i am getting a hysterectomy is that hard to recover at the age of 26?

Answer 1

First make sure you really need this surgery, please explore other options and get other medical opinions and seek natural therapies.

If it is necessary, take care to prepare before you have surgery. Set up some support for afterwards so you don't have to do household chores for a few weeks.
After surgery, rest and take short walks for exercise.
Don't go lifting or sweeping or pushing actions or reaching above your head or drive your car until you are fully healed. Give yourself a good six weeks to recover.
This is major surgery, am amputation in fact.
Please take good care of yourself and notify friends so you have some emotional support and helpers.

I had to have this surgery ar age 27, however I was already the mother of three beautiful children.
I went through some varied emotional stages, due to hormonal imbalance and was not given HRT until I was almost 40.
I suggest you search the internet and get natural progesterone wild yam cream and use prior to surgery and continue with this HRT is made from Hores urine and has some devistating side effects. Do your own research and make informed decisions about your own health. You may find Natural progesterone use may settle your conditin and you may not require this drastic surgery. It wioll depend on why you have been advised this course of action. I wish you well.

Answer 2

I am sorry you have to go thru this.

The answer to your question is no, it is not hard to recover from it. It just takes time and some pain pills afterwards. No lifting anything over 10 pounds (I think that's the limit) and nothing strenous (sp) to cause the stitches to come out (such as mowing the lawn). I had a hysterectomy at 31 and I had no problems recovering from it--and I have diabetes!! Diabetics usually take longer to heal from sores and surgeries, but I healed pretty fast. Just take it easy afterwards and you will be fine.

Answer 3

I am 44 and had a complete hysterectomy in February due to endometrial cancer. The recovery time was 6-8 weeks but I was up and around after the first week. I had the vertical incision but if you have a bikini cut or have your uterus removed through your vagina you may heal even sooner.

I was very lucky. Normally with a hysterectomy you immediately go into menopause but I haven't had any menopausal symptomes at all!!!

Good luck!

Answer 4

I had a complete hysterectomy (w/the bikini incision) in January this year, just after my 42nd birthday, for three main reasons: Menorrhagia, acute anemia, and to remove the risk of uterine cancer (my mother lost her battle with it in Nov. 2005).

For me, it was the best thing I've ever done.

The recovery time for me was also 6 weeks. I was able to get up and around in just days, but didn't over do it. We went to Walmart my second day home (5th day after surgery), and were there about an hour. I was tired when I got home, but did okay walking around while hanging on to the basket.

Every day was a little better. The most difficult time I had was sleeping, because I sleep on my side, but couldn't do that right after surgery. I slept sort of "propped up" on a sofa, because it was easier to get up from that position than from a laying position. The sofa also has a wooden piece that extends above the sofa back, that has decorative "cut outs"; I used these to pull myself up, like the bed rails in the hospital.

Although I was healed from the surgery by 6 weeks, I felt tired for a while afterwards. The doctor told me it takes up to 6 mos to fully recover from surgery because it's a 'shock' to the body. But other than feeling tired sometimes, I felt 'normal'. My husband and father each had a quad-bypass a year ago, and their doctors told them the same thing about the "6 mos" post-surgery.

My doctor put me on medication afterwards; she said she didn't want me to 'go through' menopause yet. I'm on a low dose of estrogen, and have had no problems. I guess she decided to do that in my case because I had already been experiencing symptoms of peri-menopause for about 2 yrs.

I'm looking forward to weening off them, though.

Don't worry. You'll do fine!

Answer 5

I am now 36 but had one when i was 29 i recovered really fast so fast i thought i was fine to do what i want four days after surgery take it from someone who knows don't try to be super woman take your time and heal fully i moved furniture four days after surgery and then i bleed for six weeks because i tore my stitches on the inside so take it easy one day at a time i will keep you in my prayers

god bless

Answer 6

It really depends on how they remove your uterus. I had a friend that just had hers done laproscopic and she was up and back to normal daily activies in a week or 2. But you being 26 you should have no problems if there are no complications and your Doctor will tell you that!

Answer 7

nope.
but i felt sorry for you...
you can never have a child of your own again..

Answer 8

no its not hope you had your kids