Full hysterectomy and epidurals

Sorry to hear about the hysterectomy. (((Bluerose)))
When uterine cancer is suspected, the type of hysterectomy called for is much more extensive than the usual hysterectomy performed by a gynecologic surgeon, as the gynecologic oncologist needs to remove lymph nodes for staging and a lot of other tissue that is not a part of the typical hysterectomy for a non-cancer problem. Although I was given general anesthesia for the surgery, I was offered an epidural for the next 2 days to manage the expected post-surgery pain. I turned that down because I wanted to be up on my feet the next day, but there were definitely moments when I wish I would have allowed it. I can easily believe that an epidural would block all pain after watching my DIL give birth twice with epidurals; she clearly was painfree.

Have you asked about Da Vinci surgery for your hysterectomy? With the robotic surgery you have minimal scarring and a much faster recovery period. I wanted to go that route, but would have lost another month delay having all my biopsies re-done at a different facility.