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dedra14 
It's 12 days after my hysterectomy and FINALLY I have started feeling better. The initial pain was so bad when I came home, I thought I'd never feel better. Today, I helped my mom put out some Thanksgiving decorations at my apartment, but was careful not to overdo it. I'm more tired and more hungry that I have been, but I guess it's because I'm exerting myself more. I'm so paranoid about gaining weight. I haven't even started the estrogen hormone patch, mostly b/c I wanted to be sure they were the cause of any symptoms rather than the pain meds which made me so nauseous. I am disappointed that I still have so much gas and have to take a stool softener and drink warm prune juice in the morning to have a BM, but I realize that I am still healing. I'm eating a lot more fruit than I used to and hope this becomes part of my lifestyle change.
People told me I'd feel "empty" on the inside as well as emotionally after the hysterectomy, but I don't at all. Will discuss the hormone patch with my doctor. I remember the 12th week of Jolessa on estrogen always gave me headaches and made me crazy, another reason I'm hesitant about the patch.
Here's part of a post from the IBS forum I wrote in response to someone who responded to my IBS or Endo discussion.
Since this post, I have undergone a vaginal UT and a CT which both came back normal. My blood work was fine and since I had a history of endo, my doctor agreed it was back. She also agreed to give me a hysterectomy. During the surgery, lots of scar tissue from previous endo surgery was found, as well as endo and adhesions that had twisted my bladder and uterus together. Can't wait until I'm healed to see if this clears up my constipation problems. My doc said the twisted bladder and uterus on my left side was likely causing a lot of my issues including the constipation. I have my post-op tomorrow and hope to get more clarification.
