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Hysterectomy at 45

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Joyce:
I had hysterectomy in mid 30's due to constant pain and near continual bleeding.  Kept ovaries for another 10 years though.  I had ovarian cysts and fibroids. My recollection of it is that I was given HRT after hysterectomy, though some GPs at my surgery disagree. 
Ask heaps of questions before your op. I was only in hospital for 2-3 days post op and suffered with my bowels for a while afterwards.  Had to get an emergency doctor out the night I came home. I was in agony. Though it was nothing serious, we weren't wanting to take risks. Also ended up with a UTI.  Not wanting to scare you, but nobody told me these things could happen. I got a PCA to use for pain post op. Brilliant stuff. Only needed for less than 24 hours, then onto oral pain relief.

Babylon Burning:
Hi Tinks I had a total hysterectomy (for ovarian cancer) almost two weeks ago.  I am still very sore in the groin area so have to take pain killers on a regular basis.  I had an epidural for post op pain but it wasn't 100% successful.  My bowels still don't know if they are coming or going, I just hope they will settle down some time soon.

As for HRT etc.  don't get me started on that as nobody even mentioned that I would be plunged into surgical menopause, thankfully I was already aware of that fact.  The main symptom I'm having at the moment is night sweats, last night was a doozy!  I'm not sure at the moment whether to go for HRT or not, it depends whether I have to have chemo or not, (I still don't know what stage my cancer is at).  However, I was starting to experience VA when I was peri so may opt for vaginal oestrogen at some stage.

Good luck with the op, if you have any more questions (not matter how graphic!), just let me know.  Take care.

Tinks67:
Hi cubagirl - thanks for the reply. Sorry you didn't have a great time. Things like that do scare me, but hoping for a life back after recovery. Been told l'll be in 3 nights. There are so many conflicting pieces of advise though, that's what's so confusing!
Tinks  :)

Tinks67:
Hello babylon - so sorry to hear your story - fingers crossed all the cancer has been removed and you'll be back on top form very soon.
The pain relief is something that really worries me, my bowels are rubbish because of the endo anyway, so much to think about.
Thanks for your offer to, will take you up on that!
All the best to you
Tinks x

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