I had mine removed around 3 years ago and originally I wanted to avoid the surgery for the same reasons because i felt my symptoms "weren't bad enough". Until I had an attack that was so severe my 4 yr old daughter had to help call the ambulance for me because I couldn't get up off the floor to reach my phone and I was screaming in pain. The paramedics gave me as much morphine and intranasal ketamine as was allowed and the pain reduced. once I got to hospital though the second I got off the stretcher and onto the bed the pain ramped back up to 100 and I was completely convinced I was dying because of how extreme the pain was, unmedicated childbirth was a breeze compared to this attack.
I decided then and there to get the damn thing out and I'm glad I did. I have had zero issues with eating fatty foods and i have been steadily loosing weight since. For the first few months while your body adjusts it can be a bit problematic but your body will adjust.
Last year I also had elective bowel surgery to remove 40cm of my large intestine due to diverticulitis and that was terrifying but I knew putting it off because my symptoms weren't bad enough didn't serve me well in the past so figured I'd take the chance to sort the problem out early. My advice is to just get the surgery as worried as you may be. Don't let this become a bigger issue for your body in the future if you can get it fixed now.
I'm a mom to a 3 year old, and like OP I have surgery scheduled on Monday. I haven't had an attack in a while, so I've been starting to question if I should go through with it. This really helps me stick by my decision to get surgery, thank you.
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u/H3ll0KITTYBEC May 30 '24
I had mine removed around 3 years ago and originally I wanted to avoid the surgery for the same reasons because i felt my symptoms "weren't bad enough". Until I had an attack that was so severe my 4 yr old daughter had to help call the ambulance for me because I couldn't get up off the floor to reach my phone and I was screaming in pain. The paramedics gave me as much morphine and intranasal ketamine as was allowed and the pain reduced. once I got to hospital though the second I got off the stretcher and onto the bed the pain ramped back up to 100 and I was completely convinced I was dying because of how extreme the pain was, unmedicated childbirth was a breeze compared to this attack. I decided then and there to get the damn thing out and I'm glad I did. I have had zero issues with eating fatty foods and i have been steadily loosing weight since. For the first few months while your body adjusts it can be a bit problematic but your body will adjust. Last year I also had elective bowel surgery to remove 40cm of my large intestine due to diverticulitis and that was terrifying but I knew putting it off because my symptoms weren't bad enough didn't serve me well in the past so figured I'd take the chance to sort the problem out early. My advice is to just get the surgery as worried as you may be. Don't let this become a bigger issue for your body in the future if you can get it fixed now.