Hysterectomy Recovery: Day 5 & 6

Day 5, Oct 18: After I blogged yesterday, things took a turn for the worst. I was too high and knew it, and I feel like a lot of us have been there. I was starting to feel nauseated but my script for Zofran (anti-nausea drug) was still at the pharmacy. Trish took a quick trip over there to grab it (and my new glasses - pictured - because they just came in) so I could take a dose, which did help. With my dinner, we did end up halving the next Norco dose. And thank goodness we did. I think I took ONE full dose too many because of the pain but my body just couldn't handle it. I'm feeling better this morning after only taking a half every 4 hours. The pain isn't terrible but my brain feels better.

Day 6, Oct 19: Halves are doing the absolute most they can but sometimes it's not enough. I've added in 1 Tylenol alongside the half Norco and that's been helping. Surprisingly, I'm quite a lot more mobile than I was the first time around. I'm slow as hell but that's progress!

In the next section, I'm going to go into detail about some more private things so please stop reading if you don't want to know. I'll be sharing some pretty gross photos as well. Again, this is your first and only warning!

I'm hoping today is the last day of bleeding, based on where I'm at. I was prepared for some bleeding, per usual, but this time is different considering there's no uterus... So I have been bleeding a bit because of my cauterized cervix, and I assume it's just because stool and gas are moving around in there causing random pressure and, therefore, bleeding. But that's just speculation. Seems logical though. So here I am on day 6, barely bleeding but hoping this could be the last day. It's very frustrating but I have the rest of my non-bleeding life to look forward to now!

I decided also want to show y'all my incisions. They are UGLY this time around. Compared to the first time, this is gross and it hasn't gotten better yet. Scroll at your own risk.

So tomorrow (Monday) marks 1 week and I'm so glad to be getting there. It's been a rough week in terms of recovery but mentally, I'm so ready to move forward.

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