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Seeking Answers Surgery or No Surgery?
Minimally invasive Robotic assisted surgery, normally no hospital stay required, 2-4 tiny incisions compared to a large incision when abdominal is done, ...
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- I have some oral survey coming up myself , I have also had back survey since I was give the word that I have the big D. Both Dr want to make sure my sugar was under c...
- Ask your doctor about the da Vinci hysterectomy. Minimally invasive Robotic assisted surgery, normally no hospital stay required, 2-4 tiny incisions compared to a lar...
- I'm not sure about the fibroid issue, but I had a procedure called endometrial ablation for extremely heavy periods and cramps. You may want to discuss this with your...
Seeking Feedback Regarding Tubaligation Surgery
Not just about the surgery but about what it represents. I really dont know..." ... minimally invasive surgery · pregnancy after tubaligation ...
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- Hi C., Wow, 5 kids! You beat me by 1. I have 4 children who are now 30, 28, 14, and 11. I have no regrets whatsoever. I had my first when I was 20, and my last when...
- Believe me I was very nervous when i had mine done,expect some pain.I had mine done after having my fourth child my pain was worse after surgery then from delivering a...
- I had it done 6 weeks after my third child. I wanted more children, but my husband did not. I had medical insurance so I did it instead of him. 3 years later we were d...
Getting Surgery for Prolapsed Bladder
I had a similar surgery nearly two years ago. It was minimally invasive, I took one days worth of pain meds and then set them aside. I was out of work for ...
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- Hi, I am S.. I had a complete hysterectomy in 2000. They had to tack up my bladder and I have not had any complications from it at all. That has been 8 years ago and n...
- I am 63 now. I had a vaginal hyst when I was 35. It was the best day of the rest of my life. No more cramps and bleeding! I had a good helper at home. At the time, th...
- I have not had this procedure done but if you went through natural child birth four times I do not see how this procedure could be more painful than that.
Seeking Women Who Have Had Fibroids Removed via Myomectomy Procedure
He is a fertility specialist who performs a minimally invasive myomectomy via laproscopic surgery. He made 3 tiny incisions in my belly button and abdomen. ...
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- I had one son in 1999 and had a couple of large fibroids removed by myomectomy in 2001. I was supposed to take it easy for 4-6 weeks, but that wasn't possible, and rec...
- I had a myomectomy performed by Dr. Charles Miller who has offices in Naperville and Arlington Heights. You can google him if you want to read his info. He is a fertil...
- I had a myomectomy in 2001 in Florida. Because I had so many fibroids and some larger ones that were causing problems my options were this or a hysterectomy. I was in ...
Blocked Tear Ducts
The eye specialist highly recommends that I have the "minimally invasive" surgery within the next month (the success rate is supposedly 98% at one year and ...
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- Hello J.!! Well my son who is 2 years now had it the procedure done twice! He was 17 mths old when he had it done the first time & it went well for like a month but ...
- My second daughter had this problem, but only till she was about four months old, and then it cleared up. However, a good friend of mine has a 14 months old girl who ...
- do it. I know it's scarey.. but my friend did nothing until her son was over 2.. and now he is 12.. and he still has a big problem with his eye.. and now it can't be ...
Scared to Have a Much Needed Surgery.
I'm scared of complications over the surgery and of possibly losing my job ..... Minimally-invasive and heals relatively quickly (relative to having all the ...
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- Do speak to your company's HR department. The FMLA is a federal act and only small companies are able to skirt around it. If you work for a city agency, for instance, ...
- Oh, you poor thing! You have to put your health first! You will be a better mother and worker once you are feeling better. Legally, they cannot fire you for taking med...
- In Sept 08, I had a UFE procedure. Uterine fibroid Embolization. It is where they block the blood flow to the fibroids to stop the growth, shrink them down and stop ...
Tubes in Ears for 19 Month Old
It is a minimally invasive surgery that doesn't take very long. Brayden hasn't had one ear infection since the placement of his tubes and he is now 3. ...
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- My 10 year old and my 6 year both had to have tubes put in. The tubes made life so much easier for them and me. The surg. is quick. The biggest thing the doctor wor...
- My daughter had tubes put into her ears around 2 years of age. It was extremely hard to give her to the nurse and walk away, but when they gave her back to me I swore...
- I Y. I know what you are going though with your child. I have a daighter that had tubes put in her ears when she was four years old. It stopped the ear infections. ...
Has Anyone Ever Had Their Gallbladder Removed?
Very minimally invasive with laproscopic technology. But,it is still major abdominal surgery. And although several people told me they were back to work ...
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- I too had it done during pregnancy and it was the best thing I had ever done! Sounds stupid but did not realize until after how often I felt sick to to the "cholestero...
- Hi O., I had my gall bladder removed a year ago, and it's really not that bad. I had just had my 2nd C-section, so I was especially freaked out. Just the thought of...
- I had my gall bladder taken out when I was pregnant with my first child. I was also afraid for my child but I was in so much pain and couldn't eat a thing and to me th...
Thyroid Problems
Surgery is minimally invasive, but make sure your surgeon is skilled in the procedure. You need to keep your parathyroids and many nerves that effect your ...
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- I have! At age 40 when I was still nursing my baby, I was diagnosed with chronic acute hyeractive thyroiditis. The options (6 years ago) were radioactive iodine or PTU...
- I was hyperthyroid about 10 years ago. I took radioactive iodine. The full dose is supposed to kill your entire thyroid and then you have to take supplements. I asked ...
- I have Grave's disease as well (hyperthyroidism). I had difficulty getting pregnant for 4 yrs. and my Dr. found a goiter on my neck as well. He wanted to do a biopsy, ...
Tubal Ligation Not Immediately Post-birth Information
It's a one day surgery type thing. You do not vomit afterwards. ... Apparently it can be minimally invasive now - post birth, through the belly button, ...
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- FYI all that is not up to date on this procedure. I had this done and it is by far way different than cutting and burning. I had one done where they go through the nav...
- Ann, My advice would be to go for the vasectomy. It is a very minor in-office procedure. My husband did it, and it took about 15 minutes. He was on the couch for...
- While I must agree that the vasectomy seems like the easiest answer, tubal ligation surgery has changed slightly from what we all remember. Apparently it can be minim...
