Bleeding After Hysterectomy Operation Posted: 06-05-07 17:23pm
i just found this site and was so
excited..I had a hysterectomy april 25
2007..i was cut i guess like a
C-section..though i have never had one..In
recovery i was in pain, but not too bad..I
had it at 8 in the morning, so after
recovery then went my room..Pain med was
working too well so they uped it an i was
better..At about 7 pm that night i
starting felling horrible..I had alot of
chest pain and kept thinking my friends
said they had bad gas in the chest..But it
kept getting worst then i could hardly
breath..Kept calling the nurse she would
tell me to relax.It got to the point i
could not wake up my husband cause i had
no evergy to lift a finger and was in
pain..This went on all night., and you
know the first night they are in there all
night taking vitals..i told her it felt
like an elephant was standing on my
chest..She did not call my doctor until 5
30 that morning.When he got there he sat
me up starting pressing i thought i would
die it hurt so bad..He starting screaming
at the nurses, and before i knew what was
going on, they were giving me blood..Come
to find out i was hemmerging all night and
lost more than half the blood in my body
and had a minor heart attack, from it
trying to pump the little bit of blood i
had left..i ended up getting 6 pints, and
transferred to another hospital on the
cardiac floor, for like 9 days..Did a cat
scan and they said it was blood vessel
that ruptured ..Doc said when he closed me
up i ws not bleeding, and if she would of
called him earlier this would not have
happened..i really thought i would
did..now i have a hemmatoma in my pelvis
and have to go tommorrow do an cat scan
blood count make sure everything is ok..i
was passing a little of like brown blood
which is normal, but the last 2 days i am
passing bright red blood..not alot but
spotting..Called and said if it gets alot
to go in..WTH did they do to me??
my question is now it is getting alittle
more ..Has anyone bleed after six weeks??
sorry i wrote so much but i was trying to
try to get everything in from a
nitemare..Oh then went see a heart
specialist and had to do an agegram and my
heart is ok..It made it through, no damage
, just strain..
should i be worried about the bleeding...i
don't want them to have to go back in.
scared to death..
thanks for any responses
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Kia
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Joined: 23 Jun 2004 Posts: 6594 Location: Planet Tampaxia,
Posted: 06-06-07 02:06am
First I'm sorry you had such a bad
experience but it sounds like nurses who
thought you were exaggerating your
discomfort.
At least your doctor was on the ball when
he saw you.
Spotting is very very common post hyst.
unless you have your cervix and ovaries
removed that is.
ovaries are typically left in place unless
you are at a high risk of ovarian cancer,
as they continue to produce hormones that
can decrease your risks of conditions such
as osteoporosis.
if your cervix is left in place then they
also leave a tiny pocket of uterus.
this tiny blind pocket can and often does
contain a small amount of endometrial
tissue - which can also be found in the
cervix sometimes as well.
this tissue responds to the hormones
produced by the ovaries and so you do get
cyclical spotting.
However this should never be taken for
granted.
other causes of spotting can include a
small patch of tissue that didn't fully
heal and can be treated with a simple
silver nitrate treatment.
You should definately, in light of your
experience, get this checked out, but I do
(and I am not a medical professional)
expect that it will be one of the two
situations outlined above.
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my life is changed
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 27 Jun 2007 Posts: 3
Similar Experience to You Posted: 06-27-07 22:30pm
Hi trinamarie... I am new to this site. I
am so happy to see people who are going
through the same thing as me. I had a
hysterectomy from the abdomen on 5/14/07.
And like you the first 24 hrs were
difficult. I had severe chest pain to the
point where I could not breath. They
rushed in an ekg machine and a portable
chest x-ray. They also did blood. It
turned out my levels were low from losing
blood that my heart was being sporatic, I
had to take stuff for my potassium,
sodium, and phosphorus, 2 times a day
while I was in the hospital. My next
issue though is like yours the brown
discharge followed by blood. I have that.
I went in for my 5 week check up and the
oncologist gynecolist told me that my
vaginal cuff was not healing properly.
But than this week the brown tint
discharge is intensifying with activity.
I called the doctor he stressed that this
is something that should be winding down
so now they are sending me for a pelvic,
and transvaginal ultrasound because there
may be an abdominal abcsess. How
wonderful. The problem from the beginning
is... I was not informed on the decision
of the procedure... Medically I had to
have the hysterectomy. And ever since I
did i have wondered if the medical
professionals are only showing up to get a
paycheck or are they realizing they just
cut me open and I am a person. I cannot
believe that its one thing one minute and
its another the next... I feel your
anxiety!!!
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vickangl4
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 03 Jul 2007 Posts: 1 Location: Kentucky
Bleeding After a Partial Hysterectomy 15 Years Ago Posted: 07-03-07 09:06am
I am 49 years old, and I had my uterus
removed 15 years ago due to prolapse or
something like that..anyhow I have had no
problems since then until about a month or
so ago I started having lower pain in my
right side and in my lower back. Well I
took tylenol and went on about my life,
never thought much of it, it was a dull
aching pain. Then two weeks later I
started spotting...THAT SCARED ME! I went
to the Dr. and they told done an
ultrasound and found a cyst on my right
ovary. And told me to come back in two to
three months that it would probably go
away..I am still having pain and spotting
every now and then. Should I get another
opinion. My Mother had ovarain
cancer..thats all that scares me.
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my life is changed
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 27 Jun 2007 Posts: 3
Bleeding Or Spotting Can Be Scary Posted: 07-08-07 00:11am
Ihad a hysterectomy due to cancer
suspicions. I can only give you this
advice cause it is in my family as well,
find a healthcare provider that you trust
and are comfortable with and definitely
will explain to you why you are having the
symptoms you are. Alot of my situation
could have been prevented, and I would
have been able to have children some day.
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chitxn52
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 04 Aug 2007 Posts: 4 Location: Chicago
Trinamarie Posted: 08-04-07 09:51am
I had a vaginal hysterectomy and removal
of ovaries 3 1/2 weeks ago now and I am
also bleeding. I went in for 2 week
checkup and was told I was fine. I started
bleeding a little at first and now more. I
went in a few days ago and again was told
everything is ok. I'm really concerned
because now bleeding is even more than it
was a few days ago. I don't understand.
It sounds like this occurs quite often
from the posts I'm reading, but I wish the
doctor or nurses would have prepared me
for what to expect.
Hang in there. We'll get through this
somehow.
Linda
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lilligrace
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 15 Jul 2008 Posts: 1
hysterectomy Posted: 07-15-08 12:35pm
im due to have a full hysterectomy soon
and im really worried my pelvis is so
damaged from endometriois and ive got cyst
on my left overy im worried about after
the operation
