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I have an appointment in St Louis this Friday to see a nurse, nut, and have my psych eval. Im nervous but looking forward to any information they can give me. I have had 3 abdominal surgeries in the past so my big fear is that they will not be able to it laproscopically. Anyone ever have it done open? Or have a lot of scar tissue but able to have it done lap? And is there any long term complications that someone can think of? Im trying to come up with lots of questions for my appt!

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I have what I like to refer to as a "zipper scar" from a full hysterectomy a few years ago; scar tissue all over that sucker... but so far, all the tests and everything I have had done, does not seem to indicate this will be a problem :)

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That's good to hear... I have a big hunkin scar like that too, a couple of them unfortunately. We will see how things go. Good luck to u!

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When are you planning on having your surgery done? What kind of tests did they do to look at scar tissue? Im so paranoid that they will have to do an open operation. I was supposed to have a lap gallbladder, but i woke up to them saying they had to open me up.

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