What r/hysterectomy is talking about this week

I got my hysterectomy yesterday - removal of a single massive fibroid (approx 20 cm), couple smaller ones, cervix, and tubes through a full abdominal. Don’t remember the fancy medical terms. I...

I started using washable sanitary pads when I was in my 20s. Now I'm the later part of my 40s and this summer had an open abdominal total hysterectomy. I've been hanging on to these, not because I...

I’m 2 days post op my belly is still swollen and it feels like it’s full of fluid like a water balloon. Anyone else experience this?

Surgery date is Tuesday, wish me luck! Bon voyage, uterus!

I hope I marked this right! I posted about my recovery in this thread https://www.reddit.com/r/hysterectomy/s/rvKBjNZPwz and folks were interested in seeing the fibroid photo. Since I had an open...

Im preparing my post op cart , surgery is on 11:11 . what else should I add ( or purchase ) to this bedside cart. any suggestions welcome ♥️ the medications on the cart are stool softener, gas x ,...

I flaired this celebrating wins because yesterday I posted how I was 2 days out and in horrible pain and I just couldn't understand what I was doing wrong....

Hi, I had my total hysterectomy with bilateral salpingectomy for adenomyosis yesterday. It went really smoothly. I was in the prep room and they put something in my IV for anxiety, and the next...

I'm 6 months post-hysterectomy and feel better than I ever did before! I kept my ovaries, so not on HRT. Got the hysterectomy for a uterine fibroid and continuous unresolved menstrual pain. All...