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[HennyPenny]

....when will I be able to move around without a) being in pain and b) shuffling like a little old lady?

 

Any post-hyst ladies on here willing to share the secrets to speedy recovery? Or the secret of patience?

 

Thanks

[The Dogmother]

Try to hold yourself as upright as possible using your pelvic floor muscles, take plenty of meds if necessary - it will help your recovery in the long run if you can get/keep moving. Casting my mind back, I think I was walking carefully 36 hours after the op and gradually increasing it after that. take it at your own pace though and stop t lie down when you need to.

[Tweety]

I'm afraid there is no speedy way to recovery, and I would advise you to take it carefully. From memory, I think it was about 2 weeks post op before I started to feel vaguely human again, but didn't stop shuffling for a lot longer than that!

As Clare says, keep mobile but don't overdo things, and make sure not to pick up anything heavy for a couple of months.

Although you feel awful at the moment, it is definitely worth all the pain - I haven't looked back, nor has anyone I know who has had the same op.

Good luck, and take it easy!

[SarahJo]

Do not have any answers - but will be in your shoes soon

Bruising and where they have cut and stitched will be causing the pain - unfortunately us ladies use our lower muscles more than we think, so try little and often as Claret suggested. Also, dont push it too soon - four days is very early post op still, in my opinion

 

Hope you have a speedy recovery, and keep us posted

[The Dogmother]

Get some elasticated magic knickers! Without going into too much details, there's a fair amount of swelling - inside and out - after the op; this wobbles round and makes any walking uncomfy - these pants really help keep it all in place and stop it wobbling, just don't get them too tight.

[Margaret]

Mine was a long time ago 15 years infact, and I still remember the first week as being pretty terrible, first six weeks not great and then slowly, very slowly getting better.

You need to rest loads, sleep when you need to and do nothing. Very hard I know but belive me in the long run its fantastic but hard going in the beginning.

With the support of your family you will be fine, I think us ladies dont know how to relax aand delegate, and you must.

So take care, and you will feel better soon.

XX

[BERTIE MCSQUIRTY]

i'm 3 weeks post hysterectomy...and it does get better every day. At 4 days i was feeling very sick, my stomach was swollen and full of wind....however walking around helped a lot, once upright and back straight i felt much better

 

lots of rest....use your arms to sit up / get up and drink loads of fluid .

[Charlottechicken]

As per everyone else, take it slowly! I wasn't in any pain after my op, just general discomfort. I couldn't walk properly for a good few weeks, but at three weeks had to get the train to the GP as I had managed to split my wound open. Then I found out I could walk and relished the freedom! By six weeks I was chomping at the bit to get out, but it's that point that you can overdo things so be careful. I live on my own so was cooking tea and lifting 2 litre milk bottles as soon as I came out of hospital at three days post op, it was a struggle but not impossible.

 

It's probably best to avoid daytime television, I picked a couple of things to watch but spent most of the time sitting in the garden with the chickens. I found that a nap in the afternoon helped me, and did this off and on for at least six weeks, and then again when I went back to work part time medical grounds, I would have a lie down in the afternoons even if I didn't go to sleep. I finally mastered the technique of getting out of bed without using tummy muscles after I recovered!

 

Best wishes with your recovery, and good luck to SarahJo

[craftyhunnypie]

Don't rush your recovery! Even holding a cup of tea can put strain on you post op. Get others to help out as much as poss & just do a teeny bit more each day. You want to recover safely & slowly. Might be an idea to wear some maternity trousers with a large belly band on. Nothing like things resting on scars or causing you discomfort with wobblyness! Ouch!

Good luck

Emma.x

[HennyPenny]

Thank you for all your lovely messages! I am actually feeling a bit better this morning - stitches no longer pulling and I feel like I am much more upright when walking but I know I've still got a long way to go........BTW - HUGE thanks to my lovely husband who is taking fantastic care of me without a single moan!

[BarbaraJ]

Aww glad your feeling better. I had the decision to make of whether have a Hyst or try a merina coil for my Fibroid. The coil fortunately has worked marvels though i am stuck with a bit of a belly as its not small BUT as i'm self employed and told i would need a top to bottom scar the recovery needed was a bit daunting, especially as i'm also a childminder so i need to lift.

