Hey everyone, I wanted to share my experience since reading posts here really helped me before my surgery.
I had my bilateral salpingectomy and endometrial ablation yesterday. My arrival time at the hospital was 6:45 AM and I was taken into the OR at 8:45 AM. I actually walked into the OR myself which felt surreal but not scary.
Before going in I told my OB, the nurses, and the anesthesiologist that I have a strong fear of nausea and vomiting. They reassured me they would take preventative measures and give me medication through my IV before I woke up. The only surgery I had before this was a tonsillectomy when I was 6, over 30 years ago, and I remember being very nauseous in recovery, so that was my biggest fear going into this.
When I woke up I was very nauseous. That was honestly the worst part of the whole experience for me. They gave me Gravol and Zofran but nothing beyond that, which surprised me a bit since I had been so clear about my fear. I did not vomit, but the nausea was intense and I felt like I had to stay completely still or I would. I also had a high heart rate (144 resting) and a bit of a fight or flight feeling while I was in recovery.
One thing that stood out to me is that I woke up completely coherent. No confusion at all. I knew exactly where I was and what had happened right away.
Once I left the hospital and got home, everything changed pretty quickly. The nausea went away and has not come back at all.
It is now 4:10 PM the next day and I have had zero pain. I have not needed to take any pain medication so far. Yesterday after getting home I went for a short walk, and today I went for another walk and even did a grocery run. I also have had zero gas pain, which I was expecting but never experienced.
No issues with peeing or bowel movements either.
Honestly it feels kind of surreal. I almost do not believe I had surgery yesterday because of how normal I feel physically now.
Overall, the surgery itself and recovery so far have been much easier than I expected. The only difficult part for me was the nausea in recovery.
If anyone has questions feel free to ask, I know how helpful these posts can be.
Also they checked for endometriosis and didn’t find any. I know a lot of women get diagnosed with it during this surgery, so I feel pretty fortunate that I wasn’t one of them.