trinityroyal
Well-Known Member
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Sorry to be graphic, but my little Aspie brain won't let me rest until I can plan, plan, plan and ask enough questions that I feel at least somewhat informed about this.
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Well, it's come to that time. Every woman on my side of the family has had fibroids, cysts, and other tumerous growths with all the nasty side-effects--pain, float-away heavy periods, etc. To a woman, they all ended up having hysterectomies in their mid-forties.
I had previous surgery for extra-large (watermelon sized) fibroids in my early 30s, and my GYN-doctor and I agree that, rather than waiting for the rest of the nasty side-effects to kick in, best to deal with it now before things get too icky.
I'm scheduled for a hysterectomy first thing Wednesday morning, and I'm trying to get a feel for what I can expect.
My doctor has walked me through the surgery and all the possible complications. I'm comfortable with that. I've been through general anaesthetic before, I know the doctor who's doing the anaesthetic, so I'm comfortable with that too. What I'm not so comfortable with is the recovery period. I don't really know what I can expect from that, and I'm obsessing a bit.
They've given me the standard speech about "no heavy lifting", and "no fill-in-the-blanks for six to eight weeks", but that doesn't really tell me much.
Will it hurt like billy-o? Is it something like recovering from a c-section? Any regrets?
Honestly, with 5 children between the 2 of us, the youngest not yet a year old, I'm not too worried about not having any more children, but I don't know if it will change the way I feel about myself. I just don't know.
My grannie is gone, my aunties are all far away (and I haven't told any of them, because I don't want them to worry), and I'm not on speaking terms with my mother, so I can't ask any of them.
Feel free to PM if you're not comfortable posting "out loud"
Thank you!
Trinity
Sorry to be graphic, but my little Aspie brain won't let me rest until I can plan, plan, plan and ask enough questions that I feel at least somewhat informed about this.
*****too much information starts here*****
Well, it's come to that time. Every woman on my side of the family has had fibroids, cysts, and other tumerous growths with all the nasty side-effects--pain, float-away heavy periods, etc. To a woman, they all ended up having hysterectomies in their mid-forties.
I had previous surgery for extra-large (watermelon sized) fibroids in my early 30s, and my GYN-doctor and I agree that, rather than waiting for the rest of the nasty side-effects to kick in, best to deal with it now before things get too icky.
I'm scheduled for a hysterectomy first thing Wednesday morning, and I'm trying to get a feel for what I can expect.
My doctor has walked me through the surgery and all the possible complications. I'm comfortable with that. I've been through general anaesthetic before, I know the doctor who's doing the anaesthetic, so I'm comfortable with that too. What I'm not so comfortable with is the recovery period. I don't really know what I can expect from that, and I'm obsessing a bit.
They've given me the standard speech about "no heavy lifting", and "no fill-in-the-blanks for six to eight weeks", but that doesn't really tell me much.
Will it hurt like billy-o? Is it something like recovering from a c-section? Any regrets?
Honestly, with 5 children between the 2 of us, the youngest not yet a year old, I'm not too worried about not having any more children, but I don't know if it will change the way I feel about myself. I just don't know.
My grannie is gone, my aunties are all far away (and I haven't told any of them, because I don't want them to worry), and I'm not on speaking terms with my mother, so I can't ask any of them.
Feel free to PM if you're not comfortable posting "out loud"
Thank you!
Trinity