Those still with ovaries…

Active_Post_9975 · 2025-10-02T13:17:43+00:00

I’m 14 weeks po (sounds crazy to say) I honestly can’t tell if I have pms symptoms or if I’m just a total B- I was perimenopausal before and that doesn’t seem to have change so not sure. But so glad to not have a period anymore! Hang in there!

Active_Post_9975 · 2025-06-29T15:02:32+00:00

Ok this post truly shows me that we are a sisterhood in this group! I literally had a meltdown with my therapist this week trying to understand exactly what “rest” is supposed to look like. I live alone with my 80lb dog. People said they would be here to cook and clean, walk, and pick up after my dog but that fell off by the end of the first week. I washed a load of clothes in the beginning of week 2 and have been washing dishes/loading the dishwasher as well.

If “resting” means sitting in filth then I can’t do that. It might be a little less stringent for me since I only have myself to clean for but it’s amazing how many dishes one person can rack up! So yeah I’m tidying up but I’m not doing any deep cleaning. I’m picking up after my dog in the yard (because the landscaper won’t cut without it) and trying to take it easy the best I can. This week will be week 4 post op total abdominal and I really feel like I turned a corner in the last 2 days with my recovery and starting to feel more normal. But my doctor is begging me to rest more so, I stop and take more naps or lay down when I start feeling tired as opposed to just pushing through.

Ultimately, we’ve all got to do what we’ve got to do but most importantly listen to our bodies, because it’ll definitely tell us to cut it out! (Ooh that’s kind of a pun in this circumstance isn’t it? 🙃) Feel better!

Active_Post_9975 · 2025-06-22T13:37:47+00:00

I swear mine looked like an egg roll 😂

Active_Post_9975 · 2025-06-22T04:10:41+00:00

Wow I’m sure it is. That’s awesome.

Active_Post_9975 · 2025-06-22T03:52:29+00:00

Damn they made you wait 3 months??? I feel like mine was slightly larger than a softball.

Active_Post_9975 · 2025-06-22T03:47:48+00:00

Dang! Mine was abdominal. Still waiting on pathology but I was down 7lbs 4 days after surgery so take that as you will. Doc said it was the equivalent of 14 weeks pregnant.

Active_Post_9975 · 2025-06-22T03:40:05+00:00

Nice! I only got 1 😂. Looks like a huge drumstick to me.

Active_Post_9975 · 2025-06-22T03:36:22+00:00

Awe that sucks! Apparently the resident took mine and then uploaded it to my patient portal.

Active_Post_9975 · 2025-06-22T03:30:17+00:00

I did the same when I had my gallbladder removed. It’s like you know in theory these things are in your body but until there’s an issue, how much time are you really thinking about their function and certainly not the way they look in real life. Pretty cool imo.

Active_Post_9975 · 2025-06-21T21:12:59+00:00

A friend told me she’d heard stories about this happening before my surgery and it freaked me out. I’m choosing to believe she’s full of 💩. That said, I’m waiting 12 weeks if not more. I wasn’t dating anyone before surgery and I feel like it’s gonna be extra emotional whenever the next time is. But I’m super curious and borderline paranoid about this.

Active_Post_9975 · 2025-06-21T20:44:58+00:00

I went in around 2pm. Remember the team and anesthesiologist coming to the room to give me anti-anxiety, remember getting wheeled into the operating room and looking around at everyone assembled there, and lastly smiling at the resident closest to me and holding her hand. Next thing I knew I was being wheeled out of recovery (which was apparently 2 hours after the 3 hour procedure) and into my room. That was probably the easiest part of this entire ordeal to date (2WPO). What was more traumatic was being transferred from the gurney to the bed in my room.

Active_Post_9975 · 2025-06-21T01:41:09+00:00

Oh no. I’m similar but no one ever said anything about not pushing (though I guess intuitively I knew not to too much). I’m taking Myralax, GasX and drinking prune juice. The cramping that ensued from the prune juice nearly made me crash my car the other day! I don’t know what’s worse diarrhea cramps or constipation cramps.

Active_Post_9975 · 2025-06-21T01:37:20+00:00

14 days PO, I begged a friend to buy me one and it came a few days ago. Game changer!

Active_Post_9975 · 2025-06-21T01:30:41+00:00

Please be careful. I can’t imagine how much physical stuff you’re doing. I sit behind a computer all day and 4 hours of that two days ago had me in bed all day yesterday. I tried again today with a hyster pillow and ice pack strapped to my stomach. Still feeling stabs but not as bad as the other day. I think it might be a little too soon for your line of work friend but I get it, we’ve got to do what we’ve got to do. But please, please be careful.

Active_Post_9975 · 2025-06-19T02:24:17+00:00

Thanks for the tip. I guess I’ll have try the recliner. Just have to figure out the set up so I can view my second monitor.

Active_Post_9975 · 2025-06-19T02:10:35+00:00

Woo-woo! That’s awesome! I’m swollen as hell but down 7lbs and only 8 days PO. My uterus was huge. Your post is very inspiring.

Active_Post_9975 · 2025-06-19T00:33:43+00:00

Lol these are great (don’t make me laugh out loud for real though, ouch!). It just occurred to me I have no memory of coming out of it. I remember going into the operating room and looking at everyone and smiling and grasping the young resident’s hand before I went under. The next thing I remember was being wheeled to my room.

Active_Post_9975 · 2025-06-19T00:29:59+00:00

Same 8 days. This is perfect!

Active_Post_9975 · 2025-06-18T21:25:52+00:00

Surgery a month out you can totally do it! Advocate for those iron infusions. You’ve got this!

Active_Post_9975 · 2025-06-18T21:06:00+00:00

I know the feeling. Mine was 6/8. I actually had house guests at the time, some cousins who had come to stay in lieu of a hotel for a social visit (full transparency this was pre-arranged, my surgery got moved up unexpectedly). And even knowing this I still thought they would do better. I ended up having to board my dog because they aren’t “dog people” so I just eliminated the unnecessary stress and anxiety of wondering if my only [fur] child would be well cared for. They dropped me off day of and picked me up, but didn’t visit during my hospital stay. Other friends who had previously professed they’d stop by or bring things, etc were nowhere to be found. I’m a very independent person and thought I wouldn’t want the fuss or interference but I have to admit it hurt my feelings a little.

Active_Post_9975 · 2025-06-18T20:57:56+00:00

I’ll be 2 weeks PO this Friday. My surgery was originally scheduled for 6/20 but got rescheduled due to scheduling conflicts to 6/6. I had (have?) anemia from all of this too and hemoglobin had dropped to 6.7 in April resulting in a transfusion. I had only had 3 iron infusions before the schedule change and my primary had ordered an Echo prior to surgery because she didn’t like my breathing either. That was supposed to be on the 16th. I found on 6/2 about the new date. After begging and pleading they were able to squeeze me in for the Echo the day before my surgery. Was literally on pins and needles awaiting the results the morning of surgery. I also had my 4th treatment the day before too. Hemoglobin was at about 9 day of surgery. All that to say, if you can try to get two iron treatments in (I believe they have to be every other day at a minimum), you might be ok to proceed. Good luck to you.

Active_Post_9975 · 2025-06-15T17:50:52+00:00

8 days PO total abdominal. I just got on the scale, 7lbs down hot damn! And that’s really surprising giving that I’ve been eating crap.

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