Feelings After Having a Complete Hysterectomy

I had a Hysto one year ago April. I was scared at first, but after it was ilittle pain ful but it does get better. I had to get the Hysto because I had a prolasped uterus for years. I had my one ovary out 6 months after I got married and still had my children on one ovary. When they did my Hysto they left my only ovary that was left and I am fine. I am having alittle trouble with Vaginal dryness with sex. Can anyone have a remedy for this problem?

Belinda Rogers

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About two years ago after I had my last daughter I started to get sever pain and was diagnosed with endo. My doctor did a ultrasound and said i had cysts on my overies . He was going to only do a partial hyst. But when i got in surgery he said they were all smashed down and had to do a total hyst. Here i am two years later . Miserable I use to be the happiest person with a great sence of humor, loving Nothing would get me upset. I loved life.
Now I am this miserable depressed overwhelmed %itch ! I have hot flashes , night sweats mood swings extream weight gain and iritablility. I can be sitting here and out of no where I feel like im boiling from the inside out. I use to have patients with my children , not anymore. I cant wear certain clothes because i feel like im traped. Im severly confused at times. I feel like i have become bipolar. I spoke to my doctor about this a few times and he just says they will go away after some time and to make sure i take my hormone meds. I refuse to take the meds for one i cant remember to take them everyday and another i dont feel like they help me in anyway.

I had my uterus removed (cervix left) 5 years ago due to one fibroid 3/4 cm large, at 44, childless. Afterwards I have never returned to my previous good condition, work, it was the end of my relationship (no libido, no sexual feeling, painful sex is impossible, it was also painful psychologically, not only bodily), I suffer from severe depression, anxiety attacks, early menopause, serious urinary dysfunctions, blood pressure too high...and many more health problems. Hysterectomy has ruined my life, my health entirely and left me a cripple dependent on others, unable to earn money for the living.
My hysterectomy was needless and unconsented: I was deluded into the surgery by my Dr (a woman !!!) telling me that I would have only my fibroid removed and I would be "cured" and healthy. She simply wanted to be paid for it, so her intentions were clearly financial. In the hospital the other doctors did not allow me to give up and go home intact when I told them that I had changed my mind about having the surgery, they used scarring tactics and induced me to stay, anyway.

Be careful with the doctors as such and their diagnoses, and try, at all costs, to survive heavy menstruation cycles WITHOUT the surgery; they may tell you you have to have it done, but decide for yourself what is better for you...Hysterectomy is the last option to consider and ONLY when there is absolutely no other...

hi there i had a hysterectomy in aug 2011 i was 29yrs old with severe endo and pre cancerous cells after trying everything since i was 15,hysterectomy became the last resort but conserved one ovary.After my op i didnt feel right and i was sent home 3 days after and rushed back in 3 days after that,i suffered from haematoma and stitch abscess caused by stitched too tightly which then caused infection.7 months on i relate to the lady who was talking about cysts on the ovary,i too now have them but i felt something was wrong after surgery like a ripping sensation on the right,an ultrasound proved my point after i have been complaining for 7 months i too have cysts and haematteratoma sacs on the ovary filled with blood,i kept my ovary as i was jubious of the hrt im only 30,the depression comes from feeling empty and lost,now i face the fear of going to theatre and having my ovary removed because of the complications that occured.i was in theatr for 5 hours

Hi sweetie, I feel for you, that you had to have your hysterectomy so young.  I am 49 and I am waiting to get the operation date for mine.  I have been taken anti depressant for about 10 years.  I'm not crazy about taking pills, but I would recommend you try Lexapro 5mg. which is not a high doze, I take 10.  It really helps and this is one of the few antidepressants that DOES NOT put weight on you in a crazy way like 40 - 80 lbs in a year or so.   I have no side effects from Lexapro.  But medications affect different people in many different ways.  I do take Seroquel but unless you are seriously mentally ill, like bipolar don't even think about taking them no matter how much the doctor thinks you need them. 

Nine99, I have been taking Seroquel for at least 3 years now. I have become seriously ill after my hysterectomy. I have tried other pills, antidepressantas but they didn't help, just the opposite, so my doc
decided for eroquel. I have insomnia anyway. I am worried because when I tried to stop taking seroquel, I was feeling tragically worse...
and now you are saying: it is almost impossible to put it away...?
it looks like it from what I am expierencing with it. Before my surgery, I was Okey. It was my ragic mistake to agree to this procedure because of a fibroid ! Now I am much more ill and sentenced for drastic expensive treatment, which is NOT even curing... There is NO treatment or compensation for the functions of the missing uterus, in body and psyche

I am in the same boat with you:( I have no patience with my two boys ages 5 and 10 anymore> I can be sitting here and all of a sudden start crying for no reason. I can not find a decent dr they have me on estrogel as of now but this weight gain is CRAZY!! I even tried adipex which i lost 30 lbs right away but now its a shrieking halt! I had lived with endometriosis for 20 yrs and at 33 had a full hysterectomy now 35 i feel extremely tired, worthless, moody:(

you might need hormone therapy, if your ovaries were removed too.

