The Flowing May Be Nausiating

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Okay, first off I have to say I'm extremely nervous. I've never had a surgery a day in my life. What's worse, the area they are wanting to make the incision is the last place I would ever want any injury - my belly button. The surgery they are performing is Laparoscopy. Laparoscopy is used to dianose certain problems by looking directly into the abdomen at the reproductive organs.

I will be given a general anesthetic for the procedure (which also has me nervous). I explained to Roger that the laughing gas the denist gave me when I was younger DID NOT WORK! He tried explaining to me that I will go to sleep. So then my next concern was that I still feel things when I sleep. But then he laughed and further tried to comfort my anxiousness saying that everything will be fine and I won't feel thing. Roger had laparoscopy done on his knee prior to his surgery, but his knee is quiet a ways a way from his belly button!

For the procedure they will make a small cut inside my belly button. I already asked if they could do it a little below and the response I got was "the doctor usually goes through the navel" (Personal Communications, 2009) Part of me wants to be one of those special cases that he doesn't have to go through my belly button, but on the other hand I don't want him to do something he is not as experienced in doing. After the cut they will fill my body with a cas, such as carbon dioxide or nitrous oxide, which will allow the doctor to see my pelvic and reproductive organs more clearly. The laparoscope is placed through the cut and another insicion will be made above the pubic region; this allows another instrument to move the organs into view. One to four cuts may be made, 1/4-1/2 wide. (I never knew my body could be so complicated!)

They will also be performing a Dilation and Curettage (D&C)which dialates the uterus so that the technicians can remove uterine contents.

My diagnosis for sugery is Dysmenorrhea Menorrhagia basically a long scientific word for heavy mestrual cycles and ExTrEaM cramping but also stands for a diagnoses when "...symptoms are attributable to an underlying disease, disorder, or structural abnormality either within or outside the uterus" (Wiki, 2009).
Also while my gynocologist was examining me he found two significant lumps. He was unable to completely diagnose them without first having a more thorough look through the laparoscopy. However, he did mention the possibility of Endometriosis. Endometriosis refers to the "...tissue like endometrium (lining of the uterus) sometimes grows in places outside of the uterus. The tissue bleeds every month, as with a menstral cycle. It can cause pain, scar tissue, and infertility" ACOG Patient Education, n.d.). This could explain my infertility prior to conceiving Kambri.

Has anyone had a similar surgery, even a cesarian.. If you're still alive to tell about it, any comforting thoughts?