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? about lifting after hysterectomy recovery period
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12-20-2015, 09:57 PM
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HysterSister
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Posts: 122
Hysterectomy: October 29th, 2015
Ovaries: Removed both
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Re: ? about lifting after hysterectomy recovery period
Thank you my amazing friends for sharing your wise advice! I will take it slowly!
Like others have said, the restrictions really seem to vary. I was told no more than 8 pounds for 8 weeks, but I don't know anyone who was that restricted. I had robotic/lap for endo cancer stage IA and didn't have any other problems, but I guess better no hernia than a hernia and a second surgery!
Nancy
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12-21-2015, 07:18 AM
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Posts: 19,781
Hysterectomy: May 29th, 2013
Surgery Type: TAH
Ovaries: Removed both
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Re: ? about lifting after hysterectomy recovery period
I've heard at least two British sisters say that they were told to lift "no more than a tea cup." They both used that phrase. I don't know if they had the same doctor or not.
That level of restriction just boggles my mind. I'm glad I didn't have to deal with it.
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12-21-2015, 07:56 AM
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Posts: 455
Hysterectomy: March 27th, 2013
Surgery Type: TAH
Ovaries: Kept 1 or both
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? about lifting after hysterectomy recovery period
You are not fully recovered at 8 weeks. Your restrictions may be lifted by your doctor at this point. That is not the same as full recovery. Your body continues to heal, and it could take a year to fully recover.
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12-21-2015, 08:07 AM
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Posts: 19,781
Hysterectomy: May 29th, 2013
Surgery Type: TAH
Ovaries: Removed both
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Re: ? about lifting after hysterectomy recovery period
I've heard people say that but it wasn't my experience. By eight weeks I felt entirely back to normal except that I was still getting a bit of abdominal swelling the evenings. That lasted another month yet. After that there were no noticeable changes until nine months after surgery, when the darn cancer came back, and even then it was just a bit of bleeding.
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12-31-2015, 11:26 AM
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HysterSister
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Posts: 34
Hysterectomy: December 11th, 2015
Surgery Type: TLH
Ovaries: Removed both
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Re: ? about lifting after hysterectomy recovery period
Very good points. Everyone's body copes in a different way & likewise deals with pain differently.
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