Feeling really low

No I havr not had this done. But I am sorry to hest your feeling down and pray you get peace about it all!

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Thank you Brain Storming.

Hello Debs, I'm sorry you are feeling so low. I had a total hysterectomy some years ago and I think its perfectly normal to feel down and tearful, especially as you had had such a traumatic time before your operation. I remember being told it would take 9 - 12 months before I felt back to normal and I thought this was rubbish ! Although I felt so much better after a while, I must admit it was about a year before I was truly back to my old self. I have never regretted having the operation because my health eventually improved so much and it was such a relief. I took HRT for a while as the hot flushes etc. were a problem but I eventually weaned myself off it . Just hang on in there, things will get better but do talk to your GP if you haven't already done so.

All the best,

Bess.

Thank you so much Bess, it's nice to hear from someone who has also had the operation. I do hope I start to feel better soon, it's been 8 months now since my operation. I can't believe an operation can make you feel so low. I have just started taking HRT and the doctor said I will probably start to feel better after 6 weeks ( I do hope so) although you hear so many things about HRT I'm wondering is this a good thing. My mind is so mixed up. Can I ask you Bess did you put weight on after the operation as I have and is finding it hard to lose it. Thanks again for your reply .Debs.

Hello Debs, I'm pleased you've got HRT. I would have preferred not to take it but when you have your ovaries removed I dont think there's any option. Life's just too uncomfortable without it for a while. The HRT you have is probably eostrogen only so I wouldnt worry about it too much. Its probably only temporary to help you over this time and you wont have to take it for ever. Yes, I did put on weight which I was so annoyed about, I had always been so slim. My weight eventually started to come off, without dieting, but it was quite a while before that happened. I have never returned to my very slim self but my weight is now in normal range.. I suppose the body gets a hormonal shock after a total hysterectomy and takes a while to adjust. I am surprised you have had to struggle on all this time without HRT, I was told I would be starting HRT 6 weeks after the operation because apparently this is the time hormones start to plummet and you feel awful. I am sure you will pick up very soon now. Chin up, things are going to get better ! Bess. Ps. Keep in touch if I can help.

Thank you so so much, will message you in a few weeks if that's ok with you. I feel better just talking it through with you.

All the best Debs, yes please, do let me know how you get on. You will feel so much better soon.

Bess.

Hello Debs, I've just registered with this website cos I have what I think are pretty unique health problems and am hoping that by talking with other people I will get some relief from my own worrying. So if I can make you feel cared for it'll be doing me good too, if that's OK with you ?? I'm not surprised you are feeling low, you were scared stiff for months prior to your surgery and that will have taken its toll on your strength. Now it's your time to let it all those worries float away and move forward knowing that you have escaped this time, you had something totally curable and the future is yours to do with as you choose. You don't say how old you are, this may have a bearing on your reaction to recent events. I'll tell you what I mean from my viewpoint so that I don't make any wrong assumptions. In 2007 I had a total hysterectomy because of a mass of fibroids in my womb and because I was experiencing an undiagosed but severe pain when I was sitting. I was grateful that aged 53 then I had no concerns about losing my child-bearing ability. I have no children but because of my past I hadn't wanted children, I'm single anyway and was just glad to be rid of my huge uterus. I was told I had fibroids sticking to my ovaries and my bowel so the only way was to take out the whole lot. I have never regretted that but I did ask to go onto HRT because shortly before this I had started having severe COLD sweats, not hot like other women, so HRT looked like the way forward with this too. Again, I have never looked back, but for a range of reasons I was a long time getting over it all, in fact I haven't really, I still have other problems which make every day difficult, to say the least. But the hysterectomy, followed by starting on HRT, then also going onto the higher dose of HRT for which I just have to have 6-monthly blood pressure checks, has been a total all-round success. And how nice to get rid of those monotonous heavy irregular periods, to throw away the tampons and stop worrying about soiling the bedding when I am in a hotel. So, after telling you something about me, I just want to say - Recovery from all that you have gone through will take time, you have put yourself through major changes mentally and physically, I hope you are doing better now and all the best from me. Alison

Oh Alison, thank you so much for your reply, yes yes that's how I felt, for so many weeks I sat at home thinking I was at deaths door, just waiting for the hospital to get in touch, the mass was found in November 2012 and I had operation 27th December, I spent all Christmas in tears thinking I would never see my grandchildren again as they live over 100 miles away. I am 55 years old and I know I should be grateful that the mass was benign but I still feel so low. I have just started on HRT so hopefully I will feel better soon. As I don't know anybody who has had a hysterectomy I have nobody to ask my many questions. I have been told it can take up to a year before you start feeling yourself again so just a few months to go. Thanks again. Debs.

Hi Debs, Glad I could help. There's some connection between being childless and having fibroids - which are benign but could become cancerous - so I know other single women who have had hysterectomies for that reason. It's not half as scary as what you've gone through but it still takes it out of you. Plus in your case it totally messed up your Christmas as well. Maybe by December 2013 you will have turned a corner, I really hope so. Aliso