Frustrated 5 wks after Hyst - Women's Health Message Board

suzy42 · 06-11-2003, 08:38 AM

I am becoming so frustrated from the bloating of my abdominal hysterectomy. Had the bikini cut, rather large incision. When does this bloating go down and the scar tissue built up around the incision ? Also seems like I will never heal. I have to go back to work in one week, and at this point I am still so uncomfortable I could cry. Help........

jessilynn68 · 06-11-2003, 08:48 AM

Hi Suzy -

I am sorry you are going through all this. Can i ask why you had the abdominal hysterectomy instead of vaginal or laproscopically assisted? I am having my hysterectomy in August, and just curious.

That said, everything I have read about this recently says that the abdominal hyster is much much harder to recover from than the other two. Have you called your doctor? What has he/she said? I think you need to schedule another appt and show the doc what you are talking about. Some people, women especially, seem to cower and not want to bother the docs, but this is what we and the insurance companies pay them for. I have had 3 laps and it took a good while for me to heal totally from those, so I can only imagine that it will take a good long time for you to recover from this. Just all your doc, and good luck, and I hope you feel better.

jessilynn68 · 06-11-2003, 08:48 AM

Hi Suzy -

I am sorry you are going through all this. Can i ask why you had the abdominal hysterectomy instead of vaginal or laproscopically assisted? I am having my hysterectomy in August, and just curious.

That said, everything I have read about this recently says that the abdominal hyster is much much harder to recover from than the other two. Have you called your doctor? What has he/she said? I think you need to schedule another appt and show the doc what you are talking about. Some people, women especially, seem to cower and not want to bother the docs, but this is what we and the insurance companies pay them for. I have had 3 laps and it took a good while for me to heal totally from those, so I can only imagine that it will take a good long time for you to recover from this. Just call your doc, and good luck, and I hope you feel better.

jessilynn68 · 06-11-2003, 08:49 AM

sorry for the double post - no idea what happened.

suzy42 · 06-11-2003, 09:29 AM

I had fibroids. One very large one, and 2 others. I did want them to reoccur and also am done having kids. They could not do the lip because of the one fibroid was so large covering my cervix up.