Lack of energy after operation
Hi All,
I wonder if anyone could advise me, as I am struggling at the moment. I had a full hysterectomy in November, and before that I was fit, active and full of energy. (I'm 58). I thought I would be right as rain again after about three months...how wrong I was. I have been constantly tired ever since, as well as having painful scar tissue which hasn't eased at all. This isn't a hysterectomy question, it's just this perpetual tiredness which has plagued me since the op, I just can't shake it off. I finally got back to work after five months, and have been back to work for 4 weeks now, and I am knackered! I haven't been posting much on here since returning to work as it takes all my energy just to go to work, and get home again. I long to be the active person who ran around last year and just cannot understand why I haven't recovered yet.
I have had regular spiritual healing, I meditate, and I am now trying the Violet Flame after reading about it from Venetian's posts. Does anyone have any advice on how I can retrieve my lost energy? I sleep well and eat sensibly by the way. Any advice would be appreciated
Thanks friends
Love Angela xx
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I'm afraid I don't have much advice, but I just wanted to respond.
I had a similar experience (not same op) - I constantly felt tired and not quite right, but I was a previously fit and active person so I pushed on with work and life in general. After a year I had got used to feeling tired all the time - then I got a chest infection that wouldn't shift and ended up sollapsing on the way home from work one day. The infection went, but I was left housebound. Eventually I was diagnosed as have chronic fatigue symdrome.
They feel its likely I had this after my op, but it was at an ignorable level.
The lesson I learnt is that even though it felt like my op was ages ago, I shouldn't have gone back to work so soon (about 5 months off). I shouldn't have pushed myself through.
I should have listened to what my body was trying to tell me back then, and maybe i could have prevented the major downslide.
I am not trained in medicine at all, and this may be totally unrelated to you, but I wanted to share. - Please take it easy on yourself. Take regular rest breaks, even if you don't feel tired at the time. If you get to feeling very tired then you've already done too much and should stop for a while. Theres lots of great advice on the internet about pacing yourself - the action for me website has a downloadable leaflet.
If it doesn't clear please see your GP - don't "soldier on".
I hope you are feeling much better soon. x
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Many thanks for the advice Sparklestar, I will take note of it, and also visit the website you mentioned
Love and Light
Angela xx
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Hi Angela,
I had the same kind of experience after having surgery six years ago.I tried to get back to normal by exercising etc,but it didn't work much at all, I just kept feeling terrible.I found out that it could be the anaesthetic from the op,which no one tells you can be in your system for up to six months.I was recommended to havea course of deep muscle massage which detoxes the system, and drink loads of fluids etc.No doubt some of the more qualified people of this forum could advise you better on this sort of thing.
Also not long after I took up yoga which really put me back on track, it's definately worth thinking about.
Best wishes,
Graham.
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Hi Ange,
I was 38 when I had my op. It took about 8 months before my energy levels started to pick up after my hysterectomy - I think it must take that long for the body to recover from the shock and for the hormones to find something resembling a balance again. My Gynaecologist says this is quite normal, that although we tend to think of the womb as simply a baby-carrier, he felt it must be more than that but that we didn't understand its full function, in his experience it was a debilitating op - as he said, the womb is an organ like any other, it must be more than a baby-carrier as when things go wrong it can knock us for six, he also you wouldn't expect to just come bouncing back after having a kidney removed, neither should you expect to do so after a hysterectomy.
The tiredness was sometimes of the hitting-a-brick-wall variety, but it did pass, although I have to say that I have never regained my pre-op stamina levels - it's made me slow down a bit, but that's not necessarily a bad thing IMHO!
Amber
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Thanks for that Graham....Funnily enough I have found a yoga class and was intending to go, but I have just been too tired! However I am determined to push myself , I will try to make it this week and see how I get on. It is a comfort to know that others have had simular experiences and I am not alone
Thank you also Amber Lady, I was very reassured to know that it could take as long as 8 months before I start to improve, hopefully I will see an improvement soon. I suppose we never know how our bodies are going to react to anaesthetic and intrusive surgery. Because we are all so different, it is probably impossible to have any hard and fast guidelines on recovery.
Love and thanks to you both,
Angela xx
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By 'Full' hysterectomy, do you mean radical, where they remove ovaries also?
Sorry for indiscretion, but removal of ovaries also, will have a greater impact on your hormone levels, so your system will find it harder to adjust.
Have you been back to the doctors or is there a follow-up due with consultant.
If you're thinking / they're offering the HRT option, could be worth your while looking up abook by -Marilyn Glenville - The New Natural Alternatives to HRT
Found website for you -
If you're still having problems, I suggest you look into NAET. One of my best cases of recovery with NAET was with a lady with menopausal problems. Her main symptoms were inability to focus & concentrate and lack of energy, rather than the typical hot flushes, etc.
Good look - Andrew.
