Partial Hysterectomy Recovery Time?
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Comments (3)Oooh, I feel for you. I can't give you advice on this, but I agree with Sylvia that this forum is sometimes slow with responses to such a specific problem and she is right on with the Kitchen Table Forum. There is a wealth of info there and they always have a chair open to join them! Good luck with your health issues, I went through similar problems in which they also took out my gallbladder (which, like you, wasn't the problem) but mine turned out to be thyroid and stomach issues rolled into one. I felt like a lab rat at the end of the first two years of testing and know how frustrating it can be. Let us know if you get any news....See MoreHysterectomy with fibroids
Comments (20)Hi all. The hysterectomy Monday went great. He was able to do the whole thing with no incisions -- all through the vagina! Not even any small incision for the laparascope. I don't know how he managed, but he said he just cut away at the uterus and the big fibroid and got them all out. Ovaries look great and stayed in place. I feel pretty darn wonderful. Spent one night in the hospital and came home before lunch Tuesday. I did have trouble in recovery -- apparently my blood oxygen level dropped and they couldn't give me any more pain meds for fear it would drop further, so I did hurt there for about five hours. The floor nurses gave me meds after I got up there and I felt better. Only mild nausea, and they gave me meds for that. No catheter upon waking, so I got to get up and go pee. I really think this is the way to go -- I do already feel "lighter" in the abdomen, not so squishy and heavy. My advice is ask your girlfriends and find a surgeon who's done a good job for someone you trust, and sign on with him/her. That's what I did and I'm not sorry. Then tell your surgeon your concerns, even the ones you think might be asking too much, like "I don't want a catheter when I'm awake." I did have some severe constipation, probably from the Vicodin pain pills. I took only two a day, but I suffered for it. I'm not taking any more and I don't hurt at all, just a little sore and tired. Oh, and don't try pushing the silverware drawer closed -- even that is too much of a push/pull action. They really mean it when they say NO PULLING ANYTHING. NO PUSHING ANYTHING. It will surprise you what muscles you use for that. He took my cervix, so sewed a flap at the end of it and sewed that to the muscles that used to hold up the uterus. Those muscles are attached to the back muscles. The big fibroid was fist-sized and pressing hard on my intestines. Gee, that explains the irritable bowel syndrome, eh? I swear to God, ladies, I feel so much better. Of course, I was really suffering there for about three years, and my body did me the favor of starting one last period last Friday just before the surgery. :) So yeah, bottom line, hysterectomy, regardless of how much it might have been abused in the past by the male-dominated medical profession, is sometimes exactly what a woman wants. Best wishes to all of you as you take good care of yourselves and one another, and research your options. You've been a great comfort and help to me. sincerely, Stony...See MoreTotal Hysterectomy
Comments (22)Mine was a radical hysterectomy. Hospital stay was two weeks with another week in bed, only getting up when necessary. Don’t know how long the surgery lasted, but I suspect it was longer than my previous ones. I tend to react poorly to anesthetic; out like a light; difficult to wake; extreme nausea - on a ‘baby dose.’ That time was a whopper! My back was badly bruised, and my legs were swollen the size of a wrestler’s. The nurses kept commenting how athletic they were, while I protested I have bird legs, normally. The scar was a work of art “so I could wear a bikini.” Well, I had never worn one prior, and never have since. My expectation to be back to work in record time, dragged to 6 mos. I’m certain it would have been sooner if I had a desk job. I’m not content doing nothing. I also experienced the feeling as if my insides were shifting others mention....See MoreLose taste/flavors after hysterectomy ?
Comments (19)Norsetex, your loss of sense of taste could be due to temporarily low zinc levels, due to all the zinc that your body will have been needing post-operatively for wound healing. Although zinc deficiency is problematic to ID with blood tests, if you find you have two or more zinc deficiency symptoms (google them) that could help confirm it. (These can include white spots and half-moons on nails, unusual hair loss, and low mental energy and mood, for example.) You could try eating lots of zinc rich foods (again, google them) and/or supplementing with a standard dose of around 10 - 30mg elemental zinc for a while. (The elemental zinc level is likely to appear in smaller print on the bottle than the overall amount which will be much higher.) This level should not be harmful to take even if it turned out that wasn't the problem. A number of medications can also cause taste/smell loss/alteration, so if you've been prescribed something new it could be worth googling it to see if this is among its possible side-effects. My very best wishes for your full recovery, both in the short and long term. :-)...See MorePeaBee4
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