How long to get your Mojo back after Hysterectomy?

[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!

[lauraelmore1033]

Man, oh man! it is about a thousand times easier to ride with the proper amount of air in the tires! I went out and rode the route I did yesterday and added a couple of laps around the block (although I really wanted to do a lot more). I am feeling a lot more hopeful about being able to train for all the long rides I want to do this next year.

[lauraelmore1033]

Definitely feeling more optimistic about getting back to normal. So optimistic I'm going to sign up for STP and RSVP tomorrow. Managed a fairly hilly 15 miles over the weekend and today, was able to make it through a spinnervals dvd (Sweating Buckets) with plenty of steam left to spare.

[AppleTree]

Definitely feeling more optimistic about getting back to normal. So optimistic I'm going to sign up for STP and RSVP tomorrow. Managed a fairly hilly 15 miles over the weekend and today, was able to make it through a spinnervals dvd (Sweating Buckets) with plenty of steam left to spare.

Terrific lauraelmore, so good to hear! I was thinking about you the other day and wondering how you were getting on... and you signed up for BOTH STP and RSVP?? You must REALLY be feeling postive about things, wow!

Alas, I didn't sign up for either one this year...debated back and forth about doing STP again, and then decided to not... DH wants to do 140 miles the first day. Not me! I barely survived doing 120 to Winlock. Well, maybe next year. I might try to volunteer to help out on the RSVP though, so maybe I'll see you on the road to Vancouver anyway, ha...

Don't push it too hard though, ease back into the big mileage...one of the warnings I kept reading about was trying to do too much too soon, even though you FELT more energetic... Anyway, take care!

[lauraelmore1033]

Oh, the weather is taking care of that...

[girlontheroad]

I was away for a while and just saw this post. So glad it is all coming together for you! I know how much better it feels when your activity level can finally get back to normal.