Re: Hysterectomy and Pancreatitis

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In a message dated 7/24/2004 9:56:46 PM Eastern Daylight Time,

rjlind@... writes:

My question, have any of you had to go thru surgery like that with

pancreatitis and if so did it make the pancreas worse?

Hi Jean:

I had a cyst on my ovary burst but at the time I didn't have pancreatitis.

The cyst that burst was very large and it caused gangrene and parintinitis

through out my belly. The gangrene and parintinitis were so painful. The

surgery

was nothing compared to the poisoning I had from the cyst that burst. I wish

I could tell you more to alleviate you fears but since I didn't have

pancreatitis at the time I am limited.

I was so sick I was rushed to the hospital in an ambulance and operated on

right away. I had to have my stomach pumped for days. The pain from the cyst

bursting was horrendous. I believe the surgery won't be terrible for her.

Living with pancreatitis is worse that having surgery in my opinion. I had one

ovary removed when I was 28. I had a hysterectomy due to ovarian cancer when I

was 51. I have had many other surgeries through out the years including the

PT/ICT. Please try not to worry too much about having this surgery. I

have a daughter who is 35 and I know how you must feel but maybe it is a good

thing to have her ovaries removed if they have cyst on them. I had cyst and

they changed to cancer. Hold on and know that I am thinking of you and .

We mothers always have something to worry about our children. Shirley

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Hi Jean,

I just wanted to share my experience with burst ovarian cysts,

surgery and pancreattis.

I had a burst dermoid cyst on my left ovary which twisted and

became gangreneous. I had emergency surgery which removed

the ovary and fallopian tube, removed a smaller cyst on the right

ovary while saving the ovary and fallopian tube and the uterus

was left alone (no hysterectomy in my case). Because I had a

less than optimal gyn surgeon I ended up with a second case of

pertonitis from a large untreated infection and had to undergo a

second emergency surgery 5 weeks later. During this surgery, I

got acute pancreaititis and to make a very long story short, have

never been the same (have CP). However, I didn't have a history

of pancreatitis prior to this....it is my belief that the surgery gave

this to me. So in your daughters case, I would suspect that there

may be an increase risk of getting a case of AP from the surgery

- just from the trauma of the illness and procedure alone. But,

maybe not........

But, peritonitis from the burst ovary or from an infection is life

threatening and a patient has no choice but to have the surgery

done and it has to be done as soon as possible. The

hysterectomy part though, as far as I know, is elective and

should be considered carefully before she consents. There are

long term side effects as well as immediate concerns with

complications involved with removing the uterus when there is

an infection in the abdomen (in my case, they couldn't remove

the appendix because of the infection - too risky). But everyone

is different and the only important thing is that the infection /

peritonitis gets addressed and treated immediately. This is a

very life threatening condition - the surgery is usually done as an

emergency.

Laurie

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Jean,

I am so sorry to hear about what happened to , She will most

definitely be in my prayers. I know you worry about the surgery, but

with an infection like that, it's is more then likely necessary for them

to do the hysterectomy to fight the infection so it doesn't make her

worse. If you could send us an address to send cards, I'm sure many of

use would like to send her a card to help keep her spirits up.

Kimber

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Kimber

Vallejo, CA

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physician or health care professional.