Happy to be home

Brilliant news that your now home MrsBJH, oh potholes etc oh yeah they were fantastic when I was going home from the hospital I felt everyone ouch and that was with a pillow I decided to take with me to cushion the seatbelt. Yes rest is so important and it really helps your surgery recovery. It think that was definitely a wonderful gesture from the team to give you a get well card signed by the theatre team, they do a great job getting us comfortable. I remember my team in Liverpool were fantastic bunch. Good luck with your histology results I know as they have said there could be a possibility of future treatment but its great you can go nearer home if you have too. I thibk five mile walks will be off the table for a while as you will soon find fatigue catch up with you and can last longer then we realise at times. But lovely walks with the Dog is something to look forward too. I am glad to hear that your pain is well managed over all fantastic news on that front.

Gentle hugs your way

Thank you Gbear Bxx

Hello there. I'm a relative newbie to this forum but I have been reading your posts.  I'm glad you're  safely back at home.  I always think you get no rest in hospital!  I am 4 weeks post op now, having had hysterectomy and removal of Fallopian tubes and ovaries. I was lucky to have key hole surgery and to get a bed in a gynae Ward with only 4 beds in it.  You'd think you would get some rest there, but one poor lady was having a very bad reaction to anaesthetic and spent the whole night wretching ( very loudly! )

was yours key hole surgery? I recovered very quickly thankfully. I can compare it to last October when my appendix ruptured. They tried to do keyhole surgery then, but too bad a state so converted to open surgery. Was in hospital with drain for six days, sent home and then got a surgical infection so back in hospital again. Never met the surgeon/consultant.  This time my consultant has been brilliant, even phoning my husband after the op to say it had gone well.

like you I am so grateful for the NHS, and to all the staff. And it's so good to have a named contact to ring whenever you have any concerns.

I found waiting for results was stressful, then as the day came closer I was dreading it. But once you know what you're dealing with it helps, I think.  

I too had to do the anti clotting injections.  How are you getting on with them? My consultant told me to inject into my legs, not my tummy, and I am black green and yellow with bruises. I found they stung like mad too. I had to do them for 28 days, just finished thank goodness!!

take care, lots of rest, bit of pampering....and like you said, no sex!

x

Hi Mrs BJH,

Nice to see you back home!!  Think yourself lucky. I had to do injections for 6 weeks !!!  Because my daughter had a blood clot in her 20's it was discovered she (and either husband or me, or both) have a genetic disposition to blood clots. They treated me with more injections in case!!!

Take it easy. xxxxxx

Hi Jigsaw33

Yes mine was keyhole surgery(thought it was going to be robotic keyhole) My surgeon was so slim and tiny thought she'd had to have stood on a box! Had uterus, fallopian tubes, ovaries removed and something done to layers of fatty tissue. Oomenectomy. Also lymph node dissection. 

As the cancer is a serous high grade there may be need for further treatment but will find out in 2/3 weeks. Have you had your post op chat yet?

One of my scars, the bigger one on the right side of my tummy, felt a bit hot last night and looked a bit redder than the others but today it's fine. One is actually itching so it's healing.

The kaleidoscope of colours due to the bruising is worth taking a photo of, though not a pretty sight! I can cope with the anti clotting injections, better than I thought. Interesting to know I could do it into my legs, though my tummy seems a large target area at the mo! Yes they do sting !!

Funnily enough, I weighed myself this morning and have put weight on! I'm gutted (literally haha) thought after losing bits and not having much of an appetite I'd be a lot lighter. Strangely after my epidural done for my biopsy, I went right off alcohol and didn't have a drink for 5 weeks. Perhaps I'll stay off it permanently though there's not much good to look forward to at the moment is there!

Stay safe and stay in touch. I get so much more support on this forum than from my hubby. He thinks I'm swinging the lead, wish I had the strength haha

Bxx

Good morning, it's good to see you've kept your sense of humour.  Actually I think we are all in a black comedy.  I had to laugh when I was allowed out from hospital, they sent me to the Discharge Lounge to wait for medication, it was located in the Freedom Unit!

yes, I've had my post op chat with my consultant via telephone as they are not too keen to drag people into the hospital. I have been lucky in that mine was caught early, I am grade 1 stage 1b.  Because of the stage 1b my consultant advised me to have brachytherapy ( internal radiation treatment) as an insurance policy and to lower the chances of recurrence. I said yes that I would have it.  Today the leaflet arrived in the post, explaining about what will happen and I now feel like running away! Hopefully it will only need two or three sessions, but even so I feel everyone in the world is having a good look at my most intimate parts....and a good few are having a rummage about too!

Can I just say, I would check with your team about injecting into your stomach.  I was told  by the staff in the discharge lounge to inject into my stomach, and also it says to do that in the leaflet with the injections.  But my consultant was adamant that if you have abdominal surgery you should inject into your legs.  That might just be his opinion and his judgement of course and you team might say different but worth a quick phone call to check.  It sort of made sense to me, as you want your tummy to heal, not bruise even more!

Its 4 weeks since I had my op, and my stitches were dissolvable and I was covered in glue! Consultant said to avoid soaking in a hot bath in case it melted! The last of my stitches fell off when I pulled off my pyjama top on Sunday! So healed up very nicely, hurrah.  But if your scars feel hot or hard or red get them checked, just in case of infection.  Hopefully you will soon feel back to normal, but keep taking it easy,

Viv x

Hi Jigsaw33

I did laugh when I read the bit about the whole world having a look and or rummage around! I can honestly say that in the last 3 months I've had more people boldly going where no-one's ever been! I don't even get embarrassed now! "Bring a friend" I say!

The consultant that visited me the day after my op wasn't my surgeon but she said she'd watched most of the procedure, together with her theatre team via the screen in the next theatre as she was between procedures! She said my surgeon had done a brilliant job! I wonder if it's gone viral on Youtube - you have to laugh!

You're the second person who has mentioned about injecting legs, I'll do that, seems to make sense rather than disturb what's trying to heal. I'll obviously keep an eye on wounds, today they're all fine but I wouldn't hesitate to follow up.

My hubby had brachytherapy for his prostate cancer and had no problems, He had 3 weeks of radiation therapy signed off last year after 5 years Cfree.

Big hugs to you, Barb xx