I wonder if anyone could advise me, as I am struggling at the moment. I had a full hysterectomy in November, and before that I was fit, active and full of energy. (I'm 58). I thought I would be right as rain again after about three months...how wrong I was. I have been constantly tired ever since, as well as having painful scar tissue which hasn't eased at all. This isn't a hysterectomy question, it's just this perpetual tiredness which has plagued me since the op, I just can't shake it off. I finally got back to work after five months, and have been back to work for 4 weeks now, and I am knackered! I haven't been posting much on here since returning to work as it takes all my energy just to go to work, and get home again. I long to be the active person who ran around last year and just cannot understand why I haven't recovered yet.
I have had regular spiritual healing, I meditate, and I am now trying the Violet Flame after reading about it from Venetian's posts. Does anyone have any advice on how I can retrieve my lost energy? I sleep well and eat sensibly by the way. Any advice would be appreciated
Thanks friends
Love Angela xx
Answers:
I'm afraid I don't have much advice, but I just wanted to respond.
I had a similar experience (not same op) - I constantly felt tired and not quite right, but I was a previously fit and active person so I pushed on with work and life in general. After a year I had got used to feeling tired all the time - then I got a chest infection that wouldn't shift and ended up sollapsing on the way home from work one day. The infection went, but I was left housebound. Eventually I was diagnosed as have chronic fatigue symdrome.
They feel its likely I had this after my op, but it was at an ignorable level.
The lesson I learnt is that even though it felt like my op was ages ago, I shouldn't have gone back to work so soon (about 5 months off). I shouldn't have pushed myself through.
I should have listened to what my body was trying to tell me back then, and maybe i could have prevented the major downslide.
I am not trained in medicine at all, and this may be totally unrelated to you, but I wanted to share. - Please take it easy on yourself. Take regular rest breaks, even if you don't feel tired at the time. If you get to feeling very tired then you've already done too much and should stop for a while. Theres lots of great advice on the internet about pacing yourself - the action for me website has a downloadable leaflet.
If it doesn't clear please see your GP - don't "soldier on".
I hope you are feeling much better soon. x
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Many thanks for the advice Sparklestar, I will take note of it, and also visit the website you mentioned
Love and Light
Angela xx
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Hi Angela,
I had the same kind of experience after having surgery six years ago.I tried to get back to normal by exercising etc,but it didn't work much at all, I just kept feeling terrible.I found out that it could be the anaesthetic from the op,which no one tells you can be in your system for up to six months.I was recommended to havea course of deep muscle massage which detoxes the system, and drink loads of fluids etc.No doubt some of the more qualified people of this forum could advise you better on this sort of thing.
Also not long after I took up yoga which really put me back on track, it's definately worth thinking about.
Best wishes,
Graham.
Answers:
Hi Ange,
I was 38 when I had my op. It took about 8 months before my energy levels started to pick up after my hysterectomy - I think it must take that long for the body to recover from the shock and for the hormones to find something resembling a balance again. My Gynaecologist says this is quite normal, that although we tend to think of the womb as simply a baby-carrier, he felt it must be more than that but that we didn't understand its full function, in his experience it was a debilitating op - as he said, the womb is an organ like any other, it must be more than a baby-carrier as when things go wrong it can knock us for six, he also you wouldn't expect to just come bouncing back after having a kidney removed, neither should you expect to do so after a hysterectomy.
The tiredness was sometimes of the hitting-a-brick-wall variety, but it did pass, although I have to say that I have never regained my pre-op stamina levels - it's made me slow down a bit, but that's not necessarily a bad thing IMHO!
Amber
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Thanks for that Graham....Funnily enough I have found a yoga class and was intending to go, but I have just been too tired! However I am determined to push myself , I will try to make it this week and see how I get on. It is a comfort to know that others have had simular experiences and I am not alone
Thank you also Amber Lady, I was very reassured to know that it could take as long as 8 months before I start to improve, hopefully I will see an improvement soon. I suppose we never know how our bodies are going to react to anaesthetic and intrusive surgery. Because we are all so different, it is probably impossible to have any hard and fast guidelines on recovery.
Love and thanks to you both,
Angela xx
Answers:
By 'Full' hysterectomy, do you mean radical, where they remove ovaries also?
Sorry for indiscretion, but removal of ovaries also, will have a greater impact on your hormone levels, so your system will find it harder to adjust.
Have you been back to the doctors or is there a follow-up due with consultant.
If you're thinking / they're offering the HRT option, could be worth your while looking up abook by -Marilyn Glenville - The New Natural Alternatives to HRT
Found website for you -
If you're still having problems, I suggest you look into NAET. One of my best cases of recovery with NAET was with a lady with menopausal problems. Her main symptoms were inability to focus & concentrate and lack of energy, rather than the typical hot flushes, etc.
Good look - Andrew.