weight gain after hysterectomy

[duane's wife]

after my hysterectomy at 45yrs old I am gaining weight fast...never had mood swings or sweats...taking no harmones..does anything help?Trying all over the counter pills and etc. nothing working...HELP!!

[smile4u2013]

I had a hysterectomy at 23, forty years ago..it has been a fight to keep the weight off. I am again back up 60 lbs again. I had surgery in Jan of this year on my ankle. I feel like a dough girl..no energy and I have just started to walk again. I have very few clothes that fit.. so reading all this information has been very helpful and I am glad I have a place to vent this frustration, also.

[ninja706]

i had a hysterectomy in 09 and i have gained 50#. i am now doing zumba three times a week and watching what i eat.  i have even given up on a lot of the fatty foods i was eating. still it is not coming off like it should.  with all i am doing it seem that it is all in vain.  i think it a shame that the docs don't tell us about the after affects.  and still we keep trying.  what can be done?  if i knew what i know now i would not have had it done. and i do tell my dr. that. but i will still keep trying.  keep your heads up girls we are all on the same ship.

[hulaura]

Wow, I thought I was alone, I had a TAH in 1997 I was 27 years old, back then i was @ 136 lbs which was great ( my ideal weight is 130) now I am 166 pounds i am 5'3, I have not been able to loose the weight i have done all the diets you can think of and pills too. I also have lost my sex drive, I went on a hormonal rage 6 months after my surgery and divorced my husband ( we are now back together). but I hate looking at my body every day I do about 90 min workout and still the scale is the same. I also eat less than 1200 calories. i hate it!!! there has got to be a dr out there that is interested in this problem for so many women... I hope they come up with something .  I am planing to going down to whey protein shakes 2 times a day and a hearty lunch  just to see what happens... wish me luch

[cowboymama9]

I am 55 and had complete hysterectomy at 35 a year after our first son. Emergencey c-section. then i started bleeding heavily all month long, ob-gyn tried the pill, DNC, etc. didn't help. last option was hysto. Had to have a complete one, found pre-cancerous tumor size of baseball, that he said we may never have known about if this hadn't been done.That's fine, problem is, instant menopauseI can grow a beard, low male sounding voice,no energy, fibromyalgia, and no se* life. I could be perfectly happy as a nun. Husband not so happy... Did hormone replacement twice, but will keep you on for only so long.Gained weight even though I hardly eat, Dr. won't help me lose weight. I hate it. Lost chance at second child, used to love se* and could go for hours, now I don't care. Depressed...I'm not dead, but feeling like it! :(

[StellaGroove42]

  Today I lay here in bed after having full Hyster/surgery,on march 2 2012, age 42. I'm a True Believer that God will see me thru this. Only I still know i will go thru concerns and worries cause yet im human.Before surgery I was already going thru depression and unhappyness in my life.(Broke one of  Lord's commandments by leaving my husband few months ago) right now if i could remember a verse I will say im forgiven(not sure what verse but its in my journal and right now its not near me;Forgive me Lord)..All is well, must move on cause this is how I feel after reading a few early posts.      There's a few I give Thanks for their post.(took notes) That will help me go thru whats ahead of me. See i'm not one of those who do research or even get on line that much. I jus go with the moment and mostly listen to my mother..smiling...(that's a whole other story that as well have part to do with my feelings and motions and problems) but, I'm not going to write on that..lol
        What I do want to say at this time is; I'm not going to lay here the 6 more weeks i have to heal and make myself sicker when I know that even if i feel I made another mistake(then again i haven't)...I'm going to focus on strenght for my body(Phil4:13_my favor) and step out on Faith,Happiness,and Love cause I come to far to jus sit here and let the Devil win.
     The weight,stress,pain,issues,and whatever comes along after this surgery thats done and cannot be changed, I will not give up...like beyonce(destinychild)says..I am A Survior......and from the movie of one of my favor actors....STELLA GOT HER GROOVE BACK.....!

[shrlyjo]

you could have changed the name here to Shirley and it would describe me to a t. My dr says to eat better and exercise and I tell him I do but he says you just aren't logging everything and are eatting more than you think you are. If you eat better you will lose weight.  And then had the nerve to ask me why I am angry....I get the you must be lazy feeling from him and I am not suppose to be angry!!!