Hysterectomy anyone?

[snapdragen]

So of course I had to Google plush uterus.....

http://iheartguts.com/shop/index.php...products_id=88

[snapdragen]

Ooh....and good luck elk! I'll be your recovery time will be quick and you'll be riding in no time.

[Melalvai]

So of course I had to Google plush uterus.....

http://iheartguts.com/shop/index.php...products_id=88

Thanks for looking that up. I knew I should have when I mentioned it, but I didn't remember the company off the top of my head: i heart guts!

[Roadtrip]

I can't speak to robots and the like, but perhaps some of my experiences could help... at least to some degree.

I had problems at birth with under-developed uterus and ovaries, which were surgically removed when I was a infant, so basically I had a total at a really young age. At the age of 11 or there abouts I saw a hormone specialist and he put me on birth control as a replacement for the natural hormones. You can imagine how long taking a pill a day lasted for a twelve year old, so I pretty much went without regular female hormones until I was 19 or 20 and saw an OBGYN for the first time and he was pretty shocked that I wasn't on hormone replacements. Ordered bone density scans and the like and all was normal, so I started taking estrogen pills. All I can say is it was not fun. It was like an emotional roller coaster ride that I really, really did not want to be on and it never stopped. What stopped it was when I developed a ovarian cyst that ballooned to the size of a grapefruit. I later found out that the doctor had put me on a VERY high dose and should have been a mixture of progesterone and estrogen.

Apparently there was a small amount of ovarian tissue left over and stimulated by all the estrogen I was taking, went ballistic. I stopped taking the estrogen and pretty much haven't even thought about HRT in the last ten+ years. There are many thoughts on a negatives of hormone replacements, but each woman has to make those decisions.

Good luck and sending positive thoughts your way!!
Shannon

[BabyBlueNTulsa]

Hi Elk!
I've not been around for a while.. lots of excuses, but one that really applies here!
I had a TAH (not vaginal, and no cool robots) on August 4. I was off work for about 5 1/2 wks and off the bike for a month. I was off the bike for about a month before surgery too -but not because the doctor said. It was just too uncomfortable to ride. This week was my first week back to work 1/2 days to start. So far so good.
If you'd like to PM about my complication-free surgery and recovery so far, I'll be happy to talk about it.
Best wishes to you!
Susan

[elk]

Hi Susan. are you on the hyster sisters forum too?
My robot started the surgery...but couldn;t finish it...so also ended up with a TAH...It has been 10 days and I'm takin it easy...!!

[BabyBlueNTulsa]

E,
Nope, not on Hyster. I Googled a few good articles from their site, but didn't join. Looked like a lot of drama to me. . Thankfully, I've had a pretty easy time of it. I just camped out in the bedroom with my laptop, Netflix, phone, and meds for a good while. The internal stiches (ab incision) kinda burned and if I twisted the wrong way, it felt like it was tearing...but it wasn't/didn't.
After 2wks, I was feeling well enough to venture out to the other rooms for bits of time. The internal stitches were loosening their death grip on me...that was great!
It was really tough fighting cabin fever after 3.5wks when I started feeling pretty decent, but I was good and did what the doc said. Cabin fever was the worst.. I watched non-stop HGTV and DIY shows. Bet I can tile a floor now!! Haha
So..this last week I started back to work 1/2 days. Doc wanted me home 8wks, but comprimised with my cabin fever and is letting me do 1/2 days for 2wks. I saw her Tuesday and she checked my vag cuff sutures. Apparently I'm a great healer. All good there. I can have s now if i want. Whoopie! She cleared me for riding (easy, no hill workouts yet). Gotta let the abs heal more.
I believe it. I actually rode up a short 12% one Wed and that along with sitting at my desk 1/2 days hurts now a bit. So...lesson learned. Fight the urge to go back to work too soon (cabin fever be dam&ed) and don't ride any hills for a while. Hee hee
I'm actually feeling pretty good. It feels great to get back to some normal stuff.
I didn't mean to rattle off too much there. Hope some of it was helpful..or at least interesting.

[BabyBlueNTulsa]

After all that, I forgot to ask you how you're feeling!!!

So they started the cool part and couldn't finish the "easy" way? Ack. Guessing that was a bit of a let down when you woke up. Bummer!

So do you have laparoscopic spots on your belly as well as the bikini line incision? I had a large fibroid (think large grapefruit) on my uterus. Lap/nor vag removal were available to me. I just have a thin scar from near my left hip about 3/4 across to the right. I was surprised how low it really was. How bout u?