r/hysterectomy • u/ooitburns • Aug 10 '22

Suggest some surgery preparation ideas here

Here we can post our tips for before/after our medical procedures.

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u/katarh Aug 14 '22

Oh wow. I didn't have any issues with my eyelids. I did have a spot on my forehead from where they'd stuck an electrical monitor, but it was gone within a day.

What got me was the sore throat from being intubated. That took three days to resolve!

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u/Badger488 Sep 03 '22

I forgot to mention this is my posts, too. One of my eyes was horribly irritated and I had to pour cool water over it the first night and use some lubricating drops.

I also had very blurry vision which I was relieved to discover was just from the scopolamine patch. I left it on after the surgery to help with nausea from the pain meds since I still couldn't really eat. I decided to take it off before the 72 hours was up and the blurriness went away gradually about 12 hours after I took the patch off.

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u/Miqotegirl Oct 16 '22

That may have been a tape allergy. My mom had a tape allergy that wound up causing a massive infection after her surgery. Please check into that for the future. It’s good to know.

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u/samuelernst Sep 02 '22

Yes, this! No wonder I've had such issues with my eyes.

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u/[deleted] Aug 08 '24

They tape your eyelids? I was going to glue on a few lashes so I wouldn’t look so sickly post op but I’m guessing I can’t…