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Climbing Stairs, causing pain!
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11-27-2009, 11:20 PM
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Posts: 104
Hysterectomy: November 3rd, 2009
Surgery Type: DvH
Ovaries: Kept 1 or both
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Climbing Stairs, causing pain!
I've been in what I would consider too much pain for being 3 1/2 weeks post-op from a daVinci partial hysterectomy. For the past two steps I've been limiting my stair climbing/descending. That has made a huge difference!
Wondering if anyone else found stairs to be a nemesis.
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11-28-2009, 12:31 AM
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HysterSister
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Posts: 160
Hysterectomy: October 5th, 2009
Surgery Type: LAVH
Ovaries: Kept 1 or both
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Re: Climbing Stairs, causing pain!
Absolutely, I have 7 stairs to go up and down to get in/out of my house, a dog that had to be walked...I found using the bellybinder to be very helpful. For every walk we took, I would bind myself up and take the stairs very slow...one step at a time, make sure you are standing up straight when you go up and down the stairs. That seemed to help too!
good luck! Hugs!
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11-28-2009, 02:27 AM
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Posts: 80
Hysterectomy: October 19th, 2009
Surgery Type: TAH
Ovaries: Kept 1 or both
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Re: Climbing Stairs, causing pain!
Unfortunately, I found I had to take the stairs more than I wanted to during the first few weeks. I just went very slowly and supported myself w/ the rails. Also, I found coming down backwards helped a lot.
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11-28-2009, 02:59 PM
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Posts: 104
Hysterectomy: November 3rd, 2009
Surgery Type: DvH
Ovaries: Kept 1 or both
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Re: Climbing Stairs, causing pain!
Thank you, both! I'm going to try the walking down backwards. I ended up needing to go up the stairs mid day so I took it one step at a time like I had to right after surgery. I may try using an ace bandage to wrap my tummy, see if it helps.
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11-28-2009, 03:07 PM
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Posts: 511
Hysterectomy: November 23rd, 2009
Surgery Type: TAH
Ovaries: Removed both
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Re: Climbing Stairs, causing pain!
So glad I only have a few steps to worry about.
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