Everyone i've spoken to on here is glad they had their Hyst so keep looking after yourself and things can only get better

[SarahJo]

Glad you are feeling a bit better today - must be the hardest thing for us ladies, not looking after everyone else and needing TLC ourselves.

 

Everyone on here has been soooooo positive - I have scared myself reading a hysterctomy forum, but trust the omleteers to be honest

 

Claret mentioned Arnica ? - not sure if you can take this orally or its a cream - may help with bruising, she will no doubt pop in a clarify

 

Wishing you a careful and less painful recovery

[Jools]

Aww glad your feeling better. I had the decision to make of whether have a Hyst or try a merina coil for my Fibroid. The coil fortunately has worked marvels though i am stuck with a bit of a belly as its not small BUT as i'm self employed and told i would need a top to bottom scar the recovery needed was a bit daunting, especially as i'm also a childminder so i need to lift.

Everyone i've spoken to on here is glad they had their Hyst so keep looking after yourself and things can only get better

 

I managed to postpone mine for a few years by having the merina coil but I have to say that with hindsight I wish I'd just gone straight for the op and not worried about my career or a change of mind breeding

[Charlottechicken]

- I have scared myself reading a hysterctomy forum, but trust the omleteers to be honest

 

 

I joined a hysterectomy forum but found that they contemplated their own navels a bit, and that's just not me They just talked about aches and pains all the time, and it was a little depressing. I did manage to talk another forum member into getting chickens though, she joined the forum too!

[Space Chick]

Aww glad your feeling better. I had the decision to make of whether have a Hyst or try a merina coil for my Fibroid. The coil fortunately has worked marvels though i am stuck with a bit of a belly as its not small BUT as i'm self employed and told i would need a top to bottom scar the recovery needed was a bit daunting, especially as i'm also a childminder so i need to lift.

Everyone i've spoken to on here is glad they had their Hyst so keep looking after yourself and things can only get better

 

I managed to postpone mine for a few years by having the merina coil but I have to say that with hindsight I wish I'd just gone straight for the op and not worried about my career or a change of mind breeding

 

You are so lucky, the coil didn't suit me, I had terrible pain with it, but they won't give me a hyst as I am under 40 and haven't had children I now have a depro jab every 3 months which does help to minimise the endo, but I would love to have a hyst

[The Dogmother]

Claret mentioned Arnica ? - not sure if you can take this orally or its a cream - may help with bruising, she will no doubt pop in a clarify

 

I took the Nelson's 30c Arnica pillules, two three times a day and also took Aconite; which is for shock and supposed to help the shock to your system caused by the op. Drink lots of water and aim to move around as soon as is comfortable.

 

I did over-do it once (those who know me will attest to how hard it is for me to sit still ) I ended up in pain and had to lie down with my bum up on a pillow. It is normal to feel a heaviness in your lower abdomen/privates; I was told that this is internal bruising.

 

I also looked at a couple of hysterectomy forums and took note of a couple of things, but I agree with Claire that there's a lot of whinging going on I think that a positive attitude and general physical fitness help a lot with the recovery. Feel free to PM me if you'd like any more pointers.

 

Not long after my op, some daft twit (a man) asked me if I felt 'any less of a woman without my womb' I was so gobsmacked at this... why on earth would I? The idea hadn't even crossed my mind. It occurred to me that attitude is all - I also had a c-section 10 years before my op, and wasn't one of those women who feel violated and ruined by it; it was a positive event.

 

Cross posted Debs... they tried it on with me with the Mirena, but having been told previously that it would be impossible to insert a coil because my cervix was too small, i held out against it and insisted on the op.

[Snowy]

Little and often is definitely the key - keeping gently active, I found, certainly helps you to feel better quicker as it gets everything moving again. And good, regular pain relief. But do it at your own pace. Don't be scared of walking about and trying things (except the lifting - that is a definite no no). The worst that will happen is you will be wiped out next day.

