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Well it’s one thing after the other isn’t it?

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EachandEveryone · 23/04/2018 07:34

First Daphne and her broken leg and now I’ve been admitted. They think I have a twisted ovarian cyst I’ve never been in such pain. I was begging them to knock me out. Im on a morphine drip which isn’t brilliant and i may be for surgery this morning. My poor girls I really shouted at them to get out of my way last night they kept trying to escape.

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EachandEveryone · 29/04/2018 15:45

Nah they are too big. I will be posting about it. Just waiting for my meds now!

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YetAnotherSpartacus · 29/04/2018 15:47

Lordy :(. All the best.

PinkSparklyPussyCat · 29/04/2018 19:14

I'd ask your neighbours if they can help for even some of the time. If someone was having surgery and asked me to help with their cats I would do it if I could. (I did draw the line at looking after a dog once though!). If they can't do it for any reason you can look at the other options then.

I hope you're feeling better soon [flower]

cozietoesie · 29/04/2018 19:37

I still can't see recovery - as in flat-on-your-back recovery - lasting for 8 weeks. (You might be off work for that long but that's different.)

Hope the meds have helped.

Fluffycloudland77 · 29/04/2018 19:46

I think you’ll be fine once you go home, it’s not a bed rest recovery it’s a don’t lift heavy stuff recovery. A c sections a similar wound but they give you a newborn and send you home.

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EachandEveryone · 29/04/2018 20:14

Well thanks guys my friend has just dropped me off and she has Daphne’s litter sister who is jet black she hasn’t seen Daph since she was 7 weeks old she had tears!! Said they’ve got the exact same face.

I will have to take her in tomorrow she’s pulling her pot like mad.

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Weedsnseeds1 · 29/04/2018 23:45

Only person I know who had a hysterectomy was ex- boyfriend's mother ( when I was about 16). She was out of hospital in a couple of days and able to potter around gently.
If I recall, she wasn't supposed to drive, bit I don't remember her being totally laid up
It was a long time ago though, so my memory may be tinged with teenaged self centredness.

YetAnotherSpartacus · 30/04/2018 13:49

How are you going, Each? And how are the girls?

cozietoesie · 30/04/2018 14:16

My grandmother had a hysterectomy but that was in days of yore and she wasn't helped by having some Bible-thumping sisters sitting round the kitchen table and intoning from Deuteronomy (or whatever.) What did help her was the local doctor's hip flask. (In the way of things in those days, he was actually a highly skilled Harley St specialist who had taken to the North because of a ..........little problem.)

He said the equivalent of 'Stuff this for a lark' and kept pouring. (My Great Aunts were scandalised.) Granny was fine.

cozietoesie · 30/04/2018 16:17

How are you all doing, lass?

LanaorAna2 · 30/04/2018 16:41

Your gynae sounds like a good find. At least now you know what's happening and it's all systems go.

You'll feel a million times better once you've had the op. DM had your trouble in the 90s - so ages ago - you can't lift things for a bit but the rest of the time she was fine. She said she'd forgotten how well she could feel before the recovery time was even up. It's a massive improvement to your quality of life.

Don't get me wrong, it's a big op and once you're out of surgery you need to look after yourself properly. No slacking off the self-care ie get a lot of rest and good food and telly, lying down in the afternoons, etc.

But after a fortnight IME the recovery pretty much takes the form of being too ill to do anything you don't feel like. :) Quite right too :)

Internet supermarket run might be an idea. You can get a district nurse in to check you out as well, as far as I know. Amazon deliver cat litter.

LanaorAna2 · 30/04/2018 16:47

You can have a hysterectomy 3 ways - keyhole, cut through tummy, and, er, up main street, so to speak. Cut through tummy is the longest recovery time and presumably that's what you're getting. Good - although the wound is bigger, the rest of you will be in much better shape as not prodded about so much.

DMs cats, who used to take flying leaps from the top of the wardrobe onto her tummy to wake her up, were very sweet during the initial recovery. They slept on either side of her head, guarding her in an official manner, only moving to check the contents of her supper tray before resuming sentry position.

WhatLineyDidNext · 30/04/2018 16:59

Hi, Each, I'm 5 weeks and 6 days post-hysterectomy for fibroids (and pain & bleeding) - and I have cats.

I definitely needed help for the first few days. But, having said that, I only stayed in hospital for one night. I could have extended that.

I'm feeling so much better now, but still have to take it easy (and eat well!). I do tire very quickly still, but obviously I need to walk and keep active too.

I had a total hysterectomy (laparoscopic) plus ovaries removed.

cozietoesie · 30/04/2018 17:02

Sounds as if 'asking the neighbours to help' would be sufficient?

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EachandEveryone · 30/04/2018 21:52

Thanks for all your stories. I bought some heat patches today but I was knackered when I got back. The pain is still very sharp but I don’t want to be relying on the painkillers so much preop. It will be an abdo entry and they will leave the ovaries. I’m nit quite sure why they leave them.

I’m a week early for the vets!! Poor Daph has not left my side but the pot is driving her nuts. She’s become a real lap cat. The insurance would pay for their looking after but once I’ve paid the excess it wouldn’t be worth it. Life will be easier when Daph can start going out again.

Well it’s one thing after the other isn’t it?

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cozietoesie · 30/04/2018 22:28

Take some analgesics. (You still have a couple of weeks to go?)

LanaorAna2 · 30/04/2018 22:37

I think they leave ovaries so your hormones aren't disrupted. Seconding the pain pills - pain is much easier to control if you knock it on the head early. Paracetomol and aspirin aren't addictive.

WhatLineyDidNext · 30/04/2018 22:43

I yielded my ovaries on the strict understanding I had good HRT patches ready to go. Doing well so far.

Pain relief: I have quite the home pharmacy. Tailing them off now - but the pain nurse in hospital was very good.

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EachandEveryone · 30/04/2018 22:45

Funnily the morphine never touched me. I like Tramadol but they have definately cracked down on them!

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WhatLineyDidNext · 30/04/2018 22:55

The pain nurse told the ward sister to give me more tramadol the morning after my surgery. There were glances at five paces.

My GP doesn't mind prescribing it either. I find it much easier to stop taking than codeine tbh.

cozietoesie · 30/04/2018 22:58

'glances' ?? They should come to our GP ..............

LanaorAna2 · 30/04/2018 23:17

Some people don't get on with morphine - it can make you really gloomy, so if you were expecting a heavenly high but suddenly burst into tears or feel you can't cope, don't worry. Ask for something else :)

cozietoesie · 01/05/2018 00:22

I recall, many moons ago, reading about battlefield experiences of morphine. People said that 'it doesn't block pain, it just makes you stop caring that it's hurting'. Clearly a powerful agent but maybe not for everyone..........?

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