Today is the day I hope I book the surgery date. I am really nervous and the fact that this appointment is an “anytime” phone appointment isn’t doing me any favors in regards to stress. It’s hard for me to believe we are really going to book today and the doctor isn’t just going to tell me no. 

I have no idea how much time will be between today’s appointment and my surgery date. I’ve heard conflicting things about wait times. I didn’t even consider it’d be 6+ months. I see it as I will just need to survive this number of periods and ovulation because of course both are torture. It makes me curious if I will still get sick when ovulating or if I will still get sick when I move my bowels.

Will my life be worse off without a uterus or better. I suppose it’s normal to have these types of concerns. I have to remember despite surgery being super scary that even if it doesn’t help my bowels my life will be more manageable without leaking buckets of blood for a week every 3 weeks. Lucky for me my work is very supportive and has put my worries at ease. I read something like 80% of women do not return to their jobs after this surgery. 

That’s got to be out of date or incorrect, right? Although when considering the typical older ages that people get this done is close to retirement age anyway. Honestly in my research I’ve found all sorts of questionable “facts”. I’m no expert but I definitely recommend listening to other women who have gone through it and not random men because (as I am sure most readers will get) women’s health is under researched. I won’t share these “facts” here to avoid spreading false information, but they’re pretty discouraging. 

In my previous blog I shared a list of YouTube channels with hysterectomy stories, start there. I recently found a forum site online through one of those channels called HysterSisters and they have so much information as well as hundreds of other women going through a similar experience. Reading other women’s questions, worries and recovery stories is so powerful. Check them out.

Next you hear from me hopefully I will have the surgery date.