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Once Upon a Time there was a Princess who had never been to a castle before. She did not know what it would be like there and how she would slay the dragons of fear. The decision to have a hysterectomy came quite easy after 1 year of terrible bleeding, a couple of questionable biopsies of the uterus and cervix and some iffy cysts in the ovaries. The Princess was to have a Total Abdominal Hysterectomy with Bilateral Salpingo Oopherectomy. Her doctor was good, and some of her friends who had been to the castle told her to get ready by getting in the best shape possible. The Princess did 50 situps per day, ran, walked, and stopped drinking wine and smoking her 1 daily cigarrette. She felt great, her stomach muscles nice and taught.
The trip to the castle at 5 a.m. was quiet and a little scary, but once she arrived all the people in the castle were very nice. The anesthesiologist was great, the nurses nice, and the trip into the operating room was even not so stressful. The Princess awoke almost 2.5 hours later feeling excellent. No nausea as she had asked the anesthesiologist to do whatever she could to prevent nausea. She used 3 different anti-nausea meds, and they seemed to work very well. The doctor came and held my hand in the recovery room and told me that everything had gone so well. the Princess asked if her bladder and bowels had made it unscathed. They had! She was so happy!! I'm sure it was the medications that made the Princess feel so good, but also that she was thankful, so thankful....to be alive. Not that the Princess thought anything would happen, but she had read enough to know the risks.
Her room at the castle was on the fifth floor with long windows overlooking the beautiful UT campus and downtown area. She could see the sunsets and sunrises. She had also brought her own pillow, two sized large panties, her own pads, hard candy, and had pre-arranged having a self administering pump to control her pain. She was set!
The first night went very well as did the second. However, the Princess did not feel very good when they took the pain medication pump away. She now had to call the nurses every time. This was interesting to the Princess as she realized that she feared that her pain would not be controlled with the oral meds as well. However, once she felt that the pain was really under control, she relaxed, and in the morning, she went out for a long walk. Princesses don't usually pass gas, but this one did. Everyone celebrated this event, and before she knew it the Princess was riding home, to her own castle.
Recovery has been generally good. The first week she was still under the castle's spells. The second week she was under the spell of her Estradiol patch. The Princess did not feel sad or melancholic. She had to fight to not do things but she did walk every day since the first day back for 30 minutes. Today, is her 2 week post-op date and they say the Princess can drive. She feels discomforts still, but overall she is still healthy. We all wish the Princess that she continues to recover this well.
Moral of the Story:
1. However it goes, make the best of it.
2. Do Research.
3. Exercise your abs prior to surgery.
4. Read the Hystersyster site, find comfort and information.
5. Share with your Hystersysters anything that helped you.
6. Remember to be a good friend to others who have surgery now that you know what a big deal it is.
7. Support HysterSisters.
Thank you,
The Princess (Heidi Fischer) 
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