hysterectomy - UPDATE- Am Home

[gwensvilla]

I was told by my hospital/ GP and insurance company that they wouldnt class me to be fit to fly until 6 weeks after the op!! so I flew on week 7.... (of course) BUT take CARE - you may not be "back to normal" as soon as you think - some take 3 mths - some 6 mths - some depends on what style op you end up with - which you may not know till you come OUT of the op!!!! Good Luck - it was certainly one of the best things I did - BUT that is said with hindsight - not how I felt 2 weeks after my op!!!!! Good Luck Gwen

[SDJ]

I must have been lucky. I had my op - full hysterectomy after 7 prior surgeries, ceasareans, ovarian cysts, sterilisation etc.etc., and with my Consultants permission, I flew to Florida 14 days later. Although very tired after the journey, I was able just to rest and recuperate in the sun and went home for my 6 week check up then returned to Florida for a further 3 months. Perfect recovery.After so many ops I suppose you could say I got used to it.

Good luck in September and enjoy both your holidays before then[8D]

Sandra

[fiona]

You might want to check your travel insurance. We went to France for a long weekend within 4 weeks of my op and my insurers withdrew all cover on me - for 4 months!!

Luckily we had changed insurers when I was having my chemo treatment - although I was not covered for anything cancer related for 12 months, they now cover me for anything again and have brought the high surcharge down (£750 for cancer related claims) to normal rates.

[Susan J]

You have been through enough recently, and may feel low after an Op like this, leave it until September. Sorry about the loss of your Mum -not a good year, eh.

[ravtino]

Nope not a good year, have spoken to hospital today and made another appointment with consultant to disscuss what they were taking away, but have told them no way till after I come back, not missing out on my rides and rest[msnwink]

[steph_goodrum]

Fouond out today my cousin is going in for a hysterectomy tomorrow, she's been told to expect it to be 8-12 weeks before she is back to normal.

[ravtino]

Let me know how she goes

[sammibabe]

Having had 3 sections and a hysterectomy they are very similar, I found, in how you feel afterwards. I was physically very well after a couple of weeks. However I did find I was extremely tired for about 4 - 5 weeks. Whether this was a result of the anaesthetic or not I don't know - all my sections were epidural so... I hope all goes well with your op when you do have it done and remeber to take as much time as you need to get over it; don't rush it.

[steph_goodrum]

Jacquline, just to update you, I haven't phoned my cousin as she has 3 sisters who live close by and 5 children from 13-30 so figured she may well be fed up telling how she is so have just kept up through her sister. It's now just 12 days since her op and I bumped into her in the supermarket today and she looks absolutely fantastic. She said she got up the day after her op and has been advised to walk a little more each day so, after shopping (her husband was pushing the trolley and picking up the groceries, they were going to drive to the coast and walk along the seafront.

She is pretty resilient and I knew it would be hard for her not to do anything as she has always childmined and at present has 12 children on her books from 2 babies to 9 years old at varying times.
Her husband is also registered to look after the children and between him and her daughter they covered last week but my cousin said she was still helping within a couple of days of getting home after bout 4 days in hosp. and obviously babies dont understand why she was there but not attending to them as she usually does as she couldnt change them but could still feed them.

She said she was getting tired in the evenings and trying to force herself to have an afternoon nap and also the on the 2nd or 3rd day after the op she was getting waves of nausea almost like morning sickness, and couldnt drink tea, which she has never been able to do when she has been pregnant, but that settled on the next day (her son made her laugh when he said "you did check the surgeon hadn't got you confused with someone else and given them the hysterectomy and you the IVF, didn't you?
I know you cant always go by what has happened to others but it sometimes helps to get ideas of recovery times to decide on your best course of action.

[ravtino]

Thanks for that Steph, I saw my Dr yesterday and she agrees that I should wait till Sept, I def don't want to miss out on the rides etc on holiday[msnsmile2]