Since my TAH I have been reading and researching everything I can about menopause and life after hysterectomy. This is hard to do because there aren't many people who have had a TAH at age 21. I try to tweak the information to fit my life and so far I have made it work. One day I stumbled upon information about pelvic pain post TAH.
Since surgery I have had twinges of pain in my pelvic region. I will admit at first I was discouraged by the pain I was feeling, but as a poured into reading I found that its most likely scar tissue from all my past surgeries. I have had six of them total, thats alot of tissue build up! I found some information on Pelvic Floor Therapy.My doctor has brought this up to me at my 6 week post op appt, and left it as an option. As I was reading I was able to learn a bit more, personally I feel that I phoned my obgyn this morning and asked if I could still get a referral to see a pelvic floor person. Tonight they phoned back and said that they would set up and have the clinic get a hold of me.
I am keeping an open mind and hoping that this therapy is beneficial to me in more ways than one. While my pain is no where near where it was this time I am trying to be more proactive and on top of any pain that may be occuring in my body.
Monday, September 20, 2010
Tuesday, September 7, 2010
19 weeks.
I have made it 19 whole weeks since my hysterectomy, this is the longest I have gone without pain in 5 years. I am in shock. I didn't have high hopes for this surgery, yet my expectations have been beyond exceeded.
Everyday is a struggle with some minor things. I have recently come out of my shock phase and moved onto the grieving phase of my recovery process. I find it weird that it took 4 months to get to this point. It seems as if all my friends/ people I know are pregnant. I find it very hard to stay silent and be a supportive person. I never expected to feel this way towards pregnant people, I feel almost ashamed of how I feel because I know that it is very selfish of me to feel this way. For some odd reason I wish I could feel a baby kick me, and feel what it is like to experience your body changing for a tiny life inside of you. At times I feel like a failure as a woman.
My body is experiencing weird things that I should not be experiencing at just 22 years old. Everyday is some new challenge, but I am learning to take it all in stride and day by day.
Everyday is a struggle with some minor things. I have recently come out of my shock phase and moved onto the grieving phase of my recovery process. I find it weird that it took 4 months to get to this point. It seems as if all my friends/ people I know are pregnant. I find it very hard to stay silent and be a supportive person. I never expected to feel this way towards pregnant people, I feel almost ashamed of how I feel because I know that it is very selfish of me to feel this way. For some odd reason I wish I could feel a baby kick me, and feel what it is like to experience your body changing for a tiny life inside of you. At times I feel like a failure as a woman.
My body is experiencing weird things that I should not be experiencing at just 22 years old. Everyday is some new challenge, but I am learning to take it all in stride and day by day.
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