My sub-total hysterectomy – Louise ’ s story

I am a worrier (a phrase that you will see later became relevant !) – it’s in my nature, so you can imagine what something as significant as a sub-total abdominal hysterectomy did to the worrying part of my brain. Having said that, I was relatively calm in the weeks leading up to the surgery. I’m not sure why; maybe because I knew it was needed, I had a very large growing fibroid (equivalent of a 24 week pregnancy) and despite not having any of the usual heavy bleeding symptoms or pains, knew that it was far better out than in; or maybe because I had had a laparoscopic oopherectomy two years earlier for a very large cyst on my left ovary so at least I knew the consultant, and the hospital, and therefore a little of what was going to happen. Anyway, D Day arrived and the operation took place – I came round from the anaesthetic and was wheeled back to the ward to the sight of my lovely husband smiling at me and the disconcerting sensation of my legs just regaining their feeling (I had an epidural as well as the general) and a set of pumps wrapped around my lower legs gently inflating on an alternate 5 second basis. Strange, but quite nice I have to say. My hospital stay was two days long – the first day after the op went ok. I had been very apprehensive about having a catheter but that all worked, without sensation, and was very quickly and easily removed. Hurrah. The pulsing legs had continued all night and became quite rhythmic and soporific (or maybe that was the p...
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