This is a tough topic to talk about but here goes-
I had a hysterectomy in early February and was told I’d have no issues because it was laparoscopic surgery and because I am post menopausal.
While my pain level post surgery was never awful, it was uncomfortable in other ways. Gas, bathroom issues, just nagging little things. Just when I started to feel like I was 90% better, anxiety started.
It’s a lump in my throat and a feeling that something bad is going to happen. Just so on edge, it is actually distracting. I also had the blues, which I generally haven’t experienced in years. Decades. I am a pretty upbeat person. So that is not a lot of fun. Sometimes certain things will trigger it. Other times it just happens.
I also feel a huge lack of interest in things. Not that I am Miss Enthusiasm, but there are things I really enjoy and just don’t feel like doing.
It would be brief moments of this but then it happened more and more and my stomach started getting involved with feeling like I have big knots in my stomach.
In two weeks time it went from moments a day to about 80% of my day. Not a lot of fun to feel like that. I finally decided over this past weekend to talk to my surgeon’s office who answered some questions and then referred me to my primary doctor for some help.
I scheduled a telehealth visit with my doctor and he came to the conclusion that while I am post menopausal, my ovaries still had enough hormones to contribute and that having them removed has caused a ruckus within in. So I am now on some medicine to help me through this period of transition and hopefully I will be feeling better soon.
I have ‘officially’ stepped back from some things I do (the commitment made me feel guilty and anxious) and am going to focus on feeling better.
It’s always a good thing to ask for help.