Hi, I heard after getting hysterectomy you still bleed a lot down there and need to pee with an cathether? How does it feel every day. Can you sit well? Walk? I've never even had menstual cramps or any pain so I have no clue but I have had friends who said their cramps made them lie down and can't sit properly and walked awkwardly. Exactly what do you use to stop the bleeding? Also does this mean I can't get colpocleisis at the same time?
it depends on the technique your provider uses (traditional hysterectomy? robot-assisted lap hysto?)- most places are moving to the types that have the small (1 inch or less) incisions in several places on the stomach, which is faster recovery for you, and less painful- it also generally means you don’t wake up with a catheter, though you may have one for the time you’re asleep. Keep in mind that in different places, it might be different (some places like you to stay longer in the hospital, usa likes you to get the heck out). You will likely have /some/ bleeding that they will either control with gauze or a pad but it’s minimal- less than your heavy days, and it usually is over in less time of an average period- it’s just that normal surgeries, blood can easily form a clot, but surgeries on mucus membraines- blood clots but also can continue to drain to the surface of the mucous membrane- the same way your tongue or cheek tastes like blood if you bite it badly for days later.
it’s uncomfortable for some time- but the more you move after surgery, the faster you improve (don’t push your body, but don’t be a lump in the bed if that’s not your typical condition). It will be sore in general because surgery hurts (you can check out more descriptions in our hysto tag, we’ve specifically asked people to weigh in on their hysto feelings. every one is different, and there’s not a good way to describe it to someone who hasn’t experienced it because even if i could compare what I thought it felt like, your pain tolerance might be difference, and you might think it is nothing like that. However, despite the pain, professionals work hard to offer options to help control the pain, like ice, specific positioning techniques, multiple medications from different classes both on request and on a schedule to keep you as comfortable as possible (and to know how to stay that way when you go home). Do speak up and ask what else you can do if you find you’re pretty uncomfortable. And do keep moving- sometimes that little increase in pain with movement leads to BIG improvements in pain later on so it’s really worth it.
you can definitely get coploclesis at the same time, but most people who do hysto don’t offer it, so check with your bottom surgeon for where you’ll be going with this. while both surgeries are possibly a same-day surgery, getting them together may lead to an overnight stay just on the basis of length and intensity of surgery- and can increase the need to have a cathether left in when you wake up. Generally though, all catheters are out before you’re sent home except in instances where the bladder is slow to wake up after surgery (which is a reversible complication)
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