Dumb question!

They didn’t with me, I was in hospital for 3 nights as had abdominal hysterectomy.  The ladies that went home the following morning followed keyhole, walked from the ward when discharged.  

Hi Lupiilu

They got me up and walking around the bed within a couple of hours of the surgery.

In the morning I was walking around the hospital.

I walked out of the hospital. A nurse came with me to the door that lead on to the car park. 

Jane

Post op the aim is to get you mobile as soon as possible as it aids recovery. As soon as my catheter was out (6am the next morning), I said “can I get out of bed now?” and they said “yes of course!” So I hopped out of bed, and didn’t get back in - instead walking up and down the corridors or sitting in the comfy chair by the window. When it was time for me to go home (midday) I went down in the lift and my husband offered to go and fetch the car but I said no, I’d walk with him. It was only a few minutes’ walk away and I thought it would be good prep for the 5 minute walk I intended to take as soon as I got home so that I could get some fresh air in my lungs and get my digestion and circulation back on track. I was determined to recover from the op as quickly as possible and to get back some kind of normality.

I walked or, more precisely, hobbled. 

I had a laparoscopic hysterectomy with a catheter in for 3 weeks afterwards due to a bladder injury. Stayed in 2 nights and after coming back to the ward I was out of bed walking up and down the corridor holding my pee bag.  I had no difficulty but I do remember when I had my c-sections years ago walking with trepidation and holding my tummy in case the stitches popped so I can understand anyone with a full abdominal hysterectomy hobbling.

Hi EP17, I had a c section in 1989 and remember very clearly the lead midwife shouting at us down the corridor to stand up straight and walk properly. We were told in no uncertain terms that the stitches/clips were there to hold things, that we didn’t need to hunch or hobble, and would get better quicker if we didn’t. It was quite brutal and she was scary but it worked! So I had that advice firmly imprinted in my head when I went in for my hysterectomy too! I only had laparoscopic surgery not open, but I’d have done the same if I’d had the latter. 

I was good as standing upright I had the least discomfort. Sitting with my staples was a no no. There is a figure of eight etched in one of the side room where I was, as I was being isolated in case I had an infection, and all I could do was walk in that room, and spent a lot of time the afternoon before I was discharged up on my feet. 

That’s good to know, thanks.

Hi Jane, thanks for answering. I’m so clueless about all of this.

This is a fantastic attitude. I’m ripping this off. Though, depending on the level of pain (I am a pussy about pain) I might skip the walk to the car!