Tah Bso Hysterectomy

November 14, 2011 by Admin No comments

Tah Bso Hysterectomy

Tah Bso Hysterectomy


Yvette,

Sounds like your year has been pretty eventful and stressful already, but I can totally understand wanting to get this over with, too. Best wishes to you.

TAH is abdominal surgery and Dvh is the robotic assisted vaginal hysterectomy (da Vinci). Da Vinci has a faster recovery time and you may be ready for work after 2 weeks, but then again, maybe not.

If you have abdominal surgery you will not be ready for work after 2 weeks - you would be looking at 4-6 weeks minimum.

Whatever the case, don't push it or you may slow your recovery and that would not be a good thing. It's ok to be tired - they are yanking out part of your insides and tugging on others.

Take care of yourself first - that's important. (((HUGS)))

Week thirty one – Returning to work after a hysterectomy (TAHBSO), bladder and bowel resect.

Physically I am still finding there is a considerable way for me to go before I am fully recovered.  My consultant did say in the early days that I could expect to be in pain for at least a year.  My GP revised this to 18 months.  They were right, scar tissue and I guess deep bruising as a result of the surgery does give me daily discomfort.

My clothing is still affected as anything that rubs my scar is uncomfortable.  I have some fantastic ‘jeggings’ which are proper denim that have become my lifeline at weekends.  As the seasons change, I am hopeful that I will be able to wear tights as long as the pants I put on have no seam and are soft material.  Shoes are a problem,  heels cause my stomach considerable discomfort when worn for any length of time, therefore some flat pumps have been a welcome addition to my shoe collection.

Driving is the shocker really,  my job requires me to do around 16 hours commuting a week. This is causing me considerable discomfort. My car is fairly old (but loved) and without power-steering. I don’t know if it would make a difference having a car with power-steering or if I had an automatic, but my stomach throbs particularly the lower left abdomen.  If I drive for any more than an hour I have to stop and have a break before the pain becomes too much.

With regards to my movements ….. yes sorry …. my bowel movements – the mornings continue to be a problem.  Last week  went to the loo no less than 12 times.  Admittedly this is an exception but it just shows that my body is still settling down. I am required to work from 2 offices one is 2 hours from home the other about 50 minutes away. To be at the office furthest from home, I have to leave  home at 6:45 in the morning – giving me enough time to stop at my office (halfway between the two) so I can use the loo and then go on my merry way. This is obviously adding time to my daily commute, as well as stress.  I panic if I am not going to be near a loo or unable to get to one if I need it. I think its important that I include this in my blog as its a real hidden consequence of my surgery and people seem shocked that I am still adjusting to my new body! I feel like I have to justify myself far more than I probably need to.

Endo type bowel pain still exists for me,  and at the end of November I will be seeing a bowel specialist just to get it checked out.

You may remember that  I have discussed that ever since the op there has been a pain on my lower left abdomen, it pulls when I move side to side , this pain has been dismissed previously as surgery related . Yet since returning to work it has got worse rather than better.  It throbs at night and hurts when I roll over in bed. This coupled with back ache at the end of the day alongside hot flushes makes for a disrupted nights sleep!.  I mentioned this to my GP and he feels that this pain could be endometriosis, even mentioning that it could be kidney related.  I am not jumping to conclusions, nor has my GP referred me to see my consultant to discuss.  So I am not sure where it leaves me, disappointed in many ways but realistic in others.

I guess it leaves me with a pain in my side that does not seem to be getting better !

I suppose the final physical diffcultly that I am experiencing is fatigue. OMG I could sleep on a washing line, literally I get home from work and am completely washed out. Again this is incredibly normal for someone post major surgery, and it is a well known side affect of the menopause.

Hope this blog has not been too winglike for you – its certainly not meant to read like that, I just know physically I have not given you an update of where I am currently.

I am just making sure that at the weekend I am not doing too much and that I will continue to monitor the hours I keep at work.

Take care

Endosister Liz

xxx

 

 


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