Hi, I had a laparoscopic hysterectomy, the healing process still takes a while even though there's not much on the outside the inside still takes as long, it's very important to follow all the instructions given by the hospital, I felt fine by 6 weeks post op, you will have a catheter which is put in during the op, mine was removed the following morning, i only had paracetamol and ibuprofen for pain relief to take home I only needed that for 4 days post op, the worst pain was from the gas they pumped you with to separate the organs, I was told not to shower for 48 hrs after, and no baths for 6 weeks, the hospital with give you a detailed list of what to take with you and what each week of recovery involves and what you can and can't do within those weeks of recovery , this is given at the pre op appointment, at my 6 week post op check my consultant said, it's amazing you can't even tell you have had an operation that's how well I healed but I stuck to the instructions, be prepared to spend lots of time doing absolutely nothing in those 6 weeks it gets boring but patience pays off with how well you heal, I was very scared of having a hysterectomy I delayed it for years but I had no choice in the end mine was for fibroids and relentless bleeding that was flooding and painful, don't be scared it's honestly not that bad and I've never regretted having it done, I was glad to be free of the pain and bleeding, I had mine at 43 and I'm 49 now and have had no complications or problems, I don't know about the hrt because I couldn't take it before due to my fibroids they said it would increase there size, but I started it straight after surgery, I went in on a Thursday morning at 10am, went to theatre at 1pm was home by 6pm on the Friday, wishing you the best of luck don't worry you will be absolutely fine xx
