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My road to a hysterectomy started about a year and a half ago when I started post-menopausal bleeding during an aerobics session. I thought it was somewhat strange but it was just a few hours a break through bleeding.
Every few months during an exercise session I'd get some break through bleeding and didn't think anything about it since my paps and pelvics were all normal.
Fast forward to June 30th of this year - at a rehearsal at church to do some solo work I got that weird little wet feeling and realized my jeans were blood soaked clear down to my knees. Fortunately the loft was fairly dark and I don't think the other ladies noticed anything.
I bled the entire month of July and into the first week of August.
I had my first intravaginal ultrasound the first week of August and the findings left my family doctor puzzled so I was referred to a gyne for a complete workup.
She performed a pap and an endometrial biopsy, a normal ultrasound and another intravaginal ultrasound. The biopsy came back with crowded and complex glands, hyperplasia with no atypia. The next step was a D&C and hysteroscopy on September 16. Severe hyperplasia and, since I'm not a candidate for any type of hormone therapy (I have Factor V Leiden and Protein S deficiency both), we discussed my options and decided on a total hysterectomy: uterus, tubes, ovaries and cervix.
Then we discussed the various procedures. I'm a single lady in my late 50s with no short or long term disability insurance so I requested a laparoscopic procedure.
At this point I had never heard of Da Vinci. When the doc mentioned doing the lap by robot I started doing my research and found out about the Da Vinci. Sounded like something that would take care of my physical condition and still work within the parameters of the time I could safely afford to take off work.
I work in a law office and, through a woman who works in another law office, I heard about HysterSisters. So I came here to investigate and found a wonderful support group AND a great deal of very useful information.
I had my procedure yesterday (12/16) and was home by 3:00 this afternoon. I have some bruising (I'm on prophylactic Lovenox for the Factor V), I'm a little sore and have gas pains like you wouldn't believe!
I did have some nausea the first time up yesterday, but that was due to the anesthesia and, by the second time I was up, I was able to walk around with relatively little pain. This morning I got up and started wandering around the hallways just trying to work out some of the stiffness.
I am taking 600 mg of Motrin for pain but it's really more stiffness in my back and the gas pains than anything else.
I'm walking around my house, caring for my dogs and generally very glad of the wonderful Da Vinci robotic procedure AND having HysterSisters as a support group.
Richard W Farnam, M.D.
1700 N. Oregon
Suite 520
El Paso TX 79902
9155335600 |
Francisco Garcini, M.D.
1870 Silver Cross Blvd
Suite 210
New Lenox IL 60451
815-463-3000 |
Robert Castle, M.D.
3650 Joseph Siewick Dr. #203
Fairfax VA 22033
703-391-1500 |
Ken Sinervo, M.D.
1140 Hammond Dr., Ste. F6220
Atlanta GA 30328
770-913-0001 |
Betty Gingold Acker, M.D.
2900 E. 29th St
Suite 300
Bryan TX 77802
979-776-5602 |
Brooke Slaton, M.D.
Omega Women's Center, LLC
1801 University Drive, Suite 201
Coral Springs FL 33071
(954)755-1411 |
Wilfredo R. Ramos, M.D.
5301 F Street, Suite 210
Sacramento CA 95819
(916) 453-3440 |
Megan Bird, M.D.
364 SE 8th Ave, Suite 205
Hillsboro OR 97202
503-681-4145 |
Wm. Richard Salter, M.D.
1919 S. Shiloh Rd #333
Dallas TX 75042
972-276-9902 |
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-- January NewsletterPost Hysterectomy Fitness and Health is the theme of our January, 2012 newsletter at HysterSisters.com. Visit this link [ More]...
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