Hysterectomy coming up. Really scared.

I felt the same as you did, I worried if I would wake up, would everything go as planned, my mind was racing all the time.  I had mine done open nearly 9 weeks ago now and it was nowhere near as bad as I thought it would be.  I went down about half 12 and was on the ward by half 7, I went in on the Monday and was out the Thursday evening.  Unfortunately I am now having  chemotherapy as well because of a few pesky lymph nodes  but if it’s does the job then so be it.  You will look back once it is all done and think it wasn’t as bad as I thought it would be.  You can do this and I hope all goes well. X

Thank you for your message, thoughts and wishes It really helps to hear experiences. I will really try to get my positive head on.

Really hoping all goes well with your chemotherapy. xx

Bless you Tess - happy for you that you have your date, but also feel for you in your anxiety about it all. My op is two days after yours and I’ve been okay but had a bit of a wobble this morning. Have you thought of taking your own bath towel in, as hospital towels tend to be on the small side and not that soft! 

Thank you, I will definitely do that. Really hope all goes well for you. xxx

Hi Tess, hope your blood test and PCR went okay. Another suggestion for you - to take your own pillow in with you, as the hospital ones are likely to be covered in plastic and can make your head sweaty! Advice I’ve been given in the pre op notes is to make sure your pillow is in a brightly coloured pillowcase so it doesn’t get mixed up with hospital ones. Bless you,

Hi Tess57 It's weird the way our minds go into overdrive when faced with surgery. We've all been there literally shaking with fear but once you've there it'll all be over in a flash and a few days later you'll wonder what all the fuss was about. I still look back and think that was someone else there (still do in some respects)

Big hugs your way, Barb xx

Thank you so much for your message and hugs. Just got back from hospital after my pre- op blood test and covid swab, so now self isolating for the 3 days prior to my op on Thursday. It really helps to talk about all my fears with all you lovely, brave ladies that have already been through or are going through this.

Much appreciated.xxx

Just a quick question. I am at the hospital waiting for my op. Originally planned for this morning, now going to be this afternoon.

Sorry pressed too soon. The surgeon went through the op details, but mentioned that if some of my parts are stuck to my bowels they will need to cut away and I will have a colostomy bag. Is this normal practice to tell you that.

I didn’t want to know when I had my surgery I just said to them do what you need to do.  When I signed my consent form they went through a list of things that could happen and what they would do to sort it out.  When I had my surgery my bladder was stuck to my uterus but they just removed the uterus and no problem with bladder since.  Hope all goes well today x