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3 days post hysterectomy: starting my recovery
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11-14-2014, 04:07 PM
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Posts: 21
Hysterectomy: November 11th, 2014
Surgery Type: TAH
Ovaries: Kept 1 or both
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3 days post hysterectomy: starting my recovery
So I had my total hysterectomy (they were able to save an ovary) on Tuesday. This is the day I promised myself I would give an update. So I feel like a mac truck hit me. I am black and blue. I am wearing a binder but now my swollen belly thinks it is too small. The passing gas situation is an issue that will, I hear, rectify itself. Ahh...awaiting that....Bowels are an issue as well. Slight fever. Blood pressure is so low I do not need to take my meds. I am going home tomorrow to sleep in my own bed and listen to the sounds of my children. I might cry. Not hard. It will hurt. Am I glad I had this done? Check back with me. I will say this. All you women who are as craxy as I was awaiting for my surgery date. Keep busy. Make the meals. Write lists. To lots of people. Do what you gotta do to the operation. Then do what you gotta do to put it behind you. I am starting a new chapter in my life. Your destiny is in front of you. What a blessing! You go girl. You can and will do it. Hugs to all.
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11-14-2014, 05:35 PM
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Posts: 19,781
Hysterectomy: May 29th, 2013
Surgery Type: TAH
Ovaries: Removed both
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Re: starting my recovery
Like you, I had a TAH with a three-day hospital stay - had surgery on a Wednesday, went home Saturday. When I got home, I stepped on a scale and discovered that I'd "gained" 17 lbs. It was all fluid and honkerblonked itself out over the next few days.
My first night home, I woke in the middle of the night shivering but with my nightshirt soaked with sweat. I was still trying to figure out what to do about it - I wake up slowly - when I fell back to sleep. The next morning, I remembered that when the nurses in the hospital took my temperature at night, they'd mutter to themselves and give me a Tylenol. So my *second* night home I took a Tylenol before going to bed. No more night-time fevers! :-)
Other than the Tylenol, I took ibuprofen regularly the first week, occasionally the second week. I'd done a lot of work before surgery to get my apartment ready and lots of groceries stocked up. Afterwards, I was able to relax and recover. It was good being home with my cats again.
Good luck!
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11-14-2014, 05:39 PM
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wearingyogapantsdontjudge
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Posts: 97
Hysterectomy: October 27th, 2014
Surgery Type: DvH
Ovaries: Kept 1 or both
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3 days post hysterectomy: starting my recovery
I hope you start to feel better soon. Days 5 and 6 I woke up feeling less pain. Take it slow and easy and be patient with your body as it adjusts to this big change. All the best to you!
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