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

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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.

Hope all went went Ledkr and you are doing ok

Ok Ledkr... Bed rest, no heroics, pain killers, rest ...oh and rest.

Thank you lovely ladies.
I'm home now in bed.
I found it pretty lousy actually. Sore and the anaesthetic made me sick and I just couldn't come round from it like before. I had terrible shakes after in recovery which was frightening and they had to warm me up quickly.
Was first on list but only allowed out at 7 tonight, I was on a small trolley type bed I think id have rather stayed in so I could have slept off the drugs in a proper bed.
The tubes and ovaries looked ok but obviously need testing now.
Dd has been looking after me with her pepper pig drs set
Thanks for all your support. On here.
Ill pop by tomorrow.

Ledkr I am surprised that you were allowed home tonight and hope that you manage to get lots of rest. Sorry to hear that you felt so grotty in recovery it is never a pleasant experience but the shakes sound scary x

I have my date now and only have 2 weeks to wait thankfully.

twinkle I hope I've not scared you' what are you having done?

Hi everyone. Led hope you are taking it nice and easy.

Just to let you know my friends appointment this morning went well and she seems to be starting to slowly recover.

Led, she also had her thyroid out, albeit 9years ago.

Rhondajean that is great news that your friend is starting to recover now.

Ledkr I am having a laparoscopic hysterectomy and tube removal but preserving the ovaries. You have not worried me at all I was more worried about you!
My surgeon is the same one that did my prolapse repairs and I trust him.

How are you feeling?

rhonda thanks and I'm glad your mate is ok.

Does anyone remember their bladder feeling funny after their pelvic surgery?
I need to go a lot and it feels a it uncomfortable and I have to strains bit to go.
I think it happened though with my thyroid op so maybe it's more to do with the anesthetic?
I've stopped being sick I think now, I had a packet of fruit pastilles for dinner grin

twinkle I'm glad I haven't worried you.
I have had bigger operations than this and have a bit of a reputation for being fairly resilient but this has really knocked me for six.
I'm glad in a way because I'm really going to rest up and look after myself.

When the surgeon talked about the ovaries being checked for signs of cancer after I realised I was doing the right thing in having it done.

Be nice to have less worry now .I'm going to feel much better in myself.
Am intending to use my time off work to really get myself feeling good, I need to lose a bit of weight and get a bit fitter.

Ledkr. I had the shaking thing and was warmed up with a hot air blanket. My pain was also not controlled immediately after the op but they did both warm me and give me morphine.

The bladder will be bruised and the area around the urethra (tube) too. I found if I left it too long I found it harder to go, so little and often.... I also sat and just waited rather than strain. If you try tilting pelvis by leaning forwards, backwards and partially standing it may help the bladder drain. This settled very quickly for me.

Thanks santa you've been my font of knowledge
It's a bit easier to pee today and I agree going oftenus the way forward.
That shaking thing terrified me as I've never had it before. That and the fact I was so drowsy so couldn't make sense of it all. The nurse mentioned later that I'd been given an awful lot if drugs?? This obviously made me sick too.
Wasn't allowed home until 7 and was puking on the way home too.
Wow! Not as easy as I thought.
So today I ached like buggery and the wind is moving about but cannot find its way out!
Not something I normally struggle with lol.

Glad the surgery went well Ledkr. Your dd sounds lovely, looking after you with her doctors kit, my 4 year old dd did the same when I came home :).

I have had shaking, hot flushes and vomiting after a previous GA, but not this time round so I think that is a normal reaction to the anaesthetic. If you had opiate pain relief like morphine that can make you feel shaky and nauseous too.

I had a catheter for 7 days after my surgery and when it came out I was told to pee hourly and drink lots of water to help the bladder get working. Each day has got easier and I agree with Santa about weeing position. Also what helps me is to tip some warm water over the area before going, it seems to help relax the muscles. Also useful afterwards if weeing is a bit sore.

Glad your friend is recovering Rhonda.

Can ask you ladies further along than myself, did you get pinching or twanging type pains inside as you healed? 12 days post op today and I have felt more internal pains now that the surface abdominal scar is more healed. Also sneezing, ouch! I did that yesterday and had to sit down and rest afterwards, it made everything move inside and not in a good way.

I had that after my numerous c sections another
Like twangs and tweaks, I think it's just internal stitches going ping.

Yes to twanging. At 7 days I had new pain in the vault and for the next week a newish sort of twang internally, under the ribs, in side walls and sort of ovarian. Nothing I took pain relief for but I was conscious of it and uncomfortable. I avoided pain relief because I'd been told masking the pain allows you to overdo things.

The pain is a commentary on your need to rest! I think its normal healing.

I think it was ? Kevin who reassured me that the prodding I felt under the umbilicus was normal. That was very disconcerting. It felt like a hand trying to poke out.

Someone ? Shew said how much better she was feeling at 4 weeks having felt rubbish at 2 weeks. That reassured me so much because at that point, I felt that I wasn't improving. So hold onto that. I'm walking 5 miles daily easily and briefly considered going for a run then realised that was very ambitious silly

A run???? .

I think you should wait a little longer....

Poor Ledkr with the puking and shaking, that's bad luck. Still, it's done now.

YY to wind moving around and looking for an escape, that is the main source of pain IME.

another absolutely, the twanging thing is a bit weird, and I got it especially around the top of my pubic bone, presumably where the big wound is where they chop off the uterus from the cervix. Gone now, though. Also, yes, like a finger poking up around the tummy button. There's a big internal stitch right there, to stop us getting hernias. Ad generally, as the internal swelling goes away, all the organs sort of pull and flop around into the new space created. I said at the time it was a like a barge settling down onto silt as the lock gates are opened.

Ad another one who thinks LEDKR is being brave coming home right away, I stayed in for two nights.

Ledkr had no choice.
I was on a day unit.
To be honest it was horrible having to go out in the cold at 7pm and sit in the car for thirty minutes puking into a cardboard hat.
The upside was getting into my own soft bed with lots of pillows and a bathroom nearby.
I've got my tv and Netflix (breaking bad marathon) and dh is here to look after kids.
Better at home.

Ledkr my preferred wind relief in hospital was peppermint water, the combination of peppermint oil and hot water worked really well. I have peppermint oil capsules and tea at home which helps.

Prune juice, lactulose, lots of fresh fruit and veg and glycerine suppositories are my friends re: bowel movements. The first time is painful, but it gets easier if you can stop yourself getting constipated.

I'm guzzling tea and have just eaten some grapes and nectarines. Going to have some senna too.
My lovely dd is cuddled up in bed with me and we are watching tinker bell

Peppermint tea I meant

Glad you are back. The only way is up, now.

Feeling sorry for myself now. It's bloody sore but I'm sure the wind is causing most of the pain.but it won't shift.
In so bloody weak too, I can hardly even speak.'i really didn't expect to feel so rubbish, glad I didn't know before.

It will get better once your bowel kick starts itself, stick to fruit, veg, smoothies and soups in the meantime. By day 4 I was a lot better.