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OT- My post hysterectomy body is confusing!!

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Submitted by justmakingthebest on Mon, 09/16/2019 - 8:34am

I am pretty sure that I had/am having my 1st post surgery cycle over the weekend. I had the shortest fuse EVER. I wanted to cry over everything. It was so freaking stupid!! I felt crazy.

I am used to other signs in my body to let me know what is going on so I can check the crazy at the door. I didn't even realize what was going on until Saturday night but I was so mean to everyone Friday and all day Saturday. I was laying in bed pissed off for no reason and then it hit me! I busted out laughing and was like, welp DH, welcome to PMS with no period! (I think he was just relieved, because he laughed too!)

So many of you ladies helped calm me pre surgery and during recovery. Do you have any advice on knowing what is happening to your body?? I am so irregular thanks to PCOS, it's not like I can keep an eye on a calendar. Sometimes I only had 1-2 per year, sometimes it was 7-8. I just never knew!  

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Submitted by susanm on Mon, 09/16/2019 - 11:28am

I can not recommend the hormone supplementation enough.  I tried to tough it out doing the "it is a natural phase of life that I would have gotten to eventually anyway" thing.  Between the rapid skin aging, increasing mood swings, and unreal hot flashes from the estrogen loss, I was demanding hormones within 6 months.  I feel like myself again.  Yes, there is a small cancer risk but plenty of people get cancer who never use hormones, smoke a cigarette, or work in a hazardous industry.  I am not going to be miserable when I can do something about it. 

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Submitted by justmakingthebest on Mon, 09/16/2019 - 11:01am

I still have my ovaries though. I don't think I can take hormones.

I would TOTALLY be on them already if I didn't!! LOL

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Submitted by susanm on Mon, 09/16/2019 - 11:27am

I still have mine too.  There is a syndrome where they basically shut down when the uterus is removed.  My original doctor insisted that it was a myth and there was no need to even test my blood despite my obvious symptoms of being thrown into menopause.  When I sought a second opinion and got the blood tests my hormone levels were what you would see in a 60+ year old woman.  

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Submitted by justmakingthebest on Mon, 09/16/2019 - 11:31am

OH WOW!!!

Ok, how long did it take for that to happen? What were your symptoms? I am only like 8 weeks out. I feel much better today than I did Friday-Sunday so I am thinking that it was just a "period" this time. I want to make sure I am paying attention to any other signs of hormone loss though. 

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Submitted by susanm on Mon, 09/16/2019 - 12:21pm

It was shocking how quickly it happened.  In a matter of only a couple of months I felt and looked like a different person.  And my sex drive was non-existent.  My doctor just blew it off.  I wanted to cut his balls off and see how HE liked it!  It does not happen to everyone so I definitely don't want to alarm you.  But if you start feeling the symptoms of menopause hitting you, get to a doctor who will pay attention.  It took a while to get my hormones balanced again and that was not a fun experience either.  If I had not waited until they had hit rock bottom it would have been easier and less stressful on my body.

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Submitted by justmakingthebest on Mon, 09/16/2019 - 2:00pm

Ok, so TMI but I am usually a super high sex drive person and I am having a hard time with that now. I was blaming it on back to school, my kids back from the summer from their dad's, DH being gone a lot right now. (We had 18 hours together in August and I think we will get 5 days this month). Just being in a bit of an overall funk... maybe it is more?

Thankfully, Dh hasn't noticed because he isn't home! I used to complain that he didn't put out enough! LOL

I know there is 12 weeks before all my internal stitches are even healed. Next month he will be home much more. If I don't get an improvement in another month or so, I will check back in with my doctor. She seems really realistic with everything so far. 

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Submitted by susanm on Thu, 09/19/2019 - 2:59pm

That was one of the worst things for me.  I went from being multi-orgasmic to "meh - whatever" seemingly overnight.  Toward the end, I could not even generate a decent orgasm with a vibrator.  That is what made the final decision for me to get hormones no matter what anyone said to me.  I looked like crap, felt like crap, and now I didn't want to have sex.  NO NO NO!!!!!