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v-ness · 01-10-2010, 05:02 PM

hi jackie. i had a supracervical hysterectomy last january, actually this weekend to the day! they left one ovary in so i wouldn't be plunged into menopause. the joke's on me, i guess, as i find myself plunged into it anyway thanks to chemo.

anyway, the laparoscopy was an easy recovery. actually i'd had it twice before thanks to endometriosis, it's just that for a hysterectomy they need to put more little holes in your abdomen. i would highly recommend it. they only kept me overnight a second night because there was a big snowstorm and i had no one to go home to. i was up and around the day after surgery. basically, because they blow your belly up with gas, you will feel a bit like a truck tire ran your middle over. i think that's really the worst of it. well, for me the worst of it was an allergic reaction to the percoset and bandages.

i found that motrin was just fine to treat the pain. i was back at work several days later. a week recovery instead of the recoveries of old that took weeks! so, i'm a 3 timer when it comes to that kind of surgery, if you want to ask any other questions. (glad i had it all out too! i had endo, covered with fibroids, adenomyosis, and 2 cysts on the ovary they took. a mess!) valerie

01-10-2010, 05:02 PM	#8
v-ness Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: western ma Posts: 280	Re: Test Inconclusive hi jackie. i had a supracervical hysterectomy last january, actually this weekend to the day! they left one ovary in so i wouldn't be plunged into menopause. the joke's on me, i guess, as i find myself plunged into it anyway thanks to chemo. anyway, the laparoscopy was an easy recovery. actually i'd had it twice before thanks to endometriosis, it's just that for a hysterectomy they need to put more little holes in your abdomen. i would highly recommend it. they only kept me overnight a second night because there was a big snowstorm and i had no one to go home to. i was up and around the day after surgery. basically, because they blow your belly up with gas, you will feel a bit like a truck tire ran your middle over. i think that's really the worst of it. well, for me the worst of it was an allergic reaction to the percoset and bandages. i found that motrin was just fine to treat the pain. i was back at work several days later. a week recovery instead of the recoveries of old that took weeks! so, i'm a 3 timer when it comes to that kind of surgery, if you want to ask any other questions. (glad i had it all out too! i had endo, covered with fibroids, adenomyosis, and 2 cysts on the ovary they took. a mess!) valerie __________________ 8/09 - IDC 1.8 cm triple positive, lumpectomy left breast 10/09 began chemo (taxotere & carboplatin) and weekly herceptin. 1/21/10 finished chemo, continued on herceptin every 3 weeks until 10/2010. 2/10 began 7 wks of radiation 6/10 mom dies of primary peritoneal ovarian cancer 8/10 got my last remaining ovary out 10/10 mammogram all clear 3/11 MRI shows 5 'spots' in right breast, largest 1 cm unidentifiable on US needle biopsy proved the largest to be old inflamed cyst -phew! 7/10 switched to Arimidex 8/9 switched to Femara - allergic to arimidex Femara made me lose hair quickly so switched to Aromasin Aromasin made my hair fall out too and the bone pain was too much. back on Tamoxifen 1/2013. blood clot from trains and planes 5/2014 so on coumadin per onco for as long as i am on tamoxifen tamoxifen was supposed to be up with my 5 yrs in may but my boyfriend was diagnosed with stage 4 colon cancer so i am staying on tamoxifen indefinitely because i want some ammo against BC, given the stress. lost my husband in only 10 wks in 2007 to stage 4 esophageal cancer. cancer's screwing with another man i love 2/2016 - 6yrs in remission, off tamoxifen and off coumadin - yay!