10 days post robot assisted laparoscopic hysterectomy

I had a total laparoscopic hysterectomy in January and bled on and off for 4-5 weeks. It varied in colour from pink to bright red spotting over the weeks off and on.  I noticed it mostly when I wiped after going to the bathroom and seemed heavier around 2-3 weeks post op  

Thank you, I was just a little surprised after not seeing anything until this evening 

The absorbable sutures in the vagina start to dissolve around 2 weeks and you get bleeding from this. Possibly bright red. It may go off and on for a few weeks like this. 

Oh Gosh, that's not a pleasant thought! You'd think they would warn you....  

Thank you for the heads up.

Hi B74, are you sure you’re not doing too much? I had a little when I did. Re bathing, I got my results at two weeks post op and my consultant said I could sit in shallow water (covering my thighs but no higher) and that I could gently wash but shouldn’t soak my wounds - so it needed to be a quick one. So I did. I had my first “proper” bath 4 weeks post op but some here are told 6 weeks. 

I'll think I'll hold off from a bath (much as I'd like one), I'd rather not risk any complications. 

I don't think I'm doing too much, but don't really know how I would know . I definitely walked too far on Monday, but then paid for it in discomfort and pain, but yesterday I was feeling better again.

Hello B74 

I am still bleeding and I am 6wks post total hysterectomy and BSO on Monday. 

It started settling down after 2 weeks and then increased a fair bit for a couple of weeks and then started slowing down again. Now I only notice a tiny brownish mark on my towel and when I wipe after the bathroom. So it has varied. I have followed all instructions and not overdone walking. Increase by 5 minutes weekly was what I was advised, so now I should be at 30 minutes daily walking. I will have my first bath next week and can start driving again yay! 

But one thing I am learning is how different we all are AND advice does seem to vary between different trusts. I have called my Macmillan nurse a couple of times for advice and they were helpful. I would not hesitate to call for advice and reassurance if you want to. Also the support on here is amazing too.

I wish you well in your recovery.

Thank you, glad to hear you are nearing the point of "normal", not driving is tough and I am really missing the baths. 

I haven't been given any advice regarding the walking, so maybe I am walking too far I did 30.mins (very slowly and only half a mile on the flat) yesterday....

I am guessing noone else has had the strange arm pain? 

I had shoulder pain for a few days early post op. That was apparently a side effect from the air pumped into our abdominal surgery during surgery.

My anti clotting injections (Clexane) were administered into my abdomen - not the arm. I had to do them at home daily for 28 days. They did sting and were tender around the site.

It is the same kind of stinging that I am getting in my arm.but the wrong side, I didn't have the daily injections, just the one the day after the operation. It definitely isn't in my shoulder, sodon't think it is from the air, but who knows ?