Last Period

hi,

i had my last period right up to my surgery day! ran to the bathroom to pee and remove my tampon minutes before they wheeled me into the o.r.
so happy that is over with. even was taking pain med. for the cramps that day too.

rose

1/18 laproscopic hysterctomy
removal of uterus, tubes and ovaries

Hello Ladies. I started this tread just before surgery and it has been pretty popular. Sounds like I was not the only one with these feelings. Since the surgery, I am feeling pretty good. It has been 1 week at this point and I am glad I am done with periods. Every time I see an Always/Kotex/Stayfree commercial I say "Thank GOD that is over". Good Luck Ladies.

I am so glad I found this site! I thought I was the only one dealing with this. My surgery isn't scheduled until March 30th.... I found myself thinking one more period to go. I get so embarrased running to the bathroom every 40 minutes to change my tampon & pad. I can't even sit through a church service without getting up to leave and pray that I didn't leak and everyone would see. Even the nice underwear comment I can relate too. Every pair I own is stained.

Hi ladies! I am 18 days post LAVH and just want to forewarn you to not get rid of any pads just yet... I went for 2 week post-op two days ago and Dr forwearned me that over the next couple of weeks I may experience bleeding and even possibly pass clots as stitches inside dissolve and clots loosen up. Lo and behold today I was driving home and started bleeding- and when I got home I passed a silver-dollar sized clot. Called nurse just to verify and she was very reassuring and said it was perfectly normal.

Since I am still in the recovery period, even this does not bother me nearly like what dealing with the periods did- since I know this is part of the healing process (and I can't have sex yet anyway!) and it WILL all be over soon. It is still nothing like a period- after the clot, the bleeding is down to pink spotting and that's it.

Not trying to be a downer- I am actually feeling quite positive and happy about my recovery overall- just wanted to make sure you still have supplies handy during your post-op recovery.

Take care!

Amy
LAVH- 1/31/2011