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06-01-2002, 02:35 PM
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Hysterectomy: April 18th, 2002
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take your meds
Zia: To address your concern about pain, I feel the key is pain management. For the first week after I came home I took my pain meds every 3-4 hours before I needed them; thus surpressing the pain before it got bad. I slept fairly well but somehow I would wake up to take my meds at the right time. I tried to get all my prescriptions filled before the surgery and if possible have the dr. give you twice as many pain meds so you have them "just in case", if he can't do that, plan ahead for the refill. It took my pharmacy a couple of days to refill because they have to call the dr. and at least where I am from the pharmacies are very carefull about distributing pain meds. Eventually I took only 1/2 a pill along with a tylenol, then just tylenol and have not taken anything for awhile.
Take it slow, lay around and then lay around some more. Everyone is different as you will find from this site. I was reading some posts where some ladies where walking miles after two weeks. It motivated me to get up and around but no way was I ready to walk that far at that time.
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who have been there! I had 2 c-sects '87/'89 and then a TAH/BSOp lus removal of a 5 inch mass. I'm 2 weeks post op and feeling really good. I have a great knight in shining armor and 2 super teens who have helped. A good support system is important. Get your cottage ready before you go and have your recovery room waiting for you when you get home. The TAH really was not as bad for me as the C's. I think being older and knowing what to expect helps. Also, your loved ones are focused on helping you recover now... not playing with the new baby! Just remember...it's a major operation and you'll need to take it easy!
and have coffee from about 7:30 till 10:30...this is not a monitored shift just a time when a lot of ladies come together and share the am.
