Hysterectomy anyone?

[elk]

I'm giving them away for FREE! no...

I just found out I need a total one...but it can be performed laproscopically with a robot...which will hopefully make all the good things- like healing- faster.
Has anyone else had one via this Da Vinci robot?


I was SO looking forward to a fall on my bike... wah

[Chicken Little]

If you are handing them out, I'm in. The robot is the bomb, but I've been on the nurse side of it, not the patient.

[elk]

If you are handing them out, I'm in. The robot is the bomb, but I've been on the nurse side of it, not the patient.

Oh good! That is reassuring.

[Zen]

Will there be refreshments?

[Bike Chick]

I had one 20+ years ago when I was 29. Mine was the first one done vaginally at my hospital and that was really cool. I didn't even know they were doing them laproscopically and with a robot now! How nice for you.

Good luck to you. I hope everything goes well and you'll be up and at 'em in no time.

[divingbiker]

Hmmm...don't think the robot would have helped avoid the complications I had, but it would have been cool.

[Melalvai]

I loved the Hyster Sisters website when I was getting my hysterectomy. I'm sure lots of people there will have opinions on the robot.

My husband gave me a plush uterus. It's pink and has a big smile.

[malkin]

I'm giving them away for FREE! no...
I was SO looking forward to a fall on my bike... wah

I used to beg my Ob/gyn for one! He's a cyclist too, so now he just reminds me that I don't want to spend that much time off my bike. And I am "well managed" which I think is easier for him to say than me.

Best wishes to you and your robot!

Do you get to keep the robot?

[tctrek]

I had one the old-fashioned way -- hip to hip incision, a week in the hospital, 25 years ago. Never missed any of that stuff.

[elk]

I used to beg my Ob/gyn for one! He's a cyclist too, so now he just reminds me that I don't want to spend that much time off my bike. And I am "well managed" which I think is easier for him to say than me.

Best wishes to you and your robot!

Do you get to keep the robot?

It's too big...I barely have enough room for my BICYCLE!!!

So....this is my burning question...how MUCH time???

[snapdragen]

It's too big...I barely have enough room for my BICYCLE!!!

So....this is my burning question...how MUCH time???

I have no clue for a hysterectomy, but my mom had her gall bladder removed laparoscopicly (sp?) , and she was up and walking the next day. I would think your recovery would be much quicker than the open surgery type.

[Melalvai]

Recovery time depends as much on the type of procedure as the patient. Some people recover more quickly and some take longer, listen to and respect your body and its rate of recovery. But I know you are trying to estimate how long you'll be off your bike. My Fermi estimate is a week, give or take 14 days!

[blackhillsbiker]

I had a vaginal hysterectomy about 10 years ago. I wasn't a cyclist at the time. Minimal pain, much improvement over the extreme bleeding, etc. I had up to that point. I just got tired quickly for the first few weeks. It was way harder recovering from a tonsillectomy! I use a small HRT patch (Vivelle dot) because I could get a really low dose that way. Hope you're up to speed soon!

Deb

[ChillyWilly]

Had one done myself years ago. None of the new technology available then. But no matter, you are going to fee SO much better when it's all done.

You will be surprised at how good Good feels when you reach the other side.

All the best!

[mcoleman]

I have a question for those of you that had a TAH...when does your heart rate return to normal during workouts?

My surgery was four weeks ago last Monday, with complications (he nicked my bladder, so more stitches and a catheter for 7 days). I had a huge fibroid, too, Susan, softball size, and I'm 4'11". Makes you wonder how they can get so big before you realize it!

Anyway, I've been on my bike on the trainer a couple of times and I started running (very slowly) last week. My heart rate has been really up there and I have not been pushing things. Legs feel great and incision area is OK, but my breathing & heart rate will not cooperate. I started walking 2-3 miles every day as soon as the catheter came out, so it's not like I hadn't been doing anything. I'm 12 weeks out from a marathon, so I'm getting worried.

I know I have to be reasonable with recovery and each day really is better, but my heart rate is not improving.

BTW-doc said it was ok to start working out. He said if it hurt, stop, otherwise it was fine.