I found the hysterectomy forum to be very negative - I went back to work at 4 weeks post op and didn't dare post about it! The ladies who had theirs done at the same time were still off work 14 weeks after! But I was lucky - I had a very unremarkable recovery and was walking across the road to the school (albeit very gingerly!) at 1 week and walking the dogs at 3 weeks. A positive attitude does help. I think the biggest problem people had was the hormonal disruption - even if you keep your ovaries, they can go into protest mode for a while and cause more problems than the surgery!

 

I had mine 4 months ago now and feel completely back to normal - in fact even better than what had become normal!

[Charlottechicken]

but they won't give me a hyst as I am under 40 and haven't had children I now have a depro jab every 3 months which does help to minimise the endo, but I would love to have a hyst

 

Not sure exactly how old you are but I have no children and they were telling me at hospital appointments that I might change my mind and want children, erm, not at over 40 thank you! I finally saw a gyno who just said "how do you feel about a hyst? " and I said "yes please!". My GP said she was happy to keep me going on drugs until menopause knowing my luck that would've been 65

 

The interesting thing about the hysterectomy forum was the age range of ladies on there, ranging from teens up to pensioners, so don't take "no" for an answer if that is what you really want, or need. You do have to badger them, and it does depend on the gyno too, so go and see a different one, if necessary. They key phrase is "quality of life", and I was taking a lot of drugs in the end (which no longer had the effect they should've), which helped sway them I think. I do occasionally wish I had the op 10 years ago, it would've saved a lot of problems, I'm finally the person I should have been years ago

 

Good luck, I hope you get what you want, I don't regret it for one minute!

[The Dogmother]

Debs, they all feel that they have to go through the 'what if' scenarios; I had the same.... no, I shan't be considering another child, not as a 45 year old single mother A neighbour had similar issues and in the end she just told them that her OH had had the snip and they weren't considering a family - that made up their minds!

 

Look at it positively, enjoy the break from work and take it easy.

[Jools]

You are so lucky, the coil didn't suit me, I had terrible pain with it, but they won't give me a hyst as I am under 40 and haven't had children I now have a depro jab every 3 months which does help to minimise the endo, but I would love to have a hyst

 

I had the coil at 35 and hysterectemy at 38 - no kids. Mind you, they wouldn't even talk about sterilisation when I asked at 23 lol. Seriously though, I wish I hadn't waited as I had three years of discomfort etc which was completely cured by the op. Now it might have been the coil or the fybroids or a combination of both, I'll never know. I'm truly relieved I didn't have to wait til 40 though. You have my sympathies.

[BarbaraJ]

I was told the coil probably wouldn't work as the size of the fibroid would stop the coil fixing in place. Like the Hyst forum people only said awful things online about the Mirena coil but its changed my life for the better at the moment. I'm aware it could stop working but from lengthy extremely heavy periods to infrequent tiny bleeding I'm more than happy.

I know your health comes before work but when your health defines if you get work i can't afford to risk having months off work while i'm fine as i am

[The Dogmother]

Have any of you with fibroids tried a uterine resection?

[Willow]

So glad you are feeling better. Everyone recovers at a different rate so don't worry if it's taking longer than others. I was let out of hospital after about 3 days and I felt it was too soon, I'd have been happier with another day or two. I was surprised that at four weeks I had only really reached the walking around gently stage (and I had put on so much weight from being so much less active than usual) but I felt good, just not up to doing much at a time (hormones all over the place I think). I tried to just relaxed and let time solve it. I was lucky my boss and colleagues were very supportive

 

A few years down the line I don't look that fit (still overweight) but I am and I do all sorts of activities I couldn't contemplate before and am grateful I had the op.

 

I found the hyst forum useful to search for specific info but a bit lacking in positive outlook. Interesting how many ladies here are so positive about the results of the op, I guess the nature of the other forum is such that only people needing help and support will post.

 

I did find I had a serious urge to look after something - so I got a kitten despite being allergic

[Jools]

Have any of you with fibroids tried a uterine resection?

 

I was offered that option but with the warning that there's always the risk that they would just grow back again and I really only wanted to go through surgery the once. My SiL had it though and while she nearly died on the operating table through a bleed, hers haven't recurred.

[The Dogmother]

A friend had it and it seemed to help her for a couple of years until they grew back again and I convinced her to go for a hysterectomy.