When you go to hospital put the things you use most -lips balm, mints, tissues-in a tie handle food bag. That way, instead of twisting and rummaging around in your bed side locker, you can just lift the bag onto your lap and take out what you need.
The pain will ease far quicker than you imagined.
If you have vaginally assisted laparoscopic hysterectomy, once the vaginal swelling eases around day 10, there may be a sudden exit of blood that previously couldn’t get out -I wish I had been warned as it was quite alarming at the time. Later threads I read, posters did discuss this.
Actually you didn’t say they were removing your cervix so may not be an issue, in which case sorry for tmi.
The best advice I got was to, as soon as you get home from the hospital, walk 5 mins outside every day and add 5 mins each week so by week 6 you are walking for 30 mins a day. Even if you don’t feel like it do try and do it so you keep your strength up. You loses muscle tone really quickly doing nothing & it’s harder to recover.
Do PFE regularly.
I had my first hot flush the evening I had the op. Wasn’t allowed to start HRT (patches) until week 5 but as I wasn’t in work the hot flushes didn’t really cause me any problems tbh.
You self inject until day 15 (I think) post op -clexane- to prevent DVT & wear stockings too. You need to avoid alcohol with the injections because it can thin the blood too much & cause bleeding.
Take earplugs. You can’t get a good night sleep in hospital, they are noisy places.
Flip flops for the shower.
I hope all goes smoothly and you have a speedy recovery. 