Re: Training after hysterectom
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are we nearly there yet?
Please could you also send the plan to me? My op is scheduled for 6th feb, i have struggled with coming to terms with it tbh, as ive spent the last 12 months building my fitness up to enter L100 (which i have) i did L50 last year and saw that as a stepping stone to my ultimate goal, this now looks doubtful for 2013, totally gutting!
So sorry about the disappointment on top of all the other distress around the op. Your super fitness won't be wasted, as you should stand up to the stresses of the op. and recover much much faster than other women. As for your plans for 2013, I have been scouring the internet, including the FRA Forums, for info & views on getting back to running. Sadly, I have come to the conclusion that running is one of the last forms of exercise allowable, on pain of damaging oneself permanently inside before healing is complete. I have accepted that I will be healed externally far sooner than internally. I am trying to shift my ambitions for the next year away from any sort of race, speed or training goals. I just aim to arrive at the anniversary of my op. in the best possible nick and ready to build on that (cancer permitting).
However, walking seems to be universally recommended for recovery. I am hoping to maintain as much fitness as possible that way.
If you would like to chat more about all/any of this, do pm me. I'd be glad of the company.
Re: Training after hysterectom
Anyone who has a hysterectomy needs to check what is appropriate for their type of op as there are several different ways for the op to be performed and different bits that can be removed and these affect the rate of recovery. I think that type of op I had has the slowest recovery but was the least invasive as I did not have insicions at all.
The main risk of doing too much too soon is prolapse and once you've prolapsed it's very difficult to reverse that damage (so I'm led to believe).
For me the op changed my life. Gave me my life back. So it was worth the risk.
It was a long time ago that I has the op. 3 years this coming April and so I don't have my recovery outline anymore. This is what I remember: I was in hospital for 5 days. Not allowed out of bed for 48 hrs I think it was, then I was encouraged to pootle around - I went for pootles down the coridoor to the lifts and back each day. But very slowly. When I got home I wasn't allowed to leave the house for the first 5 days I think it was but I had to keep mobile round the house in between resting. Then I was on increasing duration of walk. I can't remember exacty. I think I started at 5-10 mins round the block for the first week and then built it up from there every week. By the end of 3 months I was walking briskly for 3 miles every day. Personally I was very nervous about running again so delayed it longer than I needed to probably. But there is no reaosn to think you will lose all your fitness that quickly. I didn't.
Key things are: you absolutely must to the pelvic floor exercises; no lifting not even a kettle of water for 3 months I waas told (tedious!!); and don't do too much too soon as the consequences could be worse than boredom. The key thing as well as keeping mobile is to rest. You can't underestimate how much the body needs time to recover form major surgery, which is what it is. And personally I was quite shattered from the op and my body wanted to rest a lot.
I really would suggest talking to someone who knows what type of op you are having. I know some women were told they could do much more much sooner following their ops but like I said it depends how the op is done and other factors such as what they remove. So I stuck to what I was told was right for me. You might need to really badger them but so what, you pay your NI so why not get some return on it.
Good luck to all.
Re: Training after hysterectom
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Re: Training after hysterectom
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Alexandra
I have just had a call-back from a Macmillan nurse, very well-informed & helpful. Highly recommended to anyone with diagnosed or possible cancer. 0808-808 0000
thanks for your reply, and tbh it puts me to total shame that you are offering me support, im moaning about loss of fitness, im not having the op due to cancer or possible and you are, i wish you well and hope to follow your successful progress. Meanwhile ive accepted-i will be patient to avoid becoming a patient!
Re: Training after hysterectom
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are we nearly there yet?
thanks for your reply, and tbh it puts me to total shame that you are offering me support, im moaning about loss of fitness, im not having the op due to cancer or possible and you are, i wish you well and hope to follow your successful progress. Meanwhile ive accepted-i will be patient to avoid becoming a patient!
Nonsense! My every 2nd thought is about my fitness & how soon I can possibly hope to win it back. My every 3rd thought is whether I will have to cancel my next walking holiday in France. Only 1 thought in 3 is about possible cancer, possible treatments, possible death. That's how we are (fortunately). I'll pm you.
