haveing a total hysterectomy tuesday

Hi, I'm not in your situation, but if you are not 100% sure this is what you want and there is a different option you need to go back to your consultant and delay the op. It isn't reversible, you need to be sure and discuss your concerns and options first. They have to listen to you and you have the right to say no or not now.

Xx

Hi ,

This is easier for me to say since i have had my op but please don't worry.I am 24 days post op following a TAH & BSO.I also had several fibroids removed the largest weighing just over 6lb and the size of a 32 week pregnancy.The op went well and i feel great.I had to have injections for 3 months before the op to try and shrink the size of the fibroids.On these injections i lost a stone in weight but i was also 18stone before.Even weighing 17 stone for the op my main concern was this but no one told me to lose any more weight.With the extra 6lb now lost from the fibroid and a bit more i now weigh 16 stone 4lb.I can't renember when i last weighed this but i feel grest and already buying clothes 2 sizes smaller.I also have IBS but since the op i have suffered quite badly with consipation but that can be normal post op.Please don't delay this op as a lady next to me was in with cyts that had burst and she was in agony.I hope i have helped,please ask me anything else if you want to.

xxx

Hi Sally,  I had to reply as I hate to see anyone so upset.  I didn't have the total ab hysterectomy but I did have fibroids and appalling bleeding symptoms.  I haven't felt well for a couple of years now.  About eight weeks ago I had vaginal hysterectomy, and I have to say - I had my review a couple of days ago and got the go-ahead to do a bit of exercise.  I went to Pilates that night, and am going to go regularly.  I feel like I have never felt better.  The fibroids/bleeding must have absolutely drained me.  I simply feel that the symptoms we all have as the result of the sickness in our wombs may have been there for so long that we end up feeling, depressed, lethargic and simply ill.  It is your body, and if you are unsure, as Anna said you should speak with your consultant.  But I need you to know that for me, after that first few weeks, it was a very rapid upward movement and I feel more positive than I have done in years.  I am losing weight now and have lots more energy.  Whatever you decide, good luck.  xxxx

Hi Sally, I can't begin to understand what you are going through but be assured it is all worth it in the end.  I too had worries about leaving the other half to cope but he has been absolutely brilliant and stepped up to the mark.  Sometimes us women have just got to be selfish and think of ourselves and with health issues i think this is most definitely one of those times. I baffled my surgeon and anesthetist by refusing morphine as i too didn't want to have any hallucinations and feel i have to be in control at all times (side effect of IBS) but after several conversations and them promising not to attach a morphine drip to me after op i agreed to have morphine during the op as they promised it is out of your system within 45 minutes of op ending, when i came round i felt a bit woozy but to be expected and within 2 hours i was watching tv and feeling fine.  Admittedly i was not ill before the op as tablets were controlling all my symptoms and i was/am quite fit.  I agree with the other ladies on here that you need to talk to your surgeon/consultant, you could go along on Tuesday with all good intentions and still walk away and not go through with it if thats what you want to do, and in most hospitals your hubby can be with you right until you are taken to theatre and he can be there when you wake up. Hope some of this helps.

Dear Sally

Have your op, it is not as bad as you think.  The worst bit is the worry before hand.  It is very good you don't smoke, and no alcohol, it would really help if you could get a few pounds off before your op, but I know there is not a lot of time until Tuesday.  The calmer you can be the better the healing process.  Try some meditation, it really helps.  There is lots to choose from on YouTube, it works wonders for panic attacks as well.

You will find this forum very helpful, all the ladies are very supportive, especially if you have any worries or questions.  

Good luck for Tuesday Sally, you will soon be joining us all on the road to recovery.

Love

Jacqui 

I  am almost 64 had TAH+BSO over wieght dress size 24 /26 I had a cyst the size of a large orange. I sailed though op and recovery no problems. try deep breathing listening to your favorite music. Everybody worries about having an operation but I am sure your will be fine. Most ladied are home 48 hours after op good luck I am sure you will find it's not half as badas you are expecting

Sally

I am 4 wks post op, I was a nervous wreck too. I had a TAH with ovaries removed and I was dreading the pain after the op. I can honestly say the operation was fantastic! (as ops go) they gave me a spinal to numb the pain for when I woke up therefore didn't have to have as much anaesthetic (was still completely put to sleep) and when I came round I wasn't drowsy or sick and absolutely no pain! My hubby could nt believe how well I looked when I came out the theatre. I too was worried about being overweight but there is always someone bigger than you that go through an operation. I am now waiting to see my gyno (in 2 wks) to be given HRT. If you decide to have the op good luck for Tuesday. You will be fine. I went in on Good Friday and came home bank holiday Monday.

Hi Sally

I have just read your post and my heart goes out to you, I dont want to tell you what you should do, as only you can do that, but what I will do is share my experience with you in hope it can help in anyway. I an 45 years old no children fell really ill with an abcess on my ovary last July and during the investigations an tests they found multiple fibroids in my uterus, this made my uterus as large as a 4 month pregnancy as well as having heavy periods and constant period pains,bowel and bladder discomfort and like teresea had a course of monthly hormone implants to try to reduce the size, (didnt really make much difference for me) anyway I was told from the very beginning that I would need a TAH & BSO.I was scared, nervous, worried about having to take time off work, a wholeload of what if's went through my mind as I had never had surgery or an anasthetic before. However I am now 3 weeks post op and doing really well, all of the doctors amd nurses were wonderful really put my mind at rest and looked after me. I am glad it is over, and so glad I h it done although still in the early days of recovery I feel so much better and I know I wont ever get any problems again with my uterus,ovaries,tubes and cervix. I would advise you to speak to PALS at your hospital they were very good for me,Also this forum is a god send for anyone having or had surgery. So use it and speak to like minded ladies we are here to help. So sorry to have rattled on but I really do feel for you.

Sending you a big reassuring hug.

Nikki xx

thank you so much everyone for the kind words.i have no choose but to have it done as the cyst could burst and is massive.i just worry about everythink and anythink.what if this what if that.how long will i be in hospital.last few days have been a massive roller coaster i cant get eveythink out of my head.after the opp they are sending me to a gerus which is like intensive care so i can be watched more closely as i have a high bmi that frightens me even more even tho il get better care one to one nurseing.i know its the fear of the unknowen.i dnt like the sound of morfinen i preff to be in control of things not out of it if you understand.any more advise would be helpfull and nice thanks xx