Will I need help when I come home? What about driving?
Many women find they need help with cooking and showering during the first week home. If there is no one to whom you can turn for such assistance, home help can usually be arranged through local councils with the aid of a doctor’s certificate. Driving is best avoided until you are fit enough to walk up stairs and move your body freely, which usually takes two to four weeks from the time of surgery.
I had a hysterectomy three weeks ago and still find I need to
take painkillers. Is this usual?
No, this sounds like there may be a problem whose diagnosis requires a medical check-up. Most healing takes place during the first two weeks after surgery so pain should have disappeared by this stage. Prolonged pain suggests there may be something amiss with the wound such as an infection, or an internal problem such as bleeding, blood clot formation, infection or adhesion formation.
When I come home after a myomectomy or hysterectomy what will I be able to do?
Most women find that they need to rest during the first week at home, gradually increasing their activities after this. Most doctors can provide examples of abdominal exercises which can help strengthen the abdomen and improve the flexibility of the scar once the wound heals (seven to ten days). Walking or light gardening is usually possible three to six weeks after surgery. Lifting will do no harm at this stage and a gradual increase in the weight and the amount of stretching involved is beneficial. Make sure that you bend your knees and keep your back upright when lifting objects. The common worry that activities such as lifting or stretching (for example to hang washing on a clothes-line) may weaken wounds or undo stitches is groundless.
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