how long for post (abdominal) hysterectomy recovery?

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Just that really... I'm more than 3 months post op and still have bouts of fatigue. Like today: was up at 7, pottered around doing few chores around the house (I WFH part time), started work around 9. After lunch(c1:30) fell asleep for 2 hours. I could quite easily go back to bed now. 😒
I went to get my iron levels checked yesterday.

I am booked In for my abdominal hysterectomy next week and have never had surgery before, so I was glad I came across this! I am going private and due to stay in hospital for 4 nights and then told to rest up for 2weeks after that! I've heard so many different recovery stories! I want to rest up as much as I can in the beginning to hopefully give me a quicker overall recovery, would you recommend this? I have a good support base at home with friends and family doing school runs etc... But I am worried about being too lazy and being seen as soft! Any tips? Ps hope you are feeling much better xx x

I’m 7 weeks post op, due back to work in quite a demanding job in just over a fortnight and really worrying about whether I should be going back, even the smallest task seems to wear me out completely, but also worried that people will judge me for taking longer off.

Interested to hear from people further along the line, but judging by your op I could feel like this for some time yet, and so I might need to suck it up and get back to work!

I have a uterine prolapse so I am on several prolapse chat groups. After surgery inlcuding hysterectomy many women seem to take months to recover, so I dont think what you are experiencing is unusual.

I had keyhole hysterectomy and was back at work after six weeks. I found the fatigue only lasted a couple of weeks.