How long to get your Mojo back after Hysterectomy?

[tealtreak]

The fatigue is unreal! Scrubbing the tub last night felt like the equivalent effort of a long and hilly ride. Wrapping presents took half the morning and I was wiped out by the time they were opened. I am baffled by it all.

Hang in there! You will feel better ...it is so discouraging when you are in the midst of recovery......The fatigue is normal, I have experienced it not only with major surgery, but also when recovering from a bad car wreck. Maybe the body is yelling at us to conserve energy for healing. I do know the energy does come back! (:

[girlontheroad]

Ditto teal trek. It does get better. I am 3 months out and it is no longer a problem.

[lauraelmore1033]

Ack! Went in for the 6 week follow up and the dr cleared me for physical activity, but not sexual. He then revealed that I'd had a huge vaginal tear when my Episiotomy (from pregnancy 30 years ago) "popped open" due to the size of my fibroids being removed. Claimed that he'd already told me, but I am pretty sure he didn't. DH says he was apprised of the"huge" fibroids, and that he had been told that the operation had taken so long because the fibroids were so large, but that the dr had definitely not said anything about a "huge vaginal tear". well,that explains why I am still so fatigued! Wish I'd known about that 6 weeks ago... Dr ran his finger along a disturbingly long line of still intact sutures and it felt like I had fish bones in there.

[girlontheroad]

Ack is right. Give it time to heal and you should be good as new before too long.

[AppleTree]

lauraelmore1033, oh my goodness. No advice, but wanted to send you good wishes for continued healing and recovery. How frustrating for you at this point! You still have lots and lots of time before bike riding season though to get stronger and feel better.

I was THIS close to having a procedure myself last winter...and opted out at the last minute (chickened out?). But in my case it is not so serious to wait (basically endometriosis)...I may still do it eventually, but feel I can wait for now. At 55 I wasn't sure I would be recovered in time to do the STP last summer and RSVP and I so badly wanted to do both those rides.

Good luck on your healing! Please let us know how you are getting along, I in particular, am really interested to hear how you do.

[lauraelmore1033]

lauraelmore1033, oh my goodness. No advice, but wanted to send you good wishes for continued healing and recovery. How frustrating for you at this point! You still have lots and lots of time before bike riding season though to get stronger and feel better.

I was THIS close to having a procedure myself last winter...and opted out at the last minute (chickened out?). But in my case it is not so serious to wait (basically endometriosis)...I may still do it eventually, but feel I can wait for now. At 55 I wasn't sure I would be recovered in time to do the STP last summer and RSVP and I so badly wanted to do both those rides.


Good luck on your healing! Please let us know how you are getting along, I in particular, am really interested to hear how you do.

Appletree, I saw your thread about Hysterectomy while I was searching for info on getting back into biking and really wanted to ask you if you went through with it, and if you expected to be able to do STP this year. I think I also saw a post of yours on Hystersister. Didn't really find a lot in my search to give me hope that I would be ready this year, but I'm going to give it until march or april to decide. I did get out on the bike yesterday. Dh told me that his old hybrid with the squishy seatpost was ready for me out in the garage. I grabbed it and did the hardest 3 miles of my life--but later found out the Dh did not mean that by saying the bike was "ready" that he had pumped up the tires. So I was riding on flat tires! No wonder it was hard. I'm waiting for the rain to stop so I can see if air in the tires makes riding any easier...
Thanks for all the good thoughts

[AppleTree]

Appletree, I saw your thread about Hysterectomy while I was searching for info on getting back into biking and really wanted to ask you if you went through with it, and if you expected to be able to do STP this year. I think I also saw a post of yours on Hystersister. Didn't really find a lot in my search to give me hope that I would be ready this year, but I'm going to give it until march or april to decide. I did get out on the bike yesterday. Dh told me that his old hybrid with the squishy seatpost was ready for me out in the garage. I grabbed it and did the hardest 3 miles of my life--but later found out the Dh did not mean that by saying the bike was "ready" that he had pumped up the tires. So I was riding on flat tires! No wonder it was hard. I'm waiting for the rain to stop so I can see if air in the tires makes riding any easier...
Thanks for all the good thoughts

Three miles with a flat tire???? I can't believe you made it one mile, you must be doing better than you think! I think I'd have to clonk DH over the head with a bike pump too... ha. Well, maybe a mini-pump.

Yes, I called off the surgery one week before it was scheduled. Between this forum and Hystersister, I decided I was being way too optimistic about recovery and training...but everyone has such a different experience with these things. You basically had two surgeries too, because of the episiotomy tear, so go easy on yourself for a good while..

Keep us posted!