http://trured73.wordpress.com/2008/03/18/the-long-and-bumpy-road/ Who am I? What am I? Let me know if you find out. Wed, 21 Jan 2009 04:07:46 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 http://trured73.wordpress.com/2008/03/18/the-long-and-bumpy-road/#comment-222 trured73 Wed, 19 Mar 2008 15:22:09 +0000 http://trured73.wordpress.com/?p=143#comment-222 Thank you for the encouragement. I would have been better prepared had someone been brutally honest with me about this process. When I was pregnant, my best friend (who had a young child) sat down with me and told me the brutal truth. She told me all the things that the books and the doctors gloss over or don't mention at all. It was so helpful. I talked to several women who have had hysterectomies, but everyone just kept telling me it would be a piece of cake. I will keep your friend's sister in my thoughts. :) Thank you for the encouragement. I would have been better prepared had someone been brutally honest with me about this process. When I was pregnant, my best friend (who had a young child) sat down with me and told me the brutal truth. She told me all the things that the books and the doctors gloss over or don’t mention at all. It was so helpful. I talked to several women who have had hysterectomies, but everyone just kept telling me it would be a piece of cake. I will keep your friend’s sister in my thoughts.

]]> http://trured73.wordpress.com/2008/03/18/the-long-and-bumpy-road/#comment-219 davidrochester Wed, 19 Mar 2008 01:50:30 +0000 http://trured73.wordpress.com/?p=143#comment-219 The sister of a friend of mine had an emergency hysterectomy at about the same time you had yours, and is having very much the same emotional and physical response to the surgery. Getting out, with appropriate company, and carefully, is a really good idea. When you've been a busy and active person, major surgery can feel incredibly disempowering. I think you're on the right track, finding things you can safely do. *hugs* The sister of a friend of mine had an emergency hysterectomy at about the same time you had yours, and is having very much the same emotional and physical response to the surgery. Getting out, with appropriate company, and carefully, is a really good idea. When you’ve been a busy and active person, major surgery can feel incredibly disempowering. I think you’re on the right track, finding things you can safely do. *hugs*

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