Re: 3 weeks post myo- to Gemma

December 18, 2002

Hi Gemma,

Sorry I am just getting back to you now.

Yesterday was 4 weeks for me and I would say at 3 -3.5

weeks I was walking normally. I went to the mall

after a week and a half on Black Friday but only

walked around once and it was very slow.

I am at 4 weeks now and I feel basically back to

normal, luckily. I am going back to work after 6

weeks on 1/2/03.

You asked about postoperative pain - For me it wasn't

THAT bad - I was worried about it also. I wondered if

I would wake up screaming but it wasn't like that for

me. It was just like bad menstrual cramps. I had the

pain meds and I made sure that I used them. I took

Percoset at home for approx. 1 week - mostly at night

before bed. That was about all that I needed.

So far so good for me - I don't really feel any pain

at all anymore. Hopefully it will stay like that.

I know everyone's experience is different and it

depends where your fibroids are and how much of the

uterus they have to cut. I consider myself pretty

lucky in that I had a pretty good recovery (hardly any

pain) and fairly quick.

My only issue was that I developed a rapid heart beat.

They said it is back to normal now but I have a

follow up with my family doctor tomorrow. Hopefully

all is back to normal.

I still haven't looked at my incision yet I'm

afraid of how big it is - it might scare me to know

that I was cut like that. I just prefer to forget

about it. I " ll check it out sometime when it is

healed more My doctor said it was healed pretty

well at 2 weeks.

I started driving on Monday and it felt fine. Today I

decorated my grandfather's Christmas tree.

Good Luck in your decision making process and feel

free to email me with any questions.

Take Care,

Lori

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