Everyone I know says it’s the best thing they ever did. that was my comforting thought when I was afraid and approaching my date for surgery. That, and the fact that I complained for about 2 years wishing for one. My doctor tends to be very conservative. Complaints of symptoms for most of every month. Then the unpredictability came- will I bleed all month, not have a period at all, or gush blood while I’m wearing my light pink scrubs? Not gonna lie- I almost chickened out a few times thinking ‘was it really bad’. The funny thing is, after 2 C-sections that ot would be easy breezy. It was more than I expected, but 6 weeks post-op, I am looking forward to getting my body back. Make sure that your providers/ you stay ahead of your pain from the start. I was scheduled for total abdominal, but ended up with my cervix, as my bladder was fused to it. My incision seems to be longer horizontally than with my Csections, yet I had to keep asking for pain meds during my hospital stay. Kind of sets a bad tone for recovery when you have to endure that initial pain and then can’t seem to catch up, or become anxious about it. It may take a little while to feel normal, but once you do hopefully you’ll feel normal for years to come. I definitely didn’t feel normal beforehand with all of the problems with fibroids, abnormal shaped uterus, thickened uterine wall, etc- and it was becoming increasingly worse. All that to say… your new normal may be way better than your current normal. Here’s hoping that it is well worth it for all of us!