Struggling after hysterectomy pains come back mental health is slipping other health problems are developing because of the pain I'm in. Waking up in so much pain think I'll have to go to hospital then it dies down. Codine does f all. I genuinely don't know how long I can take this over last two months I'm weekly at the doc. Running out of meds no money to get down to doc. I'm nearly 30 my mums unwell all I want is a hug and to make it go away. Can't move off sofa. Heat Mat best investment I've made
Anne-Marie,
So very sorry you are in so much pain after your hysterectomy. Don't give up hope. Do you have endometriosis? Did you keep your ovaries? My Mother-in-law had endometriosis, had a hysterectomy and kept her ovaries. Her ovaries kept producing hormones which kept her in pain even after having her uterus removed. She had to go back to surgery and have her ovaries removed as well, now her pain is gone. So sorry about your Mom. Hugs and prayers that your pain subsides soon and that the doctors find some answers for you
Debbie🌻
Thanks very much for the Reply it cheered me up. Yeah I had endo I still think I do but in other places like bowel and bladder and I got continuous burst cysts so I had a full hysterectomy less than a yr ago. Just feeling emotional and fed up with pain not taking it so well today. I am very pleased I found this site though all my friends are too young for any of this stuff and even though they try there best and are brilliant its nice to have people that know what it's like.
I'm in your boat. ☹ Had a hysterectomy 11 months ago and I still get these awful abdominal pains. Seems like it comes every three weeks. The doctors don't take me seriously when I say I still have the same pains still after surgery. Tylenol 3's do nothing for me. Percocet do nothing too. I still have my ovaries. Surgery was laparoscopic. I'm 38 and have two small children. I depend on my parents way too much and feel guilty all the time, but I just can't physically do it. I'm always in pain. Just wanted to say that I hear ya' and I feel your pain. Big hugs!
Thank you very much for the reply. It makes you feel so much better when you know your not alone. I hope you start to feel better soon.x
Hi Anne-Marie
A few days late but I'm sending you a big American-style hug, virtually. Wish I could do it in person for my heart goes out to you.
I had a total hysterectomy at 27. Though not as severe as yours, I too had lingering occasional pain which eventually faded. My procedure was done with a bikini cut and took hours as they cleaned off spots. But I had a good quarter century to enjoy the absence of periods! At the same time, no one else had a clue what I was going through except a registrar who'd had the surgery in the '40s, and another grad student who'd had cervical cancer even younger, maybe at 21. We didn't talk much, but knowing that those 2 women cared in a way that no one else could helped me a lot.
So consider yourself hugged and bathed in prayers that you have less and less pain.