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I'm feeling damn normal.

I noticed that I'm ovulating this morning.

My only complaint at this date is vaginal dryness. It only bothers me during intercourse and my husband and I have solved it quite neatly with some astroglide. But it still bugs me that it's changed so markedly. And the weird thing is that before the surgery I had what I considered a problem with a bit too much lubrication.

Starting this morning I'm using some progesterone cream again, and this stuff that I've chosen has some phytoestrogens in it. I'm thinking maybe that will have some effect on the vaginal moisture.

The other thing I've noticed is that my skin is much better than it's been in years. I've had this cystic acne around my jawline, neck and chest since I went off the pill in 1990. It's always bad during my premenstrual time, but lately not so much. I still have acne, don't get me wrong, but it's certainly more manageable and I actually now have days where I'm blemish free!

Posted by Elizabeth M. on March 2, 2005 10:41 PM

Elizabeth,
Thank You so much for posting your diaries and sharing your life during your surgrey and the recovery. As I mentioned in my earlier posting to you I am scheduled for a SAH possibe TAS BSO on April 6th and I am naturally scared to death. More so of the recovery peiord than the surgery itself. I do have a few questions if you don't mind. The recovery time for your incision or scar seems to be a long time. And you state that the swelling and tenderness still seems to bother you at times even up till this month. I was wondering if this is normal? It just floors me to think that even after 6 or 8 wekks you are stillto have problems. Also did you read anywhere about possible problems with your pelvic floor or bowel problems because the support is no longer there from the uterus? Also are you still suppose to have a peiord after your uterus is removed? So many questions I hope I am not over whelming you. But it sounds like you are doing great. Take care. Cindy

1. Posted by Cindy on March 18, 2005

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About Me: I'm in my late thirties and suffered with large fibroids until August '04 when I had a supracervical hysterectomy. Keep reading as I'll cover topics on long-term recovery from hysterectomy.

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