Scary...

[cornishcarlos]

Sitting outside surgery, not really knowing what's going on!

My 1st time experience of this and hope it's my last...

My wife is under going emergency surgery, suspected Ectopic Pregnancy.. I'm sat on my own, feeling a little lost... Googling things just makes it seem worse..

Anyone got any experience or just a joke to cheer me up..?

[squatncrunch]

Sorry to hear this. My friend went through the same ordeal and was perfectly fine afterwards. Stay positive and best of luck to you and your wife.

[Sheryl]

If she has made it into surgery then the prognosis is excellent. This is a comparatively common occurrence and Thai surgeons have plenty of experience with it.

If it is an ectopic they will probably have to remove the affected fallopian tube. However she can still have children with 1 tube remaining. Therr will be no long term after effects. In the short tetm tho she may have some emotional ups and downd due to thr hormonal changes of abrupt end to pregnancy.

[Phra Ek]

There's some good surgeons here - try to relax.

And stop googling - there's so many 'medical advice" sites and they can tend towards the dramatic to drive their hit rates.

(But sitting in a Thai hospital looking lost and worried is a great way to get pampered by hot nurses!)

[Jack Mountain]

Here some jokes and goodluck with the wife. It will be all fine ...

The boss walked into the office one morning not knowing his zipper was down and his fly area wide open. His assistant walked up to him and said, 'This morning when you left your house, did you close your garage door?' The boss told her he knew he'd closed the garage door, and walked into his office puzzled by the question.

As he finished his paperwork, he suddenly noticed his fly was open, and zipped it up.

He then understood his assistant's question about his 'garage door.'

He headed out for a cup of coffee and paused by her desk to ask, 'When my garage door

was open, did you see my Jaguar parked in there?'

She smiled and said, 'No, I didn't. All I saw was an old minivan with two flat tires.

Two elderly gentlemen from a retirement center were sitting

on a bench under a tree when one turns to the other and says: 'Slim, I'm 83 years

old now and I'm just full of aches and pains. I know you're about my age. How do you feel?'

Slim says, 'I feel just like a newborn baby.'

'Really!? Like a newborn baby!?'

'Yep. No hair, no teeth, and I think I just wet my pants.'

A senior citizen said to his eighty-year old buddy:

'So I hear you're getting married?'

'Yep!'

'Do I know her?'

'Nope!'

'This woman, is she good looking?'

'Not really.'

'Is she a good cook?'

'Naw, she can't cook too well.'

'Does she have lots of money?'

'Nope! Poor as a church mouse.'

'Well, then, is she good in bed?'

'I don't know.'

'Why in the world do you want to marry her then?'

'Because she can still drive!'

Three old guys are out walking.

First one says, 'Windy, isn't it?'

Second one says, 'No, it's Thursday!'

Third one says, 'So am I. Let's go get a beer..'

A man was telling his neighbour, 'I just bought a new hearing aid.

It cost me four thousand dollars, but it's state of the art.. It's perfect.'

'Really,' answered the neighbour . 'What kind is it?'

' Twelve thirty..'

Morris , an 82 year-old man, went to the doctor to get a physical.

A few days later, the doctor saw Morris walking down the street with a gorgeous young woman on his arm.

A couple of days later, the doctor spoke to Morris and said, 'You're really doing great, aren't you?'

Morris replied, 'Just doing what you said, Doc: 'Get a hot mamma and be cheerful.''

The doctor said, 'I didn't say that.. I said, 'You've got a heart murmur; be careful.'

A little old man shuffled slowly into an ice cream

parlour and pulled himself slowly, painfully, up onto a stool.

After catching his breath, he ordered a banana split.

The waitress asked kindly, 'Crushed nuts?'

'No,' he replied, 'Arthritis.

[cornishcarlos]

Turned out to be a ruptured ovary..! She is all good though, going to be in hospital for a few days. Lucky we got here in time I guess...

Thanks for the support and the old man jokes ?

[DarloKnight]

Hope your wife is ok and recovers fast. I had the same ectopic pregnancy in my ovary, I thought I had food poisoning at the time!

It was very painful because it had ruptured and also had internal bleeding.

It is a very emotional time my hormones were all over the place.

All I wanted was rest, support and love.

[cornishcarlos]

Thanks Darlo

[colinneil]

Cornish Carlos
Be strong be there for your wife console/comfort her,she needs you to be strong.
Womens hormones go crazy at times like this.She maybe a little strange with you, calm my friend
patience. Remember true love conquers all.

[Sheryl]

They will probably have removed the affected ovary but as with fallopian tube she can stilll have children later with just the one and no effect on menopause etc as the one remaining ovary will produce sufficient hormones.

This could have resulted from either a ruptured ectopic pregnancy or a ruptured ovarian cyst. If the former there will be some mood swings etc.

And of course she'll be sore for quite a while at the incision site.

[cornishcarlos]

Cornish Carlos

Be strong be there for your wife console/comfort her,she needs you to be strong.

Womens hormones go crazy at times like this.She maybe a little strange with you, calm my friend

patience. Remember true love conquers all.

She must have had this happen on a regular basis then Just kidding but she is fine... Don't think they removed the ovary, was a cyst that ruptured I believe ?

We have a nice room in the hospital, which I hope the insurance covers..!

Main thing is, she got to the hospital in time and is doing well now

[DarloKnight]

Glad to hear your wife is doing well. Brought back some sad memories for me.

They did not remove my ovary, the female surgeon said, and these were her exact words "I scraped it out and stitched the ovary back up"! And she then finished with "I was late picking my daughter up from school due to your operation". This was in the UK though.

I was very sore and struggled to walk for a few days I just shuffled around.

I was advised that this would not effect me getting pregnant again but if I did get pregnant to get a scan as soon as I could to make sure it was not ectopic.

All the best again to you and your wife. :-)

Edited November 28, 2014 by DarloKnight

[cornishcarlos]

Glad to hear your wife is doing well. Brought back some sad memories for me.

They did not remove my ovary, the female surgeon said, and these were her exact words "I scraped it out and stitched the ovary back up"! And she then finished with "I was late picking my daughter up from school due to your operation". This was in the UK though.

I was very sore and struggled to walk for a few days I just shuffled around.

I was advised that this would not effect me getting pregnant again but if I did get pregnant to get a scan as soon as I could to make sure it was not ectopic.

All the best again to you and your wife. :-)

Thanks again. Nice words x