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Turns out the surgery was just the beginning.
Welcome to your life after a hysterectomy.
Weight loss
Why the scale changes
How a hysterectomy affects your weight, and what you can do about it.
ReadRecovery
Healing, week by week
What recovery really looks like from day one to month three, and how to tell normal from not.
ReadHormones
The hormone shift
Hot flashes, mood swings, HRT, and surgical menopause. What shifts after a hysterectomy, and what helps.
ReadDiet & food
On the plate
Recovery food now, body-image food later. What to reach for at each stage.
ReadExercise
Moving again
Walking, lifting, core and pelvic floor, and what being cleared actually allows.
ReadMind & mood
The emotional side
Sadness, grief, and feeling like a stranger in your own body. Why it happens, and what helps.
ReadSex & intimacy
Sex and closeness
Pelvic rest, the first time after, and what changes for pleasure and intimacy.
ReadBefore surgery
Getting ready
Questions to ask, choices to weigh, and setting your home up for an easier recovery.
ReadLatest
Sex & intimacy
Pelvic Rest After a Hysterectomy: What You Can and Can’t Do
Pelvic rest after a hysterectomy means nothing goes in your vagina while the top of it heals: no sex, no… Read more
Before surgery
Recovering From a Hysterectomy When You Live Alone
You can recover from a hysterectomy on your own. Someone has to drive you home, and someone should be in the… Read more
Before surgery
How to Set Up Your House for Hysterectomy Recovery (Before You Go In)
You need far less than the shopping lists suggest. Most of the setup is moving what you already have to where… Read more
Before surgery
What to Pack in Your Hospital Bag for a Hysterectomy (and What to Leave at Home)
A hysterectomy hospital bag needs far less in it than you think, and what goes in depends on one question to… Read more
Recovery
Signs You’re Overdoing It After a Hysterectomy
Overdoing it after a hysterectomy shows up late. Whatever you did felt fine at the time; the next morning… Read more
Before surgery
Questions to Ask Before a Hysterectomy (and What to Get in Writing)
The questions to ask before a hysterectomy: ovaries, tubes and cervix, the consent form, the operation… Read more