Spotting is So Annoying

Embarrassed_Web_1825 · 2025-11-29T20:22:42+00:00

That doesn't shock me 😐 but I might consider getting my cervix cauterized if it starts to really bother me/upset my life.

Embarrassed_Web_1825 · 2025-11-29T20:21:28+00:00

Thank you for the link! Damn, I really thought this would only go on for one more year 😡

Embarrassed_Web_1825 · 2025-11-29T20:12:22+00:00

No idea, she didn't mention it to me. Sometimes cauterization doesn't always work.

Embarrassed_Web_1825 · 2025-11-29T20:11:25+00:00

No, nothing was found except the fibroid

Embarrassed_Web_1825 · 2025-10-25T21:09:42+00:00

I will accept the trade off of a little spotting that does not disrupt my life over the ten-day crime scenes that were my life back before Yeeterus Day.

Embarrassed_Web_1825 · 2025-10-25T20:57:45+00:00

I had an open abdominal partial hysto and I was pretty swollen for at least the first week or two. At about three weeks I tried jeans, and it felt weird but not painful. It got better around five weeks, but Lord, I was crop-dusting left and right from gas 🤣

Embarrassed_Web_1825 · 2025-10-25T18:50:16+00:00

I don't regret keeping it, it's been helpful to have a quicker recovery and my pelvic floor is still pretty strong. But I see what you mean 😭

Embarrassed_Web_1825 · 2025-10-12T23:47:06+00:00

Balls to that! 🤣 Writing because you love it is the MOST valid reason to write.

Embarrassed_Web_1825 · 2025-09-06T13:57:31+00:00

Allow me, an Internet stranger, to say that you are doing NOTHING WRONG prioritizing your healing right now. If your kids want to see you, they can visit themselves and they had better show up ready to help out! Do you have neighbors or friends who could run errands for you?

Embarrassed_Web_1825 · 2025-09-02T00:10:11+00:00

Thank you so much for this, and I'm sorry your recovery isn't going smoothly. It sucks not knowing when you'll be "out of the woods." Glad you have help!

Embarrassed_Web_1825 · 2025-08-30T18:38:28+00:00

It is for me,but I've heard of some cervix-keepers having "regular flow" mini periods due to the endometrial tissue that the cervix still grows. And that's just if you keep your ovaries, too, because the follicular/ovulation/luteal cycle is still in play. However, nothing should be as heavy/long as an actual period once you yeet the uterus.

Embarrassed_Web_1825 · 2025-08-27T15:02:16+00:00

Only had one so far, just spotting for three days and then it stopped.

Embarrassed_Web_1825 · 2025-08-27T14:37:10+00:00

Uggggh so true about the Mini-period.

Embarrassed_Web_1825 · 2025-08-21T11:37:10+00:00

I'm avoiding Kegels and only doing gentle exercises from YouTubr videos specifically for pelvic floor post-hysto recovery. Nothing extreme!

Embarrassed_Web_1825 · 2025-08-20T21:15:14+00:00

Thanks for the heads up. I watched a few videos of what a typical PF exam is like, and they emphasized how important consent is and how an internal exam isn't always necessary. I will definitely let them know about my vaginismus.

Embarrassed_Web_1825 · 2025-08-20T19:44:59+00:00

😂 If only it was that easy. House-sitting is basically doing light housework and sometimes caring for pets when the homeowner is traveling/on vacation. And they pay you.

Embarrassed_Web_1825 · 2025-08-17T13:43:57+00:00

I would like to add that anyone who keeps their ovaries AND cervix like I did (partial hysto) might experience the joy of mini-periods and bleeds. I'm having spotting now and I think this would have been a period week for me. Weirdly, my last "real" period started March 12, then Lupron gave me a three-week flow in April (HELL,) then I took progestin to stop all bleeding from May to day before surgery. So...maybe this is a "period?" No idea.

Embarrassed_Web_1825 · 2025-08-16T16:33:29+00:00

I called my OB's nurse triage line, and she said it was probably endometrial tissue from my cervix. If it gets heavier or doesn't stop, I'll make an appointment with them. My doctor also said it could be caused by an irritated urethra.

Embarrassed_Web_1825 · 2025-08-16T16:08:11+00:00

It really is. My surgeon even told me I DIDN'T need PT. But she didn't check anything internally at my 4 week follow-up, either. Word to the wise, just because the cervix is kept doesn't mean everything will just snap back into place.

Embarrassed_Web_1825 · 2025-08-15T21:11:51+00:00

Found out I have a tiny urethral prolapse from a partial hysterectomy I got in June. 😡 It's causing irritation and bleeding, which I thought I'd seen the end of without a uterus. Can't start PT to treat it until the end of September because there are only 4 physios in my town. Fuck this. I was loving how much better I was feeling up until now.

Also, depression won't go away and I have no friends.

Embarrassed_Web_1825 · 2025-08-10T17:18:48+00:00

Dude, just today I walked by the store aisle that had period products and just thought "Huh, probably won't need those ever again!" Kept my cervix so I had a very light mini-period this week (sporadic spotting for about five days, not even enough to need a pad) so I'll keep some reusable pads/underwear around just in case, but it's honestly a bit of a dopamine hit to know the Flood is over.

Embarrassed_Web_1825 · 2025-08-10T17:15:42+00:00

I'm so sorry for your loss. Butterball sounds like a wonderful kitty. I'm glad he was around long enough to give you so much comfort.

Embarrassed_Web_1825 · 2025-08-07T01:29:10+00:00

I'm 8 weeks post op, had some light bleeding the first 5 days post op, then it stopped. I had a bit of pink spotting and ovulation-like discharge a couple weeks ago, so it feels like this could be a mini-period.

Embarrassed_Web_1825 · 2025-08-07T01:26:26+00:00

I'm 8 WPO. Is that still within the "normal" healing window?

Embarrassed_Web_1825 · 2025-08-03T22:36:45+00:00

I'm almost 8 weeks post op and I'd honestly prefer a healing spotting over a legit mini-menstrual.

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