My hysterectomy

Day 3 and I am moving around better. Sitting down and standing up are easier, as is getting in and out of bed. I'm still only napping during the day and not able to really sleep. Most of that is me being so congested and stuffy that I can't breathe. Not sure if that's related to surgery or if I was already getting sick. I had to take my belly binder off because last night and this morning my stomach, back and sides were red and super itchy. I took it off and the redness and itching is gone so I'm leaving the binder off. I don't really feel like I "need" it as much now. The bandaids are still on. I feel like they help protect my incisions so they are staying on a bit longer. I feel like I could probably manage to sleep on my side with the binder on to keep everything from stretching. I definitely feel when I reach too far. I do a little walking outside every day and take it nice and slow. When I stand up it doesn't feel like everything is falling down, which is an odd feeling.

My chart showed that the two lymph nodes they removed are clear of cancer and it also said I had adenomyosis and chronic cervicitis and my pelvic washing showed nothing so I'm in the clear I think?? I hope.

My lower back and hips and even tops of my legs are still really sore and giving me issues but I know it will all get better. Yesterday I walked out with my husband and brushed two of our horses but was hurting from standing after 10 minutes so cut it short.

I've been fighting back sneezes the last 3 days. That's going to be super painful so trying to not sneeze or cough until I've healed more. I'm also waiting to hear from my doctor about the appointment. They want me back on the 16th, which is just one week post op. The nurse said that was very odd to have a patient come back so early and we honestly may not have the money to get there because he hasn't gotten to work this week yet and his check from last week will only be enough to cover our car payment and buy dog food.

No, I mean after my surgery it felt like everything was rearranged in there lol. I didn't feel that before surgery. It felt like when I stand up things fall down. That has improved a lot. Last night I finally managed to sleep for more than 3 hours at a time. My congestion is clearing up and I was able to comfortably lay on my side. My stomach has been itchy so I have been putting hydrocortisone cream on it. I feel a little pain around the incisions but not bad. Still, most of my pain is in my hips and lower back. I feel it pulling on my muscles if I reach too far to try to get something and I still do not bend, at all. But I can bend my legs better so I can bring my leg up to adjust my socks or shoes, etc lol. Yesterday I walked to the mailbox and back by myself and took it very slow and by the time I got back to the house my back was killing me. It was a very short walk. Yesterday evening I walked through the grocery store with hubby and that made me pretty sore.

It is one week post-surgery today. My soreness is moving to different places now lol. I'm having a little bit more discomfort around my incisions and they are starting to bruise. It also feels like my abdomen muscles towards my sides are hurting more. My lower back and hips are still giving me a lot of trouble. One thing that I've noticed is when I start to feel tired it seems to hit all at once and it makes me feel a little sick, like nausea and just a yucky, all-over sick feeling. I walk a little every day, slowly, and go up the steps. The steps at my house are a little taller and it hurts to go up and down them so I'm going to avoid those for a while longer. The bandaids are finally off and the steri strips show no indication of coming off anytime soon. I am still taking it easy and mindful of how heavy things are and try not to bend or use my abdominal muscles. Usually first thing in the morning and just before bed I am the most sore but today was the second day I haven't taken any Tramadol. Ibuprofen handles the discomfort. I'm still taking stool softener because I'm afraid of having to strain. Every day I wake up wondering what's going to hurt today lol. Yesterday my right hip was the worst and today it seems like it's my lower back.

I still feel tired enough that I usually need a nap in the afternoon and even then I'm still tired and ready for bed by 8. Hubby is going to go back to driving tomorrow but he will be home every night.

Question for those who have gone through this: I never experienced this before surgery but now when I pass gas it kind of hurts. Is this normal and does it go away? And when I have gas it does tend to cause pain in my abdominal area but it's like sharp, stabbing kind of pain as it builds up.

I had a phone appointment today and she asked me how I was doing. I told her I hadn't had any bleeding and my pain level has been really low. I had been needing to take something for pain typically in the morning and before bed but it's not so much pain, just discomfort. She moved my 2 week follow up appointment out so now I will go back and see her March 23 so they can make sure I've healed. She told me all my biopsies came back negative for cancer so after that appointment I will see her once every 6 months for 2 years.

She told me to just keep doing what I'm doing and no bending, lifting over 5 lbs, etc and she said my hubby was doing a great job of making sure I wasn't doing too much lol. He's going to return driving over the road in 2 weeks. That's going to stink because I get so used to him being here daily that when he leaves for a week it's a hard adjustment.

I'm a little confused about that because she said I also had adenomyosis and she said everything was basically pre-cancerous, so I guess my tumor was cancerous but the lining was not? I'm going to ask her about that when I see her in march. Lymph nodes, pelvic washing were all benign. I had ectopic ovarian tissue in my left pelvic region also. My cervix had chronic cervicitis as well. So basically I don't think I would ever have been able to get pregnant anyway. I don't think I'm going to go through with egg freezing because I have read that if you had issues with ovulating before, you will still have issues and I'm just done with medical things. We can't afford to miss work for doctor appointments and I'm sure fertility treatment would involve a lot of those. Surrogacy would be beyond what we could ever afford too. She did say at some point the ovaries will probably need to come out, after menopause, but I'm not having another surgery until there is a problem with them.