Hysterectomy Update 5️⃣
🙏 Just about to begin my 4th week post op and overall I feel great!
🌳 Went out for my first “big adventure” today with @guentheralex: a 2 mile walk along the green path to pick up my favorite passion fruit (no) bubble tea.
💨 Aside from being overall quite fatigued for the last three weeks (at least one nap a day so far) & dealing with brain fog & slower-than-usual mental processing, everything has been super smooth.
About 10 days after the surgery I had my bandages off & incisions checked by the doctor. Doc said everything looked good, so I don’t go back again until 7 weeks post op.
💊 After the bandages came off, I had a pretty severe reaction to something either in the bandages or under them, and had some pretty impressive perfectly rectangular rashes on my abdomen (see stories if you’re curious). It’s taken a solid 7 days for them to clear up (and that’s the limit for using this particular cream, so hopefully it’ll clear up on its own this week).
Got my blood type all figured out, which I have now written down in many many places, just in case!
💤 For the first two weeks after surgery I mostly stayed at home, working & resting.
🚶♀️Last week, I started going for short walks in the park, working up to around 35mins at a time.
😮💨 This weekend I started pelvic rehab coaching with @breannejulia_prs to properly learn how to breathe, brace and make sure my insides stay on the inside once I start lifting again. I’m so excited to have this chance to learn the basics that I was never taught.
♀️Hopefully after my 7 week post op visit, I’ll get to start some bodyweight training & work up to lifting again with @charmacpt.
👀There are so many little details to #recovery from #hysterectomy compared to my only other surgical experience (gallbladder removal). Trying to treat it as if recovery is my job, in the hopes that it will reduce any risk of the many possible complications.
🔎 If you’re curious about anything related to #fibroids or #hysterectomyrecovery, lmk, happy to share alllll the stuff I’ve learned going through the process!
Hysterectomy Update 5️⃣
🙏 Just about to begin my 4th week post op and overall I feel great!
🌳 Went out for my first “big adventure” today with @guentheralex: a 2 mile walk along the green path to pick up my favorite passion fruit (no) bubble tea.
💨 Aside from being overall quite fatigued for the last three weeks (at least one nap a day so far) & dealing with brain fog & slower-than-usual mental processing, everything has been super smooth.
About 10 days after the surgery I had my bandages off & incisions checked by the doctor. Doc said everything looked good, so I don’t go back again until 7 weeks post op.
💊 After the bandages came off, I had a pretty severe reaction to something either in the bandages or under them, and had some pretty impressive perfectly rectangular rashes on my abdomen (see stories if you’re curious). It’s taken a solid 7 days for them to clear up (and that’s the limit for using this particular cream, so hopefully it’ll clear up on its own this week).
Got my blood type all figured out, which I have now written down in many many places, just in case!
💤 For the first two weeks after surgery I mostly stayed at home, working & resting.
🚶♀️Last week, I started going for short walks in the park, working up to around 35mins at a time.
😮💨 This weekend I started pelvic rehab coaching with @breannejulia_prs to properly learn how to breathe, brace and make sure my insides stay on the inside once I start lifting again. I’m so excited to have this chance to learn the basics that I was never taught.
♀️Hopefully after my 7 week post op visit, I’ll get to start some bodyweight training & work up to lifting again with @charmacpt.
👀There are so many little details to #recovery from #hysterectomy compared to my only other surgical experience (gallbladder removal). Trying to treat it as if recovery is my job, in the hopes that it will reduce any risk of the many possible complications.
🔎 If you’re curious about anything related to #fibroids or #hysterectomyrecovery, lmk, happy to share alllll the stuff I’ve learned going through the process!