Body aches, chills, hot flashes, insomnia

Hi everyone! My name is Heather and I had a vaginal hysterectomy on 08/12/13. Last year, I had my Fallopian tubes removed because of pain caused from getting Essure coil implants. I was able to keep both ovaries after my hysterectomy, but I'm wondering if my hormones are still going nuts somehow. I could only sleep for 1-2 hours last night, my entire body feels achy, and I'm having chills and then hot flashes. I'm miserable!!! I have always bounced back from surgery quickly, so I'm not sure if this is all from the hysterectomy or not. I have been extremely tired this week, but the other symptoms began last night. Has anyone else had any of these problems? I'm one month post surgery. Thanks in advance!

Sometimes your ovaries can go into shock and take awhile to wake up after this. I know there is an article somewhere on this website about that. They took my ovaries, so I had these symptoms too but got some hormone replacement for them in the form of a cream, but i remember reading about that here. Also, the fatigue is no normal and lasts awhile. Just rest and it should go away at about 6 to 8 weeks. It varies from person to person greatly, however. You can ask doc at your next visit about these symptoms. I hope you get relief soon!

I talked to my doc about this just yesterday. She said that by 8 weeks the ovaries should be functioning at whatever their new baseline is. She said she could give me something now, but I opted to wait the full 8 weeks to see where things stand then. I was getting night sweats before surgery, but now get lots of hot flashes too. At 51, I my ovaries are pretty tired, but they were nice and healthy so we decided to leave them in.

A possibly dumb questions, but how's your temp? We expect all of these symptoms because of the hormonal stuff, but is it possible you're coming down with something?

I'm 4 weeks out and I freeze to death for a bit and then the hot flashes start!

My surgery was done the same day as yours and I am having the same problems. I had a bladder sling and posterior repairs done also. I am taking Premarin (1week) I have been miserable.