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Thinking about a hysterectomy? Preparing for one? Recovering? Your best tool throughout the process is knowledge.

Tuesday, August 16, 2005

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General information

  • Hysterectomy terms and abbreviations
  • How do they do that?
  • For the guys and the women who live with them: hysterectomies, sexuality and old wives' tales
  • Time has passed; has anything changed?

Pre-op concerns and decisions

  • Questions for your pre-op appointment
  • Preop concerns
  • Pre-op decisions: Keep my cervix or not?
  • Pre-op decisions: Keeping your cervix, revisited
  • Pre-op: Packing list
  • Is a hysterectomy like a C-section?
  • Bladder suspension
  • Pre-op decision: Surgical route
  • Pre-op: Fear
  • Pre-op: What if I am getting sick right before surgery?
  • Pre-op: Planning for medications we'll be receiving
  • Hysterectomy or cancer: Are you sure?
  • Pre-op: Revisiting the question of keeping healthy ovaries
  • Pre-op: The hospital pre-op appointment
  • Psychological Aspects of Pelvic Surgery

Post-op concerns

  • Healing
  • Post-op: Home alone
  • Ovarian failure following hysterectomy
  • Post-op: Should I call my doctor?
  • Post-op: Walking and the prevention of surgical complications
  • Post-op: Bladder matters
  • Post-op: Pain
  • Post-op: Sleep
  • Bowel activity: gas and constipation
  • Will I be in menopause?
  • FDA warning on naproxen; update
  • Operative uncertainties: Why did I come out of the OR with a different diagnosis?
  • Post-op: Getting back into shape

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This site began with Dorie Eldridge. She had a TAH.BSO in 1999 and has worked within the hyst community since that time providing educational resources and information to women preparing for or recovering from a hysterectomy. Framboise, of The Survivor's Guide to Surgical Menopause, has joined Dorie in maintaining this site and providing discussion resources to readers.

Disclaimer

We are not health professionals. The information on this page is not intended to replace information you might receive from your licensed health care partners. Please use what you learn here to open a dialog with your own health care partners to determine the best options for your own situation.

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Our old Yahoo discussion list is long gone, but you can still find hysterectomy support and discussion through the Survivor's Guide to Surgical Menopause support group. Feel free to join them for solid, practical information about this surgery and recovery from it.

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