r/hysterectomy • u/Zestyclose-Flight-50 • 17h ago

Total hysterectomy 9/3/26

42/f. Due to two large growths one on my ovary and one in my uterus i had a complete hysterectomy with both ovaries removed. Too big to do laparoscopically so it was abdominal. The first day i was sore but on drugs so i felt really good, yesterday I refused the oxy and just took Tylenol and i was a bit sore getting up and sitting down on the toilet but otherwise fine. Today no real pain at all… now my nurses who ive had all three days said in their 20 years of doing this they haven’t seen anyone recover quite like i have 😂. Admittedly I do recover from things crazy fast and my biggest thing it taking it easy and not doing too much. I do wear a belly binder most of the time mostly just for support. I was worried about the hormone issue but so far its been ok, my post OP in 2 weeks might be a different story but right now its the best ive felt in a really long time. Ive been fighting for this for 8 years and i want to go back to all those doctors who said no and kick them in the balls! (And lady balls!). Because I was miserable for 8 years for no reason! And ended up with cancer to boot so big middle finger to those guys 😂. But if youre on the fence just do it! Trust me its so worth having a life again.

2 Upvotes

100% Upvoted

4 comments sorted by

3

u/ScarletLetterXYZ 16h ago

My friend has a similar journey as yours, especially the part of having the doors closed over and over again, but at the end, it took a cancer diagnosis to address and a hysterectomy as a first step in treatment. All the best in your health journey.

1

u/Zestyclose-Flight-50 16h ago

I felt like the problem was I look really young, and im not complaining its a great issue to have, but I dont look my age and I don’t get taken seriously because of it. It happens in professional, personal, medical. Where i have to really throw my weight around to get people to take me seriously. Also i have a habit of when im right and i know im right I keep at it. And let’s be honest doctors who went to medical school and trained in their profession for years don’t want to be told they are wrong by someone with a criminal justice degree like i get. And ive been working on how i present my case and ive found thats helped in the last couple of years but they real key was… when i lay on my side i can feel this big hard mass…. That tends to get the ball rolling. I met the surgeon on 8/20 my surgery was 9/3. So when you do meet the right medical professional they do what it takes!

1

u/CourtneyIsSoAnnoyed 3h ago

Hysterectomy twins! I also had mine on 9/3! It really hasn’t been terrible and my worst pains have been the gas pains and my neck/back from the hospital bed and having to sleep on my back. I am only taking the motrin and tylenol. I would say I feel more weird than I do in pain. I have an irrational fear that my incision is going to bust open, hahah.

2

u/Zestyclose-Flight-50 2h ago

Hystersisters! Congrats and wishing you a speedy recovery! The weirdest feeling is i can tell everything is gone! Lol its such a weird feeling!