Hysterectomies - it's gotta be done but over here for hand holding part two

[Oddsocksrus]

Over here for the hand holding.
One in five women in the uk will have to have a hysterectomy at some point in their lives.
Come and join us if you are waiting, pre op, bleery eyed on the ward or recovering afterwards.

You lot are lovely. You're making this all so much easier for me

Odd socks I was told 2-4 weeks but others were told 6 weeks. There is guidance on the rcog website in the recovering well leaflets that state what you need to be able to do to drive safely like turning around in your seat and emergency breaking etc.
Is this the same for post laparoscopic hysterectomies?

Appalling Christmas movie alert
BBC 2 NOW.

Yes twinkle it is.

Crem, I couldn't bring myself to watch that, having just looked at the review online. Can you imagine spending six months of your life filming that?

Driving, no idea. Five weeks today (at 8.30 pm) and I would happily drive except I CBA.

Santa, there seems to be a massive range of "normal". When I left hospital they told me to ring if I was worried so I asked them what "worried" looked like- what should I ignore and what report? And the surgeon said, really, only if you start a temperature and get the shakes, "but you are past the danger stage now" which was at three days in.

I think a lot of random stuff happens but it's mostly trivial, medically speaking.

It's beyond dreadful Kevin !
It's like vomiting a bag of sugar.
Perfect! I am wrapping dds stocking things in front of fire. With one eye on this shite.

I am on the sofa. We have agreed to convene at 4.30 for hot fruit scones and a board game in front of an open fire. This is because everyone is too tired after dinner. I currently go to bed around five hours earlier than DS1, which actually suits him fine.

DH has just pointed out that after 23 Christmases together he really does feel he has got the hang of this Christmas dinner malarkey and there is no rational reason at all why he can't cook it just as well as I can.

Has he ever done it Kevin? Because just observation of 23 would seem a little passive???although educational

I slept all morning, pottered for a couple of hours, partied (slumped on a sofa with people bring me food and drinks) and am back in bed!

Aaaargh can't sleep

Why not Crem? Pain, boredom, busy mind? I did quite well last night. Previous night was awful so I imagine I jet needed it.

Poor you both. I think there's a lovely initial stage where you are so tired you sleep for hours, and then that changes a bit. I am sleeping normally now but there was a phase where I wasn't doing enough to get tired. Because I couldn't. I went for little daytime naps and sudoku at night.

Christmas dinner- well the truth is that I only do it to get away from my MIL and she's not coming this year . And I have dumbed it down with a turkey crown and frozen roast potatoes. He does the cooking normally, it is a bit daft for me to make a big thing of doing this one meal.

Hi everyone you were all so lovely to me on the last thread hope you don't mind me popping back and hope you are all well on the way to recovery.

My lovely friend had her op Tuesday morning by laparoscopic surgery
. She's in a lot of pain, she can barely walk ten yards without being in severe pain, and I just wondered if that is still normal. I only have a c section to compare to and after a couple of days I was totally fine, minimal pain and no medication, I know it's not Thr same but she is very prone to infections and I'm a bit worried and I thought you guys could advise.

She's more worried about DVt as she can't move very far at all, which is another concern.

Hi Rhonda
Pain to be expected- major abdominal surgery - but she should be getting relief from that. I'd say she needs to ask for something stronger than what she's on.
As for dvt the stockings will help as will toe wiggling and knee rotations. She should have seen a physio for help with this. If not get her to ask.
Walking is a staggering shuffle for quite a long time. I wasn't doing proper upright walking until week 6 or 7.
Remember that sitting is an activity.
Rest is número uno. Followed by dealing with dodgy bowels.
Followed by more rest.

Hi Rhondda

That much pain sounds a bit odd. I had the same procedure ending at 8.30 pm and I was walking for 20 minutes at a time by 10 am next day with only very trivial pain. One week out I was able to walk perfectly well. Never used the morphia at all (apart from my migraine, long story...). I think someone should take a look. Does she generally bear pain quite well?

And I was walking normally by week 1 and by week 2 was doing an hour a day round the park, by week three it was two hours a day. At my four week checkup I was totally normal, no pain, just a bit of trivial aching inside where stuff was still healing.

Crem, did you have keyhole too? If you had full incisions, maybe that's the difference?

She isn't bad with pain she has a huge amount of medical issues, one is to do with her bowels and when I picked her up to go to the chemist yesterday to see about medication for her oral thrush she has developed she told me she hadn't been to the loo for a week. I had read on he about glycerin suppositories so the chemist gave her some of those too and they seemed to work as expected.

She was squeaking with pain every bump in the road yesterday and I drive quite smoothly and carefully. She is supposed to be going on an hours drive to visit her mil for her birthday tomorrow but I can't see that happening.

Kevin - no I had total abdominal with 6 inch vertical incision.
I imagine it is different if no frontal scar. Also I had the dehiscence to deal with. And the mrsa. And the arse husband .
In no way is it comparative .

I think she should be able to shuffle, relatively pain free, for 5mins or so. I think she ought to get checked out, especially as she needs to be sorted before the staff shortage christmas period.

I had 6inch vertical scar too and I was walking shuffling up and down the ward 36hours later. It wasn't particularly painful. I could have gone further but didn't want to overdo it.

That is almost certainly bowel related. I think she needs to be seen because the bowel is going to affect the wind knitting and it must be mega distended by now. Poor woman

Wound not wind

Sounds bowel related to me too. We keyhole girls didn't get that kind of pain from the incisions- am I right, Santa?

She probably needs daily lactulose and glycerin sups for a few days until she feels comfortable

My main pain has been bowel. I can't tolerate large meals and am aware of the food moving through the whole bowel. It seems sore which sounds odd but that's exactly what it feels like.

I've had that shooting pain through vaginal vault and perineum but brief and nothing like Rhonda describes