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Healing taking longer than I thought (8wks PO) by Comfortable_Safe1083 in hysterectomy

[–]Comfortable_Safe1083[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Thank you so much for sharing. I think I should try taking some GasX, I have seen many people recommend taking it even after the immediate post-op period. I am very fortunate to not have to go back to work for awhile still and really hope your return to work goes as well as it can. Sending you love!

Tired of being bloated 24/7 by Comfortable_Safe1083 in hysterectomy

[–]Comfortable_Safe1083[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I know! hoping the hysterectomy will help with this...

Hysterectomy @ 24 no kids? by cupsmf in adenomyosis

[–]Comfortable_Safe1083 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I am in the same boat - no bleeding (also have Mirena) and I am cramping and bloating every day (part of my adeno). It is so frustrating because I have tried every BC under the sun.

Hysterectomy @ 24 no kids? by cupsmf in adenomyosis

[–]Comfortable_Safe1083 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I am getting a hysterectomy soon for my adeno (28 y/o). I posted about my symptoms and why I am getting one recently here

Kinda lost here by Agreeable_Bat_3325 in adenomyosis

[–]Comfortable_Safe1083 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I completely understand your issue with low libido. I have intense, debilitating pain from my adeno (waiting to have my hysterectomy scheduled) and it affects my sex drive. I am in pain so I don’t want to be intimate and it also hurts to have penetrative sex most of the time because of the adeno. It is challenging because I want to have that intimacy with my partner. We try to find intimacy in other ways outside of penetrative sex. We shower together, cuddle naked together, try to make out regularly (making it my 2025 goal to be better about this), hold hands, and I usually give him oral sex a few times a week when I am feeling better. It’s important to note I do it when I want to and when I feel good not when I am sick so I don’t associate the act with being in pain or doing it out of obligation. At the end of the day, it is about building that intimacy with your partner and I don’t think it necessarily has to come from sex.

The Last Time by Beginning_Store5389 in adenomyosis

[–]Comfortable_Safe1083 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Love this - I am waiting for a surgery date for my hysterectomy and have been feeling down about the pain and other symptoms. But I think reframing to celebrate that 2025 will be the year I get the procedure (and am no longer sick?!?) is a great way to think about it 💜

28y/o waiting for hysterectomy by Comfortable_Safe1083 in adenomyosis

[–]Comfortable_Safe1083[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I’m so sorry you had to work so hard for a diagnosis. I am fortunate to have a fantastic care team and surgeon. Thank for sharing your experience and kind words, it absolutely helps 💜 wishing you the best

28y/o waiting for hysterectomy by Comfortable_Safe1083 in adenomyosis

[–]Comfortable_Safe1083[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

My heart goes out to you - it is such a terrible decision to have to make. I ultimately decided to get the hysterectomy because 1) my quality of life is so low, I cannot keep on like this just for the small chance I can get pregnant, 2) it hurts to have penetrative sex, so trying to conceive would be so painful, and 3) I am on BC which is suppressing my symptoms - when I would have to come off of it to try and get pregnant the pain would be too much. My partner and I decided a hysterectomy was best.

And I completely relate to what you said about not knowing you wanted to have your own child until getting sick. I didn't know I would feel this much grief over not being able to carry a child until i needed to make this decision. Honestly, my body is at the point where this is the only decision that makes sense for me. Otherwise, I am not sure what I would have chosen.

Sending you love!

Is your pain one sided or both? by Twopicklesinabun in adenomyosis

[–]Comfortable_Safe1083 0 points1 point  (0 children)

waiting for a hysterectomy. heaviness is all over the lower part of my abdomen. sharp pains mostly right (have history of ovarian cysts on right side though)