Phantom pain?!
Question: Phantom pain!?
I had laproscopic surgery to remove my right ovary and fallopian about 2 weeks ago!. The reason I had these removed as because af extremely painful cyst and come to find out when they removed it they found out it was partially necrotic!. For the past week I have been having the same pain there but now there is no ovary there so there sould be no pain right!?!?!?!? I am really confused and wondering if this surgery was the right thing to do!?!? I go for a check up tomorrow and dont know if I should even bring this pain up!. Someone told me it could be phantom pain, could this be true!!?!!?!!?!Www@Answer-Health@Com
Answers:
It is possible!. Phantom pain is a completely real and serious type of pain!. It is not "made up" by the patient!.!.!.it is actually felt!. It usually takes awhile for your brain to get the message to stop sending signals to the absent body part!. It most likely is phantom pain, because the surgeon would have noticed if there was anything else in the area that was damaged or diseased!. I would definitely bring it up to your doctor!. Trust me, you won't sound crazy!.!.!.it's important to tell healthcare professionals everything on your mind, or they can't treat you 100%!Www@Answer-Health@Com
the surgery was definitely the right thing if it had started to become necrotic!. that sort of thing can spread if left untreated and can be fatal!. i would definitely tell your doctor about the pain and describe it as clearly as possible to him/her!. it could be infection, phantom pain, from still healing, or a number of other things!. s/he can't treat if if they don't know it's there!.Www@Answer-Health@Com
It could be pain from the surgery, nerves rejoining etc!. I would ask your doctor!. I doubt it is phantom pain!.Www@Answer-Health@Com