Thank you for your question and welcome to EmpowHer!
I am sorry that you have to make the decision to remove one of your ovaries. How are you coping with this? Do you have a good support system at home?
A laparoscopy is a minimally invasive surgical procedure in which your surgeon will either cut a very tiny hole through your umbilicus or lower abdominal area in order to get to the right ovary and remove it with as little bleeding and scarring as possible. Perhaps this is what your doctor was discussing with you as an option to remove the right ovary. It is surgery and you will still need recovery time after, but it is one of the great advancements made in the operating room.
If what he wants to do is use the laparoscope for a diagnosis, then this may be the best option for you because you may not necessarily have to remove the ovary.
Here is some more information on laparoscopies: http://www.webmd.com/digestive-disorders/laparoscopy-16156
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Hi anieaka,
Thank you for your question and welcome to EmpowHer!
I am sorry that you have to make the decision to remove one of your ovaries. How are you coping with this? Do you have a good support system at home?
A laparoscopy is a minimally invasive surgical procedure in which your surgeon will either cut a very tiny hole through your umbilicus or lower abdominal area in order to get to the right ovary and remove it with as little bleeding and scarring as possible. Perhaps this is what your doctor was discussing with you as an option to remove the right ovary. It is surgery and you will still need recovery time after, but it is one of the great advancements made in the operating room.
If what he wants to do is use the laparoscope for a diagnosis, then this may be the best option for you because you may not necessarily have to remove the ovary.
Here is some more information on laparoscopies: http://www.webmd.com/digestive-disorders/laparoscopy-16156
Best of Luck to you and please keep us updated!
March 8, 2010 - 3:29pmThis Comment
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