help I need answers

[trh01]

I am going to have a hysterectomy next month and I was just wondering, Is it true that you will bleed up to 6 weeks and can not drive, lift or do much of anything? I will know in a few weeks about what kind of hysterctomy I am going to have, but I been hearing alot of things about it.
Tammy

[trh01]

Yes, I have problems with anxiety, mood swings. I am 47 and I am scheduled to have a hysterctomy next month. I have had hot flashes, mood swings, heavy heavy bleeding, you name it's the pits.
trh

[presto]

I am having cycst problems, on and in my ovaries looking like endometriosis too but my question to anyone out there ..have you had problems with anxiety? I mean to tell you, i am losing my hair, i am having bad mood swings, iam breaking out in hives at the slightest stress . i have had my hormones checked a couple of times and the tests come back at normal levels, but about 2 weeks before I start a period, i can just tell, something is definatly out of wack !! I have severe lower back pain, mood swings, crying just for thinking of something upsetting,I have bad dreams, I have very bad clotting with my periods, my breast get so sore I cant stand to touch them the list goes on ...and so does my misery!

[madgeOwens]

My problem is, I don't even know my doctor..........you know......you get sent to specialist at med center and you get whoever.....he said vaginal would be easier on me..........but I think also you can get bad things abdominal also...........so this is why I wanted a spinal so I could keep an eye on things hahaha.they said nope.

[Twilight_Princess]

I have heard about the bladder part. This could happen, but yet it could not happen. What are the chances? A LAVH gives you the advantage of healing faster. I think I trust my GYN doctor enough to do this type of surgery on me - he's done several :-)

[katta]

I had my hysterectomy in 2003 I was only 23 years old, the reason is because i was born with a rudimentary horn and i had developed several tumors and endometriosis and also because i suffer from crohn's disease and end up having a complete abdominal hysterectomy(like a c-section) i spend a week in the hospital but i did not bleed much when i came home i was not able to drive for 6 weeks or lift anything i was on bed rest must of the day it was hard to get over it but i don't regret it, the pain went away as well the bleeding and the bloating.
so go for it, is not easy but you will get thru it and at the end you will feel so much better that is worth it.

ps. IF YOU ARE GETTING A VAGINAL HYSTERECTOMY MAKE SURE THAT THE DOCTOR DOES A GOOD JOB BECAUSE SOMETIMES THEY MESS UP YOUR BLADDER AND END UP HAVING A BLADDER TUCK SO BE CAREFUL AND TALK TO OTHER PTS OF YOUR DOCTOR THAT HAVE HAD SAME SURGERY, ONE OF MY FRIENDS HAD THIS HAPPEN TO HER, I AM NOT TRYING TO SCARE YOU BUT MAKE SURE THIS THE RIGHT WAY TO GO, THAT IS WHY I HAD AN ABDOMINAL HYSTERECTOMY. TALK TO YOUR DOCTOR

GOOD LUCK
KATHY

[trh01]

madge and pretty in pink thanks for the info. I just want to get it over with. I hate that you are in pain Madge. I know the feeling, I have cysts on both ovaries and fibroid tumors in my uterus, I have got to get a hysterectomy soon I am tired of bleeding, and in pain.