My 18 Day Bleeding Nightmare – Raylene’s Story

I am 41 years of age and and two years ago I was diagnosed with endometriosis after having tubal litigation on the 1st July 2011. I suffered with severe lower back, leg and abdominal pain and heavy periods for three years. I tried treatments of Provera tablets and the Mirena coil to see if the symptoms would disappear. After enduring severe pain for years and see my gyno we decided that a total hysterectomy would be my final option. So, on the 6th June 2014 I underwent surgery. The surgery was a success with five small laparascopic incisions, I still had my ovaries remaining. I was informed by my gyno that there was no endometrial tissue present during surgery but my uterus was double to three times the size of a normal uterus. On my second day of surgery I complained of lung pain and informed my doctors that I was coughing up blood and requested an x-ray, my doctor put it down as an effect of the gas used in surgery. Day three post op I was discharged home with no pain tablets, blood thinners or antibiotics. I went to my doctor on the fifth day complaining of this persistent lung pain, my doctor advised me that I may have a clot in my lung and sent me to have a VQ scan the following day in a regional town as my home town does not have those medical facilities available. The next day it was confirmed that I had two fresh blood clots in my right lung. I was hospitalized again on the 12th June where I had began Warfarin and Clexane to dissolve the clots. I was so furious that t...
Source: The Hysterectomy Association - Category: OBGYN Authors: Tags: Your Stories adenomyosis blood clot endometriosis laparascopic hysterectomy Source Type: news