Hmm, my doctor called me the other day after and said I need to get a surgery on my right ovary very soon. At first, he thought that I had a large cyst there, but it turns out that a part of my bowel is actually stuck to my ovary. Has anyone else heard anything as weird as that? I'm just sort of in a daze trying to wrap my mind around it all.

The surgery is scheduled for the day after my 24th birthday too. Laaaaame! less

Aw, I'm sorry you have to have surgery so close to your birthday, or at all.

Endometriosis can "glue" internal organs together with endometrium; part of the lining of the uterus goes up, backwards, through your fallopian tubes, in a process called "retrograde menstruation" and the substance attaches to internal organs and can bleed, grow and wreak havoc on your body. I had some endo stuck to my uterus and my colon.

Does your doctor think you have endometriosis? Endoscopic surgery is really helpful and the recovery is fairly quick.

Good luck. less

It's alright. I actually need to get this issue taken care of before I can focus my attention on another medical problem. I have Sphincter of Oddi Dysfunction as well, and I am in the process of deciding whether or not I want to sign up for the clinical trial for that surgery, since I have a rare illness and the rarest type of that illness. (Type III sucks so much!)

Yes, he believes I have endometriosis. He mentioned something about me having a very tiny follicle on my ovary, but I was too stunned to really grasp what he was trying to tell me. I wonder if it's possible that all of this isn't SOD at all, but due to this?! I mean, I have lots of abdominal pain, vomiting, diarrhea, etc. Hopefully, after this surgery, I'll have more answers rather than questions.

Thank you so much for the very insightful comment! I'm defintely beginning to understand this all better now that I know that this gluing thing occasionally happens. less

Ooo, OW! Was your gall bladder removed when you were younger, or do you have the genetic form or the "G*d knows where it came from?" form? (That isn't in my specialty, so I'm not really familiar with the different forms in detail.) The pancreatitis and blocked liver duct complications from SOD are so painful.

I hope the surgery helps. I hope maybe it IS endometriosis and not the SOD, in the long run the sequelea of Endo is much less complicated and painful.

Hugs again. less

While I haven't had surgery on a birthday, I did spend my 11th birthday in the hospital thanks to my third seizure, my 14th birthday for a severe allergic reaction to penicillin and had my first gallstone attack the night after my 20th birthday (had the gallbladder removed the next month). But hey, you'll get to start your 24th year as a healthier you!

I send you the best of well wishes! Keep us posted on your recovery! less

I'm so sorry to hear that so many medical problems happened to you around your birthday so many times! *HUG* I, too, have a penicillin allergy and I know how horrible the reactions to it can be. Yet again, I had my gallbladder removed two years ago because I have a rare stomach disease known as Sphincter of Oddi Dysfunction (SOD) and it's usually diagnosed after the gallbladder is taken out. Once it's gone, the pain gets damn near unbearable. After this surgery, I have to consider whether or not I'll take part in the clinical trial for SOD.

Thanks for wishing me luck on my surgery and I hope you are doing much better now hun!

BTW, I love the Birth of Venus painting avatar it is awesome! less