davinci hysterectomy tuesday!

[natnnnat]

DearGLM, I sent a message to my friend I told you about who had a hysterectomy recently, and asked her if she had a "ripping" pain like you described, and how she went... she says:

no I didn’t have pain like that. I think pain that feels like it is ripping you is plain wrong. I had strong pain when I walked or laughed, and I remember that sense of weirdness about my innards (grieved bits like my cervix) and I still feel nervous about having a poo (that really hurt for a while), but no just general pain.  If I lay or sat, I generally felt fine. It was just painful when I did things. My mum made me walk a little each day, and that hurt at first, but she proved right, in that it didn’t do any harm and the Dr said would speed up the recovery.  I had some worrying bleeding and rang the gyno who said nothing to worry about.  So I guess I am saying, if she has pain when she’s not doing anything, then that is probably not normal.

She didn't have much bruising either, which might just be the difference between one body and other. 
If you have pain when you aren't moving around, could you call the doctor or something, Gothic?  I guess you have been to the ER, but still, I worry about you over there.  I don't know where you stand with your medical system and calling for adivce, but if you could call your gyno's office, just to run it past them...   Anyway, big careful hugs. xxn

[natnnnat]

I just found that my friend actually sent two emails in reply not one.  Here is the second one:

Forgot to say – I also felt like sleeping alot. My gyno, a man said to take 4 weeks off. My GP, a woman, said 6. I took the 6 and hobbled about at work for the 7th, but was pretty much back to physically normal by 8. I found I was very teary and low for about 3 months, and am still on hormone replacement therapy, or I still get teary, much more easily than I used to. I just remembered that I did have a pain in my side that worried me, that I thought was related to the Hysterectomy, but after xrays and scans, turned out to be muscular-skeletal, and with physio and pilates is now pretty much gone. I forgot about that in my first email.

Given that other ladies have commented here it wasn't as bad for them, I figure that maybe you will have some comfort from knowing that you might fall somewhere in the middle of these experiences, hopefully a quicker recovery than my friend, but maybe for the time being it might help to know that it wasn't trivial for my friend either (or I with my lap). 
OR  you have a fever and better get yourself looked at quick smart.
i feel like i've turned into a small yappy dog hassling you:  arf arf arf arf arf!  arf arf!  phone someone!  arf arf arf!!!
xxxn

[gothiclovemonkey]

my fever broke hard this morning, sweat galore lol
its just 99 ish so far today, if it doesnt go over 100 ill wait and call them in the morning. i hurt all over, probably the low fever idk.
i am feeling a little better after my morning shower though, going to carve some pumpkins with the kiddo, hopefully catch a nap later, and hopefully my fever will not go up!
tomorrow im calling tc and letting them know ive had it, should have done this last week, but i slept pretty much the entire time lol

[natnnnat]

Checked in to see how you were doing.  Take it easy.  Glad to hear you have pumpkins on your mind and a temp of 99.  I don't worry as much now I have a number in mind, especially a number under 100. 

[CebuShan]

Try not to overdo things today. How's the temp this morning?

[gothiclovemonkey]

back and forth between 99 and 101.3 today, i think it can wait til my post op wed do u?

[CebuShan]

Personally, I would watch it very closely and if it stayed above 100 I would call.

[natnnnat]

Let us know how your post op goes.  I guess silence today means a quiet and uneventful day. 

[gothiclovemonkey]

i go to post oop today, leaving shortly.
I was in ER last night, thought for sure i had pneumonia, but apparently was a bad allergy attack due to the bathroom construction going on in my dads house lol didnt know allergies can raise ur temp...
the er doc wouldnt address my current pain/bowel issues, due to having my appt today, so even though he was already cat scanning my body, he decided not to go ahead and check my lower abd. why? that seems like a waste of time and money to me... why not go ahead and take the pics, and send them to my doc? anywho... so ill post later what i find out.

[gothiclovemonkey]

ok so i went to my appt...
Dr said that the pain i am feeling may be normal for the proc. so he wants me to wait it out until my 4 wk appt to see if its something else.....
*blinks*

[ToddB0130]

Sheesh ... did he say the same thing about the higher temperatures you've been running   Like someone else said upthread,  if your temps keep running high,  I'd definitely head back to him and say 'WTF'

[gothiclovemonkey]

todd i love ur quote not sure if u got it from rent, but i love that movie lol

yes i know, i feel like...wtf... why doesnt anyone seem to find this odd? I can barely breathe, and the pain when i potty, and low grade fever... but lets wait 4 more weeks
really??

[CebuShan]

Do you have a GP? Ask them or your neph. Unless you normally run a low grade fever I would NOT accept that diagnosis! That's just BS! Pain could be "normal" (everyone has different levels) but not running a fever.

[gothiclovemonkey]

my temp was usually about 96 ish
its now running 99.9to 100.4 range
yet the er drs didnt find anything, mmy blood looks fine,
my gp is my neph..... unfortunately

[CebuShan]

Have you talked to your neph? Does he think your temp is fine? Do they think your temp is up because your body is trying to heal? I can't think of any other reason. It just doesn't sound right to me. I would push for more of an explanation.

[gothiclovemonkey]

havent seen my neph, and he will probably just offer pain pills, as usual (so annoying) i try ttelling him about my symptoms and he just blows me off. the shaking thing still hasnt been resolved and thats been going on for years. he just says he doesnt know what that could be... same with the hip pain... no idea, wants some pain meds? no jerk id like to know why i hurt or shake or whathaveu

[gothiclovemonkey]

I went to my preop, and he didnt even look me over, said the pain was normal, and to wait until nov 30th appt to check me out to make sure everything is normal... apparently im just a big baby lol
i still have a low grade fever, but the pain has gone down quite a bit, thank God.
Now my fistula arm is swollen up, but i had a sono on it, waiting for results.
i really am so sick of all of this crap we all have to deal with.

a bit of humor- i had a dream the other night that my neph impregnated my fistula..................

[MooseMom]

a bit of humor- i had a dream the other night that my neph impregnated my fistula..................

That is perhaps the weirdest thing I've heard in a very long time.

[boswife]

i've had some pretty weard dreams........  yurs is GREAT!!          Though please dont tell "how" he impregnated it.... 

[gothiclovemonkey]

haha my brother said the same thing, but the only thing i can think to say, how ELSE would he do it?? certainly not artificially .... ya weird dream about old neph humping away at my fistula.

really think it was when i got the sono, the sound it makes sounds the same as a baby sono... maybe? idk.

[CebuShan]

Well don't keep us in suspense, is it a boy or girl?   

[boswife]

ohhhhhhhhh buoy....  yeah!!  uh huh,,,, so like i said, i have some weard dreams but yours,  well it's pretty special...lol   

[gothiclovemonkey]

its too soon to tell! lol my vote is for a girl

so i have to have a er.... um... fistulagram? i think... i have a narrowing.