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| Uterus1: How is the recovery from endometrial ablation? |
| Dr. Craig deFreese: When people go home, it’s very common to see somebody go back to their normal activities within two or three days easily. I tell people you can do whatever you want to as long as it doesn’t hurt. I tell people I have never seen a serious complication from people going home and doing too much. I do tell them that sometimes if you’re really active, maybe you’ll get a little more bleeding, and it’s not a sign that you’re hurting anything, you’re just kind of making that tissue rub a little bit more. But it’s probably your body telling you to kind of back off and slow down a little bit here, but otherwise people can swim, take a bath, shower, they can run, they can drive whenever they feel comfortable driving.
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| Dr. Angela Cope: There is very little to no risk involved, and very few side effects. Really the only thing that we see and warn patients about is a discharge from the ablation for about 10 to 14 days. And that’s really the only side effect. They might have cramping for the first 24 hours after the procedure, but that’s usually mild and can be controlled with medication we prescribe.
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Dr. Craig deFreese
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Dr. Craig DeFreese is an obstetrician/gynecologist who practices in Altamonte Springs, Orlando, Florida. He started his practice, Devoted to Women, about eight years ago, but has been caring for female patients for more than 19 years. Noting a growing trend in women’s preference for midwives, Dr. DeFreese now shares his office with a nurse midwife who delivers babies for many of his patients.
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Dr. Angela Cope
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Angela L. Cope, M.D. is a gynecologist at Present Women’s Integrated Healthcare, P.A. in Grapevine, Texas. She received her Doctor of Medicine from Texas Tech University School of Medicine in 1990 and became a board certified gynecologist in November of 1996. She is a member of the American College of Obstetrics and Gynecology, the American Medical Association and the Texas Medical Association. Dr. Cope treats women of all ages and specializes in treating abnormal bleeding. Currently, she resides in Southlake, Texas with her husband and three kids. In her free time, she enjoys camping, watching her children play softball, and taking family trips.
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