u/Bendy_Birdie

How long does surgery recovery take?

I had diagnostic laparoscopy with excision on a Friday when I was 17 and was back to school by Monday. 17 year olds can bounce back from anything like 🫰🏻though.

I am having an IUD taken out under anesthesia. While having to do this, my OB offered to do laparoscopic surgery as well since I will have to go under anesthesia anyway. When asking about the difference in recovery time she said 3-5 days with 2 weeks lifting restrictions. I will be having the procedure on a Wednesday and am planning to be back the next Tuesday. I work in home health physical therapy, for context.

Is this enough recovery time? It seems like a lot of people take off a LOT more time than this.

I have to have surgery anyway and am wondering if I should have an excision done since I will be there anyway. Does anyone have experience with Dr Moon for excision?

I was referred to her for an IUD removal under anesthesia from my surgery center because the strings decided to play hide and seek and my regular OBGYN was unsuccessful in the office.

I had surgery/was diagnosed officially back in the fall of 2011. Symptoms have been actively managed with BC ever since but have been getting progressively worse. I have been having issues with PMDD type symptoms as well and wonder if it is related to endo. I had considered another surgery but after an increase in birth control, things have been more tolerable. When I went for my consultation, this was brought up as an option. Recovery shouldn’t be too much longer and since I will already be there it may be worth it to have it done as well. Just worried as I don’t know much about this doc and don’t want to rush into a surgery now when things aren’t “that bad” and make it where surgery isn’t an option down the road when it might be worse. Also worried about the “if it ain’t broke, don’t fix it” side of things where I may end up worse off with scar tissue or other complications than I started.