Going to ER to be CAUTERIZED!

Fellow Hystersisters ~
I am three weeks post op today and woke bleeding. It has subsided since morning, but I'm still spotting bright red. I had a similar episode on Monday which my said was probably a hematoma. Now that it's happened again, he wants me to go to the ER and says I probably need to have my vaginal cuff cauterized! I'm leaving in about a half hour and am scared (even though I know this is pretty standard stuff).

Any other ladies been cauterized? How were you afterwards?

s ~ Clementine

I had my vaginal cuff cauterized with silver nitrate at about 6 weeks post-op. I did not feel it when they did the procedure but some ladies have said it stung a bit. After the procedure I had a blackish/brown discharge for a few days. You may also have a small bit of cramping - I took Tylenol for a day after the cauterization and felt fine.

Good luck!

S

Best wishes to you, Clementine, hope that it's not too bad on you and that you are feeling better soon!

Aww, Clementine ! I hope goes well for you and that the rest of your recovery is complication free. Let us know how you are, when you feel up to it.

sorry to hear about you having to be cauthrized i had the silver nitrite done and it is really no big deal but i will be praying for you and yes it is upsetting knowing that you have to go through this when we think we have already been through enough

Gee, Clementine;
Sorry to hear you have to go through this.
Will be keeping you in my thoughts, and hope all goes well.

Hugs;
Mona 7

Hi Clementine..... I want you to know I am keeping up with you on this site and that your in my prayers allday ... EVERYDAY... I am so sorry to hear you have to go through all of this after all you have already been through... My surgery is Monday and scared out of my wits... but I am pulling for you girly... and I hope you come home with flying colors and feel better very very soon!

Lots of Love
DEE

Clementine, s My heart truly goes out to you. You're in my prayers. With much love,~Moonchime

Thank you to everyone who replied!
I went to the ER and was able to see my . After looking at the cleaned area, he told me that, although part of the vaginal cuff was healing nicely, there was a mucosa, or an area that had separated and was bleeding. He said it's not what he likes to see, but that he believes with two weeks rest it will resolve itself (minimal walking, no exercise, lifting, etc.). He said that he didn't want to cauterize it because sometimes that irritates things more. He also concluded that there probably never was a hematoma; that the bleeding on Monday was probably from the mucosa as well.

I am in a lot of pain right now from all the poking, pressing and prodding, but am relieved that it wasn't anything more serious. Thank you to everyone for your support and prayers. It made me feel so special that all of you took the time to write. And now I am off to rest...

s ~ Clementine

Clementine, I'm not at the computer as much as preop, busy doing the healing things-
I just read your whole thread, and I am so sorry you are going through this. But very glad you went and it is checked out and now you know what to do to heal.
It takes

and 's

Soon you will be feeling good.