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I have no experience with this, but maybe you want to get a second opinion before surgery? Or do some Google research to make sure that removing it is the most common form of treatment?

@time2sing: I also had my left Fallopian tube removed laproscopically. Everyone's bodies recover at different rates, but I'd say that I was feeling much better, pain-wise, about a week and a half after surgery.

My recovery was compounded by 2 liters of blood loss (ectopic, tube burst), so it took me awhile to get my energy back. You obviously won't have to deal with that.

For pain - the worst was the bloating. The incisions healed quickly and they used tape for them, so I didn't even have to worry about getting stitches removed. (Also, evidently blood is an irritant and your internal organs do not like touching it - who knew?! So I had abdominal pain from that, too.)

My best advice would be to get up and walking as soon as you can, and move often (it will get the gas out). But at the same time, take it easy! Don't overdo it too soon, or you'll be sore.

I was in the ICU on a Tuesday (just because of the blood loss) and was back at work a week and a half later on a Friday, but doing limited physical work (mostly just sitting at my desk).

I can't give you advice on cycles obviously, since mine involved a pregnancy. I ended up having to go get a methotrexate shot 4 weeks after surgery, since my body did not want to let go of the fact I wasn't pregnant anymore.

And I know this doesn't apply to you, since you're doing IVF, but if there's anyone else out there wondering - Seven months after surgery, we did IUIs. I got pregnant with twins on the second IUI (one embryo survived). And I got pregnant naturally when my daughter was around 9 months old (miscarried, but still - it means egg can still meet sperm!).

Best of luck with your IVF! I hope this is a turning point for you!

I had laparoscopic surgery on my left tube due to an ectopic pregnancy. @magnoliamama42: gave some really good advice and I will second the walking. The physical pain was not nearly as bad as I expected, I was just slow on my feet and bloated. I had the surgery on a Tuesday, left the hospital on a wed and was back at work thurs and fri. Since you have a week off I think you'll do great. Good luck

just wanted to say good luck! i had a fallopian tube removed a long time ago and was able to get pregnant and have healthy pregnancies twice with one tube. i know you already know that it just takes one tube, just wanted to send some encouragement!

I had it done when I was teenager due to a large cyst that entangled the tube. Like others said, it was about a week recovery before I was back at school. I was able to get pregnant with just the one tube.