I had a full abdominal hysterectomy, appendectomy and liver bisection in one operation. It had become a life or death situation for me, as my right ovary had become a 30cmx30cmx20cm tumor. My Gyn/Onc believed he could leave in one ovary, and spare my uterus. Unfortunately he did not know that he couldn't keep either promise once he got in there. In the 12 days from the CT Scan which found the tumor, my normal sized left ovary had grown to the size of a soft ball, my right ovary became the size of a basket ball. Needless to say, the tumor had completely involved my uterus, utterly destroying it. My appendix was also within a hair of bursting, and I had polyps on my liver. My CEA (329.6) and CA-125 (186.9) levels were elevated. My Gynie and Gyn/Onc feared it to be cancer. It turns out that it was Ovarian Cancer, Stage 1C, after a biopsy was performed on the massive tumor. Happily surgery all but irradicated this low grade cancer's foothold. Needless to say, I have suffered considerable weight gain since about four months after surgery. The HRT my doc prescribed causes three types of cancer, to include the cancer I was already diagnosed with. Along with the weight gain, I have been dealing with SwellyBelly due to abdominal inflammation following surgery. I am very moody, fatigued, sore all over in muscles and joints, and I do get so low that I feel like dying would be better than living like this. My memory is shot, I can't form words properly, and I get very anxious and panicky without warning. Ladies, if you do not have to get a Hysterectomy, by heaven and hell DON'T DO IT! I had no choice, but heavy bleeding is sometimes our lot. I had it to, and very painful cramps, I never once considered a Hysto for it. Our female bodies go crazy insane without all the estrogen it needs to function. Estrogen promotes healthy bones and joints, it hydrates your muscles, balances your brain and thyroid, it keeps your metabolism at normal levels, gives you strong brain function. Now if you think you will be fine without it, please try to imagine life without the benefit of Estrogen. I take Estroven to help with hot flashes/night sweats and irritability. I take Gingko Baloba for memory and Silenium to boost immune system. I have to take magnesium and glucosamine, as well as Vit B supplements to empower my brain. I am happily in full remission, but my life still is unbearable to live in this condition.

ladies...the pellets may work for some and not for others. I tried them for a year. At first, I felt like I was on cloud nine..lots of energy, feeling great! Then I started noticing some changes after about 6 monts. Hair started growing in places that are not normal for women, my voice began to change in a heavier tone...quite a few manly features, I observed. So I stop getting the injections and now I don't have the added symptoms on top of what I was already experiencing. I also got a B12 injection every 3 months and I think that was what was giving me that "cloud nine" feeling.

Me as well, I started wondering if one could have phantom cramps or something?

I just had a full robotic laparoscopic hysterectomy last week. Not to scare anyone but it was the worst surgery I've ever been through. Prepare for the co2 they fill your stomach up with. It's a week later and I still have some gas left. . I've had 9 Laporoscopies now and it seems with every one and with age, it gets worse. I have had Endometriosis since I was 12. My Grandmother and Mother had it also and had hysterectomies (I'm sure the surgeries were way worse in the 60's and 70's). I didn't think I would have emotions after but boy do I. I was never able to have children and my husband and I decided we didn't want any so we got a beautiful dog. Now that I had the surgery I am mourning the child I never had. I cry a lot. I even went on a site that you can up load pictures of yourself and your husband and see what your baby would have looked like. I got the girl I always wanted someday and she looked so much like both of us. I have a call into my doctor now. It is a very emotional thing to have a full hysto but I had Endo implants even though I was taking the pill non stop to not get periods and spotting(I knew it wouldn't stop w/out the surgery). I know it needed to be done and now starts another journey in my life. Any doctor that says you won't be emotional after this.......find a new doctor. I have a Urogynocogolist, which I never knew existed but I also have Interstital Cystitas (inflammation of the bladder) that will never go away. I hope this helps anyone going through or will be going through this.

I had a hysterectomy 5 years ago and feel depresses and fed up don't know what to do I have not been to the doctors cause they are not interested I get thoughts of suiside