It's been almost three months since my surgery. Where does the time go!? Doesn't seem like that long ago, when you think about it. I did have some issues a couple of weeks ago, though. I began having some serious, serious pain in my abdominal area for no particular reason. I simply could not figure out why I was hurting so much. At first I thought it was gas, but no, it wasn't gas. The reason I say this is because if it was gas, it would hurt closer to my heart, and the pain I was experiencing was closer to my lower abdominal area. The pain was similar to what I was going through right before and right after my surgery. That part was not fun. There were times that I was in tears, the pain was that excruciating. :-( I didn't want to bother my oncologist with such a trivial matter, especially since I had just seen her the month before. But she was concerned to the point that she said to come right on in to the office. So that's what I did.
It turns out that my pain was vaginal muscle spasms brought on by tension. (Whew!!) The doctor said that this tends to happen sometimes when the hysterectomy patient is young, like I am. She suggested that I try some relaxation exercises and put me on some muscle relaxers. I haven't done the exercises, but I do try to have some time to myself in the morning before I get up for the day and do my thing. The muscle relaxers are totally kicking my ass! I am sleeping about 9-10 hours and don't get up til a little before 11 a.m. (though today I woke up at 9 a.m.) But they're working! I don't have any more pain. When I run out of the medication, I'm going to do the relaxation thing for sure. Any little bit helps. :-) I'm just so glad that it wasn't a recurrence. That was the first thing that came to my mind when I started hurting. That's always going to be at the back of my mind for the rest of my life. I guess I gotta take days one at a time, and take things as they come. That's the best we can do, right?
*kathy*
