It was April 24, 2013 when I had my Robotic Surgery due to an Ectopic Pregnancy in my Caesarean scar. This was found in my transvaginal ultrasound which was done twice to see the consistency of the results as advised by Dr. Rebecca Singson who has been my Obgyne since my last pregnancy in 2011. According to her this is such a very rare case and might lead to complications and if will not be removed immediately the embryo which was 8 weeks old may rupture anytime. She gave me two options for the type of surgery the laparatomy and the robotic. It was my first time to hear about the robotic surgery so my husband and I talked to her immensely and discussed its pros and cons.

She told us that it is less invasive, less painful and faster recovery after the procedure. But of course, more expensive, but we put into consideration that this procedure will be my fourth since I had two CS operations with my two kids and one Exploratory Laparatomy when I had ruptured appendix in 2005. My husband and I consulted other doctors and asked for second and third opinions but we finally made a decision and it was to undergo the Robotic surgery since I trusted Dr. Singson so well and I don’t think I cannot bear another open surgery since my last CS operation was only during September 2011.

After a day or two we finally set the schedule of the procedure. On the day of the procedure I was taken to the operating room at around 10 am the last words I heard from my anesthesiologist is to take a deep breath and the next thing I knew is that I was in the Recovery Room at around 3 pm.

Surprisingly, after the operation I was ask to take a pain reliever by mouth and I can already drink water. Compared to the Explore Lap it was only after two days that I can take liquids. The following day Dr. Singson visited me and told me how complicated it went because of the adhesions due to my previous operations but they never gave up and have done it successfully. She also told me that I can already go home that day since everything else was normal after the procedure. True enough, I can already start to walk the day right after the procedure and they already removed the catheter. The next morning we checked out of St Luke’s Medical Hospital, so it was only a day that I have stayed after the surgery. I was given prescription of 10 tablets of pain relievers but I have taken only two tablets since the pain was bearable when I was resting at home. After a week I was able to return to work as if I did not undergo a major operation.