Guest guest Posted May 22, 2004 Report Share Posted May 22, 2004 Elana, How soon to take a 6 hour drive is really up to your doctor and what orders he gives you post op. Mine said 2 weeks no driving. After that he said use caution and listen to your body and if it's telling you " ouch " stop doing what ever your doing. Think about what muscles you use to apply the gas and break and get in and out of the car. Ab muscles. These will be sore, tender and swollen. My doc advised 6 - 8 weeks recovery because he said if you over do it you can do damage to your healing process. Which will only set you back weeks. I would consult with your doctor and then listen to the signs your body will give you. Good luck, lisa Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 22, 2004 Report Share Posted May 22, 2004 Elana, Same as answer about driving 6 hours. Additionally, I personally did notice some minor changes at first. The big O's were a little painful at first. I think because of the uterus contractions. It was also more difficult to bear too much weight (I hope that does not sound to graphic!). It was actually around week 10-12 for me that things were not uncomfortable. But we began resuming activity at week 8. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 23, 2004 Report Share Posted May 23, 2004 I think we get confused because there is a difference between developing new ones and having small ones (like the size of a grain of rice) grow further post-myo (left in). I know I will have more fibroids grow/develop after my surgery because I have so many the doc can't possibly remove them all. We've read many stories of women having 2 myos, fibroid symptoms into menopause etc. So even though I'm not advocating hyst, it seems more often to be an ongoing struggle. The age part definitely makes sense. In a message dated 05/22/2004 5:12:49 PM Central Daylight Time, uterinefibroids writes: > Where do you come up with this " fact " . I am sorry that you > developed new fibroids, but I understand that only about 20% of > women will develop new symptomatic fibroids that require treatment > after myomectomy. The older a woman is at the time of myomectomy > the lower the percentage is. The idea that fibroids " always " come > back is one of the tactics that some doctors use to bully us into > having hysterectomies. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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