Post Hysterectomy Complications Posted: 02-01-07 03:49am
I had pelvic and abdominal pain for about
4 months before they finally found a large
ovarian tumor (by CT scan), which had to
removed surgically on December 7th. It
thankfully was benign, but it was the size
of a melon and weighed 2 pounds. They had
to do a complete hysterectomy due the
tumor being attached to just about
anything you could imagine.
The tumor had grown up over the top of the
uterus and was pressing down on
everything, which explained the severe
bladder pain I was having, and also the
bowel problems. I learned after surgery
that it was also attached to the colon and
anus. I had a 2nd surgeon who dealt with
that part of it.
I am still having awful pain when I
urinate, but an infection has been ruled
out. I also have bouts of severe diarrhea
where I can hardly make it to the
bathroom, and sometimes haven't. The
bladder pain keeps me awake throughout the
night, and sitting for a prolonged period
of time is just awful with the pain and
pressure.
My doctor doesn't doubt me when I discuss
this with him, and he has not released me
yet for work. My problem is that the
disbablity group at AT&T says I should be
recovered by now from a hysterectomy and
should be back at work. The battle is
still ongoing.
I have been on line trying to find out if
anyone else has had these issues, but I
haven't found any useful information, so I
decided to ask my questions and get
another opinion. I can't believe I could
be imagining these problems. I am
absolutely miserable. Am I alone in
having these issues, or is it something
that can happen?
You can inform the disability group at
AT&T that you've had a hysterectomy WITH a
tumor removal (tumoroectomy), ovaries &
Fallopian tube removal (adnexectomy) and
uterus removal (hysterectomy). In sum,
most or your inner genital organs were
removed. With severe diarrhea and pain
during urination you probably can’t
work. You'll have to exclude possible
intestinal infection as a reason for the
diarrhea. You need to request
microbiological examinations of the feces.
You can consult a urologist about the
gallbladder problem and an infectologist
about the diarrhea.
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