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So I gave birth vaginally to both of my kids (now 9 and 13) and tore with both of them :/. I tried to explain to my wife (who has never given birth) and my sister (who has only had a cesarean) that the soreness of the cervix removal feels like the vaginal soreness you got post-delivery but the opposite end lol

It also feels sore like when I had a colposcopy last year but actually less sharp/sore. Just more dull.

Does anyone else have a more normal way to describe this? Haha or is this other people’s experience

I posted last month looking for anything that helped individuals who did not take narcotics in their recovery. I received a ton of really great feedback, but also some people saying that the pain was excruciating and it would be hard to not take narcotics.

I had mine today - uterus, tubes, cervix, and spotty endometrial removal all over my abdominal cavity laparoscopically. If you post on here asking how bad it hurts - pain is subjective. Many on here have had different surgeries, different surgeons, open vs. lap/robotic. My own aunt was worried about my non-use of narcotics based on her 2021 hysterectomy for uterine cancer experience.

I expected to be in a lot more pain than I was when I woke up and I’ve been home for about 5 hours and the pain is truly minimal. It’s there, it sucks, but it’s honestly nothing compared to the fibroid periods that I was having twice a month. I took Motrin before leaving the hospital and Tylenol just now. Fatigued? Yes, incredibly. Crampy/achy? It feels more like I got roundhouse kicked in the vaginal area lol. Sore like I did 500 sit-ups if I go to pick something off the floor but nothing excruciating. I also got a butt pillow for when I’m sitting on a hard surface from Walgreens and that makes the butthole pain (that is similar to what I’d get during my periods but half of it). I know that my pain level and fatigue will shift and change, of course.

Admittedly, I expected the pain to be the worst that I’ve ever experienced in part to what I’ve read on here. I fell into my own trap of what I’m trying to warn others about. Everyone’s experience is going to be different and it’s more helpful to ask for things that have helped others rather than stories of those ahead of you to mirror your expectations.

Best of luck to anyone whose surgery is upcoming, and hello to my fellow hystersisters who have already had it. :)

Hi all, I wanted to ask the group if anyone had photos of Wingdale Psychiatric or more commonly known as Harlem Valley State Hospital.
Either while it actively had patients or before its acquisition from the private university that’s currently on most of the grounds.

My late grandmother was a patient there from the late 50s to early 70s, and I have wanted to have a better understanding of her lived experience. There’s not much online where I’ve looked.

I have traversed the public grounds of Kings Park Psych and Pilgrim State near where I live to see if it would help have a better understanding, and it has, but it would really mean a lot to me. Thanks in advance

For personal reasons, I won’t take narcotics after discharge from my surgery. It’s a non-negotiable for me (haven’t taken any since the early 2010s from an incident with a close family member).

I need feedback in terms of what to prepare with to help the pain. I heard someone mention a pump? Anything else? My procedure is scheduled for August 25.

Hey all, just curious when people have gone back to work post-op if they work from home. Planning on uterus/cervix/fallopian tubes out in August but do not want to take more than a week off because of my kids and my job. I work in clinical trials so it’s a lot of “brain work” but nothing physical since I’m home. Just curious… I know everyone is different :) thanks