back pain following hysterectomy

I was told during my surgery by a nurse that my feet was up by my ears omg no wonder we are having so much back pain !!!

Oh no, don't tell me that! I had a Vaginal Hystorectomy on 10-09-2015. Although I still have my one right ovary, everything else is gone. It hasn't yet been two weeks and I have had really really bad back pain ever since! Whenever I try to look down, like towards my toes I have the worse back pain that I have ever had in my life. Even back labor wasn't this bad. I really hope that they didn't treat my body like that while I was under. If anyone has any advise please, I am open to all types of suggestions.

Hi there ladies,
Of all the symptoms I imagined I might experience, having an excruciatingly painful tailbone(coccyx) was NOT one of them. I am 8 months post op, full hysterectomy at age 39 and I was looking forward to having a quality of life back again following the surgery. it is not the case, I have been to physical therapy, weekly chiropractor, xrays, stretches and finally found relief after seeing a pain specialist who performed a coccygeal plexus block. Relief at last and now I can continue with my day to day routine without pain or painkillers. I am trying to determine how this injury to the coccyyx occurs, is it the positioning during surgery? I am doing some research with my pain specialist so that we can inform our doctors and prevent this from happening to future hysterectomy patients. If you have suffered from this injury can you tell me if you had a abdominal, vaginal, laparoscopic or da vinci robot method of hysterectomy?

Hello Clemoine,i am 3 months in my TVH and i am struggling with a back pain,how did you get over yours?please help

I haven't gotten over itit. I get pain injections, which helphelp, but still had to retire early because of it.

Hi,i had the same procedure as you and for 3 weeks now in serious back pains,how did you over come them?

I had this same procedure done on 10/5/15 and experienced the same kind of pain you are describing. I immediately sought out my chiropractor and got set up with physical therapy. It has taken me two months of pain and hard work, but 90% of my pain is gone. My problems may be different in origin from yours, but it is worth checking out. I also had X-rays and MRI. Good luck!

What is going on with all of us? I had a vaginal hysterectomy in September 2015. Since then the lower back pain is sometimes almost crippling. I am 45 but I can't work out, walk or even get out of bed without help. I am taking pain killers but they don't help much. I'm depressed and have no sexual desire at all.

Hi
I am a fitness professional / international dance teacher .
Why this big intro? To explain how active and busy I always been
I had a hysterectomy 14 January 2015. Yes just over a year !
My pain started from mild hip to to lower back mild pain , now is co stand lower back burning feeling .
What help s me is weight training . Walking and Pilates.
I teach zumba because I like it ! ( but doesn't help me )
Only last week I manage to sleep trough free of pain
It involves
Meditation
Training and diet changing ( is muscles is nerves is emotional , but !
It helps to be light ( what I am not yet ) I would like to invite you to share what help s me :
As I suffer 13 years maybe 20 and now this back pain ) is frustrating , but we can't give up )

Waiting for more tests and a MRI scan
X hope it helps
Keep fighting ( avoid sugar, alcohol , and drugs , eat clean exercise and try to find equilibrium ( take your time )
thank you for sharing your experiences.
Stay positive
Angela Oliveira

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Thanks. I was afraid I was all alone

How did they find out you had the abscess? What test revealed that information to your doctor? I'm going through those things now.

I too had a total hysterectomy in November 2012. I currently suffer from lower back pain particularly when reclining. When laying down I have to put a pillow under my upper thighs and lower bottom toget some relief StaStanding in one place is very uncomfortable. I'm trying no to be dependent on pain meds, but sometimes the pain is awful.

Mine was done with the DaVinci robot.

I had radical histerectomy and suffer from low ba k pain now. It isseven months . Went crazy buying mattresses. Small fortune
Ask my doc
Whom i love.he is a life savor. I trust him and it makes sense. He sais it is not the surgery. The surgery may have brought it on, but the arthritis was already there. If i walk every day and do exercises it helps a lot. In the mornings i have to roll out of bed.walking really helps.Got to keep the joints lubricated so that is my answer if it helps anyone

I had my hysterectomy a year ago and experienced terrible tailbone pain which lasted for days. It eventually went away and did not recur. Until last week when I had to have vaginal surgery again, this time to do repair the work of things done and not done during my hysterectomy. I am experiencing that very same pain again! One way I helped lessen it this time is that I thoroughly cleared my bowels the day or two before surgery because moving my bowels or the inability to do so, kicks the pain up several notches. Then I have disregarded all instructions on my bottles of suppositories and other stool softening and laxative products and just kept them coming to help soften my stool. Also, stretching helps, like child pose. But I am 6 days post surgery and still suffer that horrible pain often.