Recovery from hysteroscopy and d&c?

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I’m booked in for a hysteroscopy and a d&c with a general anaesthetic in a few weeks to investigate intermittent bleeding. I had an ultrasound that suggested fibroids but I want to go on HRT and can’t have hormones till they’ve checked me out.

I’m 47 and a runner. I’m wondering how long I’d need to rest after a procedure like that, before I can get back to my normal activities. Has anyone got any experience of this?

I've had what you're having, twice but, not with a general anesthetic.

Is there a particular reason for the GA?

I've only had GA once for my first C-section but that was way worse than the actual C-section. I felt sick for days & had awful headache & throat was sore for few days. Not to say that that is the reaction for everyone. Have you had a GA before?

After hysteroscopy etc I was fine, I didn't feel anything at all during the first one and my second was a different Dr, slight discomfort for a minute st most.

Mild bleeding & period pain type ache afterwards and I took it easy (no lifting anything heavy etc) for a few days but, I'm not a runner or gym goer. I'd think that that might be out for a few days but, listen to you own body and be sensible.

Good luck

My friend had this recently, and I am about to. She spent the rest of the day in bed at home, took it easy the next day and felt completely normal the day after.

There is no way I would have this procedure without GA!

A GA for a hysteroscopy is a rather different thing to a GA for a c-section (mentioned by PP). Usual advice after a GA is you need someone with you for 24hrs, no driving/signing important things etc in that time. Then build back up to normal as you feel able, bearing in mind any advice the surgeons give post op too. Will depend to some extent on the procedure, but a typical hysteroscopy & biopsy only takes about 20 mins and isn't terribly stimulating so shouldn't cause much of a physiological stress response. HTH

(by different, I mean different drugs, different analgesia, more likely to be elective than emergency, shorter procedure and usually combined with less of a surgical insult and physiological response - they're not really comparable at all)

Thanks for all your advice - I was told it’s general anaesthetic for d&c but it’s v light, will be out for 20 mins or so. Bed rest in hospital for the rest of the day then home.

Sorry, I didn't mean to make it sound as though I was comparing the entire process.

Just more so that I've had 4 sections and only 1 GA & the effects of that were not for me!

I even had an endoscopy without any sedation to avoid any repeat symptoms (& so I could leave immediately afterwards!)

I would have thought the GA rather than the hysteroscopy will be the issue. I had a hysteroscopy a couple of years ago without anaesthetic and though it was uncomfortable at the time, I was absolutely fine afterwards - carrying a washing machine upstairs the next day. I wasn't told to take it easy, so assumed I could carry on as normal.