Some may know I was having surgery, a hysterectomy because of several fibroids. My first surgery, or anything for that matter in a hospital. The fibroids had gotten so bad that I was unable to work all summer and was in bed 20 out of 30 days a month from extreme cramps, excessive bleeding, back pain, bladder size of a kiwi, painful constipation....................lets just say that as was just as anxious to get it as I was nervous about it.
I remember going out on the table and waking in excruciating pain. I was told they had to do abdominal surgery, 10 inch bikini incision. The first 24 hours were torture! Pain like Iv'e never felt and it was a battle to get the pain meds I needed. I was told that my surgeon would not come and talk to me, hospital policy, and was down talked by a jerk resident who I felt judged me because I had tattoos! The next day my surgeon came in and I was so grateful to see her! I told her about the night before and she was upset. She told me I had a very serious surgery and would be feeling pain should have been treated for it.
Basically my fibroids were so large, one was 15cm and pressing into my spine, another was growing around one of my ovaries. SHe showed me a picture and it was unbelievable that all of it was inside me! But explained a lot. I have one Ovary left, just enough to keep me from early on set menopause
. Tubes, cervix, uterus, and one ovary gone.......
Am home in bed healing, although who I though would be nurse Maia has been a little devil! The day I came home she wouldn't stop running around and meowing at me, like a 2 year old! She's upset she can't get under covers with me because I have pillows propping up my legs. Today she jumped off my belly!!!! That really hurt ..................She was nicer to me when I had the fibroids, its almost like she doesn't see that I'm healing but knows I don't have fibroids any more
Oh yeah, another thing is I am on Iron tablets because slightly anemic after surgery, and so constipated! It's painful, anyone have any suggestions?
I remember going out on the table and waking in excruciating pain. I was told they had to do abdominal surgery, 10 inch bikini incision. The first 24 hours were torture! Pain like Iv'e never felt and it was a battle to get the pain meds I needed. I was told that my surgeon would not come and talk to me, hospital policy, and was down talked by a jerk resident who I felt judged me because I had tattoos! The next day my surgeon came in and I was so grateful to see her! I told her about the night before and she was upset. She told me I had a very serious surgery and would be feeling pain should have been treated for it.
Basically my fibroids were so large, one was 15cm and pressing into my spine, another was growing around one of my ovaries. SHe showed me a picture and it was unbelievable that all of it was inside me! But explained a lot. I have one Ovary left, just enough to keep me from early on set menopause
Am home in bed healing, although who I though would be nurse Maia has been a little devil! The day I came home she wouldn't stop running around and meowing at me, like a 2 year old! She's upset she can't get under covers with me because I have pillows propping up my legs. Today she jumped off my belly!!!! That really hurt ..................She was nicer to me when I had the fibroids, its almost like she doesn't see that I'm healing but knows I don't have fibroids any more
Oh yeah, another thing is I am on Iron tablets because slightly anemic after surgery, and so constipated! It's painful, anyone have any suggestions?