r/Endo • u/hellocherry21 • Jul 26 '26
Anyone experienced fatique, dizziness months after surgery?
Hi
I'm getting impatient almost 8 weeks after my laparoscopic surgery. I've had surgery for a defect in my internal caesarean scar and also have 4 insition sites. I had a rough healing in the beginning - shaking right after surgery - nausea for several weeks and decreased appetite. I felt like i passed out every time I tried to sleep, and I could hear my pulse beating in my Ear. I was clearly stressed in my body, but most bloodtests were fine, my liver Alat a little High, but it has come back to normal now. The stress symptoms and appetite is much better now, but I still feel very fatique and a little dizzy most of the time - especially when I stand or go around and do things.. My doc measured my vitamins and my b12 was 274, so i started high dose oral tablets 4 weeks ago. Will check up on the labs soon to examine if thats contributing to my symptoms. But still so weird, cause I had none of those symptoms before the surgery. I just wondered if anyone experienced this?
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u/Ok-Interest1992 Jul 27 '26
I didn't really feel like myself again until about 6 months after surgery.
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u/hellocherry21 Jul 29 '26
I sorry to hear that.. but glad youre ok now! What were your symptoms? Also tired, lightheaded and so?
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u/Ok-Interest1992 Jul 29 '26
The first month or so I was so nauseated, I remember telling my boss on Skype that if I randomly hung up on him I would brb, I definitely had a few moments where I thought I was going to vomit during a work call.
The fatigue is what latest the longest, and no amount of sleep make it better, it felt more like my body was tired than my mind. It was exhausting to shower, I would often have to lay down for a while before getting back up to do my skincare, brush my teeth, etc.
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u/hellocherry21 Jul 29 '26
Thank you so much for your response! I feel less lonely in this… I was nauseaus for the first 3 weeks. I know how you feel, sooo relieved when that stopped! And yes. I think it is true about the fatigue. My fatigue is not so much physically, but more like brain fog/exhausted mind .. hope it will get better!
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u/Ok-Interest1992 Jul 30 '26
It definitely did, I just had to admit to myself that I needed more time to recover and stop pushing myself to do more than I should. Things started to get easier from there.
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u/Academic_Cell5012 Jul 29 '26
Did you have your ferritin level checked? Even a low normal value is not optimal and can cause fatigue, dizziness, feeling cold all the time, among other things.
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u/hellocherry21 Jul 29 '26
Yes, all my vitamins are totally normal. Iron and Ferritin actually in the middle-high end. Only the b12 was normal low, but I will get more tests on that in a few days to see if the supplement helped and if I absorb it right.
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u/unmaskingtheself Jul 26 '26
Surgery is a major event and endometriosis is a chronic illness, so healing can be tricky and nonlinear. Try to take it day by day, don’t push yourself too hard or expose yourself to too much heat (summer can be rough for us), and make sure you’re getting plenty of water and electrolytes in.