procedure were valid as my body had what feels like a nuclear reaction... Why is this you may ask? I was told by numerous different medics (consultant, Drs. Nurses, the anesthetist) that it was a simple relatively painless procedure with the worst of it likely being similar to bad period pain... safe to say my body had other ideas and decided to place me in agony and make it worse with throwing up adding to the pain. It's definitely unnerving when the doctors come in to day they have run out of ideas and options, and can't understand why my body was reacting the way it was; this is where we tried to explain about the gut brain issues but needless to say it wasn't really taken on board or fully understood. I suppose this is where having anxiety came in useful for ones, because I was partly expecting my bodies reaction and so wasn't scared by it. Silver lining hey? 

So needless to say I'm very much still in recovery and trying not to go down the hole of frustration due to the additional pain and limitations I'm now fighting through - but at least I know why and understand it, I even have pictures from the laparoscopy as a sort of post card! Here's hoping things will have calmed down enough for an enjoyable Christmas.

Ta ta for now! 


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