It is sometimes tricky to get your spouse to understand your needs as you prepare for your hysterectomy. Just as women prepare differently for surgery, there is no set response or behavior for family members.
Our HysterSisters provide some tips for Helping Hubby Understand your Hysterectomy.
Some women themselves head into their hysterectomy not fully realizing the seriousness of their surgery or how important and extensive their recovery will be so it should not be too surprising then that their husband’s don’t realize at first either and may be slow at understanding the importance of the recovery process and how often crucial this time is to getting “back to normal”.
However, on this Spouse’s Day we take a moment to thank those spouses that lovingly jumped into the hysterectomy process from the beginning (sometimes even helping the patient through when they couldn’t help themselves) and we thank those that pitched in once they realized what a big surgery a hysterectomy is and how precarious the recovery process can be, especially without help. If you still need some assistance in Helping Husband Understand Hysterectomy either before or after the recovery process, we have several articles in our article library and you can also chat with the other HystserSisters in the forum area about what helped them get their spouses to become their teammate during their surgery prepping and recovery.
Today is Spouse’s Day, so it seemed like just the right day to offer some advice for our fellow HysterSisters that may need it with regards to how their spouses are reacting to their upcoming hysterectomy.
As varied as spouses are, so are their responses to their wive’s upcoming hysterectomy. Some spouses will be supportive, involved and/or helpful whereas other spouses will cope by withdrawing.
Find out more about Helping Hubby Understand your Hysterectomy.
Do you have a supportive significant other? For many women, hysterectomy recovery involves more than just them…it involves their family, friends, co-workers and more.
Here is a letter from one of your HysterSisters to her supportive significant other:
…”Thank you.
Thank you for loving me so much.
Thank you for always, and I mean always, being there for me.
Thank you for being my bestest friend”.. Read more Dear Honey to Bill.
Want to let someone in your life know how you are feeling after or before your hysterectomy, what you need, your worries, etc? Visit Our Dear Honey section of the HysterSisters hysterectomy community to add a letter for someone in your life.