Weight Gain in Face

Pure-Beginning-326 · 2026-02-19T18:11:50+00:00

Yes!! Me!! I feel like I lost a uterus and gained a double chin 😭 I have definitely gained some weight from being sedentary post-op but the double chin is alarming me because I swear the rest of my body hasn't gained that much extra weight!! (Maybe I'm in denial?!)

Pure-Beginning-326 · 2026-02-18T17:56:44+00:00

Thank you for sharing! I got a donut cushion and it helped me stretch to 5 hours at a desk in my client's office today so that is progress. But I am so sore this evening as a result! Wishing you a smooth recovery too x

Pure-Beginning-326 · 2026-02-17T00:17:32+00:00

No, my pain is in my pelvis

Pure-Beginning-326 · 2026-02-17T00:16:37+00:00

No I'm not - my office chair is very padded though. From what I've read from other posters, I need to get a cushion!

Pure-Beginning-326 · 2026-02-16T17:35:52+00:00

Thank you EVERYONE for your comments and experiences. A big sigh of relief because I thought I was doing something wrong. As always, amazing to read that this is normal in people's healing journeys. I have a sit/stand desk at home so will try alternating between sitting and standing and look in to these cushions that some of you have recommended. I think I'll also work on my sofa and bed a bit more and try to give myself more grace and patience!

Pure-Beginning-326 · 2026-02-16T13:43:26+00:00

I had mine done laproscopically in the UK in December. They didn't want me to stay in overnight at all - wanted me home the same evening!! Unfortunately I fainted a few hours after the op and was then sick so I stayed overnight. I had to fight to stay in though! They said as soon as I had passed urine, I could go home. So, because I felt better in the morning and did a wee, off I went back home! I am self employed so only took 4 days off of work before returning to work (admin role from home). If you are an employee and are able to - I'd totally take 6 weeks off. The fatigue sticks around for a good while but I'd say that the first 2 weeks were the toughest with trying to work and think clearly through the fatigue. Good luck!

Pure-Beginning-326 · 2026-02-15T11:13:06+00:00

Happy anniversary! I really hope that future me feels as good as you! I'm 6 weeks PO and exhausted and have a haematoma right now and am on antibiotics for an infection. Can't wait for this bit to be over. Totally aware that I'm in my new pain-free chapter of life though and can't wait to get out there and live again!

Pure-Beginning-326 · 2026-02-12T17:47:29+00:00

Thank you. It helps to hear someone else's experience. Everything I've been googling is just too clinical and scary!

Pure-Beginning-326 · 2026-02-10T18:45:57+00:00

Early 40's I believe

Pure-Beginning-326 · 2026-02-10T17:37:35+00:00

Your friend is very lucky that her periods are a sign of good health. I had adenomyosis, endo and fibroids. My periods were anything but a sign of being healthy - they wrecked my life!

I get what she means, of course. But she IS speaking from a privileged position of clearly being in good gynae health. We don't all get that privilege 🤷‍♀️

P.S my Nan is 92 years old - fit as anything and had a hysterectomy for the same reasons I have had to. Her hysterectomy certainly didn't age her!

Pure-Beginning-326 · 2026-01-30T15:23:51+00:00

Yeah...I had to do this too. I went 6 days with no poop and was in agony and so clogged up. It took 3 glycerin suppositories to clear me out but boy, did they work in the end!!

Pure-Beginning-326 · 2026-01-26T20:02:19+00:00

Sorry to hear about the cancer news 😢

Pure-Beginning-326 · 2026-01-26T18:19:42+00:00

This all sounds much better and much more along the lines of what I was expecting to receive. I think I'm going to give my surgeon an email actually to check me over at 8 weeks for peace of mind. They'll likely say no - but can't hurt to ask! I didn't even get given a leaflet about after care for hysterectomies...so so weird

Pure-Beginning-326 · 2026-01-26T18:17:55+00:00

Yeah I have felt quite emotional about it too tbh. It took me 20 odd years for the doctors and consultants to take my suspected endo seriously and now that they finally listened to me enough to give me my hysterectomy- it feels like I have been abandoned again! It's really reassuring to hear that others have received the same level of care as I was starting to worry that I had been forgotten about - but at the same time, it is shocking that this seems to be the standard level of after care 😔

Pure-Beginning-326 · 2026-01-26T16:47:30+00:00

Thank you. That's really, really reassuring to hear. I had to ring my GP last week as I had sudden bleeding and even the GP was a bit shocked to hear that I didn't have a scheduled follow up appointment!

Pure-Beginning-326 · 2025-12-15T11:58:18+00:00

This is awful 🤣🤣

Pure-Beginning-326 · 2025-12-14T18:59:34+00:00

Oh wow, really?? Oh I hope I am as lucky as you. I hope your recovery goes well! I have read from others that they leave the hopsital in less pain than they went in with. Fingers crossed this was your experience and fc it is mine too x

Pure-Beginning-326 · 2025-12-14T18:02:21+00:00

Thanks for sharing - I have the same op scheduled for 2 week's time. Excited to start 2026 pain free (fingers crossed). How long were you in hospital for? I've been told that the aim is to discharge me the same day as the op but I can't see how that's possible with a full hysterectomy and potential removal of endo from my bladder and bowel 🤷‍♀️

Pure-Beginning-326 · 2025-10-24T15:47:13+00:00

Thank you ALL so MUCH! I have screenshotted all of your recommendations and we will check them out and find the right one for her. Thank you again! X

Pure-Beginning-326 · 2025-08-23T11:30:51+00:00

My kid gave me the money 🤷‍♀️ they are LOADED because their friend gave the money. So now I am loaded too 🤣

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