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Due back to work June 8th

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teresa2545
teresa2545

Had TAH & BSO and  a large fibroid removed 8 weeks ago and now due to return to work next Mon.I work full time but I am returning on phased hrs.4days and 3 hrs a day.I will then build it up each week.Saw my Dr today and she was meant to check my scar but didn't.I didn't like to ask her but no one has looked at it since I had the staples removed 7 weeks ago.I told her that I wasn't getting on with my HRT patches and I have now been given Climaval 1mg tablets(Estradiol Valerate).A lot of people Are against tablets as they say there are more risks.My Dr disagrees and I think there are risks with everything.I have hardly been sleeping for about the last month so she has also given me a weeks supply of sleeping tablets(Zopicione 3.75mg).She feels I am physically fit to return but is worried about how I will be able to concentrate with the lack of sleep.I have to see her next Mon morning to get the final ok to return.I don't know why but I keep dropping a lot of things.This has only happened since my op,has anyone else had the same problem?Looking back the last 8 weeks has flown by and my recovery has been very easy to cope with.I have been able to do so many things and have enjoyed my time off.I am glad I had the operation even though it was a shock to find out I needed it done when i originally only went to my Dr to get a suspected hernia checked out.

 

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  • poppy49
    poppy49 teresa2545

    Posted

    Hi Teresa. 

    I am 9 weeks on wed and due to see my doc on 11th June. 

    Even though I feel great I still get tired easy. 

    I have days where I drop things too and it usually ties in with not having a very good sleep. 

    I will,probably return to work end of June on phased return to work too.  I don't feel ready for work yet though. 

    Maybe you need another couple of weeks to get your hrt and sleeping pattern in some sort of routine. 

    Sending love

    lee x

    • teresa2545
      teresa2545 poppy49

      Posted

      Hi Lee,

      My manager is being very good by saying that even after 2hrs work if I feel it is too much I can go home.He wants me to work Mon,Tues,Thurs & Fri giving me Weds off to help.I keep thinking that to work 12 hrs instead of 39 shouldn't be too much.

    • poppy49
      poppy49 teresa2545

      Posted

      I am going to work 9-1 mon, we'd and Friday for 2 weeks 

      I then have two weeks leave 

      then I will work every day 9-1 for two weeks and see how I get on. 

      Still think I will have a couple of weeks off yet though. 

      Remember as soon as you return that's you on a return to work. 

      Dont go back too quickly 

      lee x

    • teresa2545
      teresa2545 poppy49

      Posted

      I can go back up to 6 weeks phased hrs but I have a weeks holiday at the end of June so I am not sure how this will affect my hrs especially when I am going away.We are going to be taking one week at a time.
  • maria16574
    maria16574 teresa2545

    Posted

    I was due to go back June 8th. I saw my doctor Saturday the 30th and was told June 22nd will be my date to return. This is due to bowel issues a d pain. Put me on new meds to see if it helps and tomorrow I see gastro doc. I am happy I can drive at least now and move more. This I must say has been the worst surgery ever. I do also drop things more today I dropped a plate my son was shock since I hardly do anything like that. Oh well lol. Speak to your doctor again. Im afraid I won't be able to sit long at the office. Feel better
  • neverstaysstill
    neverstaysstill teresa2545

    Posted

    Hi.

    I've been off 7 weeks, went to doctors to get fit for work cert to return Mon 1.6.15 and he wouldn't give it to me and instead wanted me to have a further 5 weeks off !! i bartered with him and got it down to 2 weeks more so returning on phased on Mon 15.6.15.  I feel like a bit of a fraud still being off as feel so well and good weather coming so will go back to work with a tan (hopefully) lol. Although today i feel in quite a lot of pain (won't tell you what i was upto yesterday though) and like others keep dropping things, i used to drop things the week before i used to be due on so wondered if this was linked as i've kept my ovaries.

    Glad everyones healing so well.

    xx

    • jacqueline67292
      jacqueline67292 neverstaysstill

      Posted

      Hi Neverstaysstill

      He! he! my mind is boggling at what you might have been doing yesterday that you won't confess to!  Enjoy your extended time off your GP must think you need it.  Very glad you are feeling well.

      Love

      Jacqui lol

    • neverstaysstill
      neverstaysstill jacqueline67292

      Posted

      hi

      i was helping other half with plumbing in the bathroom, as i can't lift or hold anything heavy i was the goafer, i went to screwfix twice, B&Q once and up and down our stairs about 40 times and even up step ladders with my head and hands passing stuff into the loft lol.  I did feel very tired after all that and then had to go to the local leisure centre (where i used to work) for a shower as we had no hot water so it was all driving and ferrying stuff and i must admit it took it out of me, easier day today only went to screwfix the once.

    • neverstaysstill
      neverstaysstill jacqueline67292

      Posted

      my post back to you is awaiting moderation, i don't know why as was only about plumbing but i did mention a couple of DIY stores in it so perhaps that is seen as advertising??
    • jacqueline67292
      jacqueline67292 neverstaysstill

      Posted

      Hi Neverstaysstill

      I was really getting excited when you said the reply was being moderated!  Wow! I thought 'what she was doing was X rated' and then you spoilt it by mentioning DIY stores!  He! he! I tell you since I've been fixed and all my feelings in that department are back in full working order my mind is always in the gutter!    Poor Ian is too drugged up now to enjoy I'm afraid, he says "it is just my luck!"

      I hope you haven't been going mad doing decorating?  I bet you have.  Still isn't it marvellous to feel so good now we are almost recovered.  

      I think you might be right about the advertising causing the moderation.  I wrote a few posts to Judy that were moderated.

      Looking forward to a lovely summer now.  Take care.

      Love

      Jacquilol

       

    • neverstaysstill
      neverstaysstill jacqueline67292

      Posted

      it so windy here as we are so flat, i was chasing wheely bins along the street today with a neighbour as they had been emptied and then put back on the pavement and were being blown over and just blowing along the road like paper.  I told him i couldn't pick them up so he was picking up and bringing to me and i was returning to front gardens, thats my good deed for the day done.   

      I wasn't decorating but i was being a goafer as hubby is doing up the bathroom and replacing plumbing so i was visiting DIY stores to get copper stuff and then running up and down stairs and in the loft doing as much as i could do to help him as for third night running what he had done during the day leaked in the evening, he's replaced again tonight so fingers crossed this is it now and soon we can get on with the prettyfying bit.  As for the gutter stuff he's to scared to come near me at moment in case i explode from the scar lol so i'm making the most of a break in frivolities lol

    • jacqueline67292
      jacqueline67292 neverstaysstill

      Posted

      Hi Neverstaysstill

      Excellent exercise and all allowed I am very proud of you, and .. doing your good citizen bit, definitely gold stars for you.   Keep it up.  

      He! he! funny how the men are now frightened we will break!  They haven't got a glue really how tough we are!  

      Hope all the leaks are under control now, fingers crossed.  I've bought some beautiful purple flower pots and planted gorgeous flowers all around the outside of our flat.  Our neighbours think they look fabulous, the main reason I got them is that I don't have to lift heavy pots or bags of earth, a great way to cheat at gardening, not that I have told the neighbours why I have gone into small beautiful pots!  I used to carry very heavy pots in Spain up to my Solarium, it was a lovely oasis that I could go and relax.  Now that is what probably caused my prolapses in the first place!rolleyes  Still I have now learnt my lesson.  

      Love

      Jacqui lol

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