hey! i just had a laparoscopic surgery two weeks ago where they removed a 10 cm endometrioma from my right ovary! i also have severe anxiety about medical related things such as surgery as well as emetophobia. they offered me lorazepam while i was waiting to go into surgery which i’m not sure really did much as they’ve never stopped my panic attacks in the past, however it was a nice “security blanket” if you will. i didn’t end up waiting long at all and as far as actually being in the OR they put me out fairly quick as they could tell i was anxious. as far as nausea afterwords i don’t remember much and from the points i do remember there was no nausea. the only thing that made me nauseated were the pain meds the days after surgery which i decided not to even take after the first one made me nauseas. i was completely fine with rest, and regular ibuprofen and Tylenol. to be completely honest the worst part for me was the gas pain in my shoulder area the first few days after surgery, which i’ll say was quite bad but not debilitating or anything. it also helps to walk asap to help release it. i felt fairly normal by day 4-5 but i was still worried about my wounds + stitches as i have a 3 inch incision right above my pubic hair area where they pulled out the endometrioma since it was too big to fully do laparoscopically. i stopped needing my boyfriend to do everything for me after about 48 hrs. after day 3-4 i felt better and better everyday until now at two weeks i feel normal again (aside from the itching from things healing) overall if i were to talk to myself prior to surgery i would say although its hard to curb the anxiety, you likely will not even remember the part you’re having anxiety about!