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Hi all I'm Jim and I'm asking for my 73 year old but active mother who has ovarian cysts and is having a total hysterectomy as a precaution . Firstly I'd like to know if a total or complete can actually be carried out through keyhole or not. Secondly I'm planning on staying with her for a while but was wondering what the typical hospital stay and recovery time is. Also would she be able to eat normal foods , go to the toilet without help. Sorry so many questions but I've nowhere else to ask. If you all could advise me on the above matters or anything else you consider relevant which I haven't mentioned or yet thought of . Many thanks Jim
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margaret105 jimbo1968
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catrinadawn jimbo1968
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Hope she is doing well
catrinadawn jimbo1968
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It does depend if it is keyhole surgery or full/laparotomy. They should have told her and it should be in any admission letters she has.
She will get what help she needs while in hospital so dont worry. I know she is older then me, but if she can, encourage her to move as much as she can as soon as she can while in hospital. The nurses will encourage it too. It helps healing so much.
I had my hubby home with me for a few days but he only done the things I could not. Get me a cuppa, serve me dinner so I limit my time on my feet. I managed to toilet myself but he was there in case.
But she will need help having a shower or wash. I was silly enough to have a shower the first day my hubby went back to work, a full 4 days after coming home. And i struggled. Luckily my parents walked in the door!
She def needs to take it easy for the first 2 weeks, but move as much as she can.
recovery time will depend on if she has Keyhole or full surgery. I am 5 weeks into recovery and though I have no pain, I have had my wound opened and off to A and E and feeling slightly achy and tired today and I am 37!
If you have family, friends or neighbours who can look in her if you have to go to work. It helps trust me.
Some things that helped me was to hold my belly whenever i moved, just to protect it, I found I could not sleep on my side for 10 days after so had a spare bed made up because i started to get back ache laying on back for more then 3 hours. So I went into the spare room to sleep, woke up went back to original bed and managed to get a full sleep.
If you need more advice or just want a chat. Message me. I am still off work recovering so at home at the moment.
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lisa05281 jimbo1968
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I'm 39 and had a full hysterectomy done via open surgery 4 months ago for a borderline ovarian tumor. I was in hospital for 4days and it took a couple of weeks at home recovering before I could manage completely on my own. I hadn't realised how tired little tasks made me feel, and how much bending/lifting/stretching is required doing normal day to day things. I'd definitely recommend moving around as much as you're able, eating should be fine but codeine pain therapy might result in constipation so good idea to eat lots of fibre and fresh fruit/vegetables.
Good luck, hope all goes well for your mother
catrinadawn lisa05281
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Hope it goes soon!
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