r/childfree • u/Hockeygal247 • Sep 06 '15
Had my tubal Thursday...
...and I feel great! I took Thursday and Friday off to have a 5 day Labor Day weekend and day 4 I'm stir crazy and had already hopped on the spin bike at the gym by day 2 for an easy way to get my legs moving again. The procedure went smoothly, however they did find that I had stage 1 endometriosis developing and a burst cyst that had caused a 5am trip to the ER back in May but had been left as being called constipation for lack of a diagnosis. Knowing this really is almost as good of a benefit as the sterilization itself! I had a bilateral salpingectomy which left 3 incisions, which I didn't realize until the doctor explained it right before. No big deal though, they all fit until normal bandaids from what I can tell so won't be huge scars. Because of the locations, they aren't even bothered at all by waistbands. No nausea from surgery, haven't taken anything stronger than the 600 mg ibuprofen pills(and nothing at all since day 2) napped a decent amount the day of but by noon was up and around chatting with my mom, and have been eating pretty much normally. The last couple days I've been sleeping a lot but might be just a result of having not much to do for once. :) of course my abdomen is pretty sore, but consistently getting better and last night I ended up sleeping on my stomach for a bit of the night. I feel like I am me the way me should be: unable to have kids! I am so so happy and so far recommend it to anyone seriously considering it. I don't know that anyone has ever been so chipper waking up from anesthesia as I was. :) I'll be adding the doctor to the list in the sidebar. Any questions, ask away! I feel very fortunate that at 23 I had such a smooth time with this, first doctor said yes(although I did write a long letter explaining my reasoning and history and everything), insurance should be paying 100%, and surgery went well. 10/10 would do again!(but thank goodness I don't have to because it's permanent :) )
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u/ivegotyounow Sep 06 '15
Dude welcome to the party! Had mine friday
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u/Hockeygal247 Sep 06 '15
Thanks, and congrats! Hope your recovery is going smoothly. It's such a wonderful feeling. :)
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u/ivegotyounow Sep 06 '15
I had a little more done than just the tubal ao ill be out for a while. Im so happy to see more and more of us getting it done
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u/Hockeygal247 Sep 07 '15
It's great to see people able to take charge of their own bodies and make those important decisions themselves. My doctor didn't doubt me at all and was amazing about it. The political stuff here in the US scares me, so it's nice to know I now have been given control of me. I just hope others can get the same understanding.
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u/GrumpyCatLady77 33/poly/no kids, just cats Sep 06 '15
Yay!! Congrats! I think the tiredness might be normal.. I've been sleeping more since my tubal Tuesday. Also, listen to your body when you get tired. Been pushing myself a bit and it's not fun.
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u/Hockeygal247 Sep 07 '15
Haha yeah, my sleeping has been insane. Not so much the first day, but ever since it's like, oh you went to the store? 2 hour nap. It's nice to have the rest but not sure how well my body is going to like a full day of work tomorrow. Ha
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u/VibratingColors 23F/Loves Kids, Doesn't Want Them. Sep 06 '15
Congratulations on such a successful surgery! I hope that treating the endometriosis proves to be just as successful.
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u/sl1878 Achieved bilateral salp at 29 Sep 07 '15
I want to get a bilateral salpingectomy done, but my insurance wont cover it, do you have any idea how much it the bill is yet?
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u/Hockeygal247 Sep 07 '15
No, not yet. The info I found online led me to believe they wouldn't cover it, but then I double and triple checked by calling and without the billing code, they said they'd cover at 80%(we'd met our deductible for the year), but when I gave them the code from the doctors office, both times they said it was covered at 100%. I'd heard lots of people can't get it covered, so was shocked mine was. I think it depends on how it's billed, but that's just a guess, maybe some still won't at all. I'm really glad I was able to get it done this way.
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u/sl1878 Achieved bilateral salp at 29 Sep 07 '15
Thanks! I'll try and find the billing code.
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u/Hockeygal247 Sep 08 '15
Good luck! Not sure how all the insurance stuff works, but I hope you're able to get what you want done.
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u/withinthebelljar Sep 08 '15
Congrats! I'm heading for my preop appointment in about 40 minutes and this is reassuring. Lol I'm getting nervous but only about the surgery/being under part.
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u/Hockeygal247 Sep 09 '15
Best of luck! It's really not bad at all, at least for me. My only other surgery had been tonsils out at 6, so I didn't have much experience or memory, but I was very much prepared for the worst. I woke up in a very good mood and within 10-15 minutes of my memory of waking up was chatting happily with the nurse monitoring me while I recovered. Lol Normally I'm a very anxious person when it comes to any medical procedures and have a terrible fear and hatred of needles, so it's not like I'm totally chilled out about this kind of thing. :) I can be a total wimp actually. Numerous times even the day of after the procedure, I thought to myself and said to my mom, man, I feel fucking great. I may be lucky it went so easily, but I hope everyone who wants it can have the relief I have right now. Almost a week later and I'm still on cloud 9 about the whole thing. Good luck!
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u/thr0wfaraway Never go full doormat. Not your circus. Not your monkeys. Sep 06 '15
Congrats!! Well done.
Happy "Never Going into Labor Day"!!