It can be about literally anything idgaf I just need something to focus on other than my aching pelvic muscles.
Edit: thank y’all for all the replies! I’m gonna get back to as many as I can over time! I’ve been napping a lot the past day and have been ignoring a lot of phone notifications lol
What’s your favourite flag (in terms of design)?
No questions, but a suggestion: take your pain meds before it starts hurting. I’ve had some surgery in the past and waiting until it hurts is too late. Yeah, the “cabin fever” sucks, and wait until you have to put a seatbelt on!
Good luck, hope you have a speedy recovery!
I’ve been doing a half decent job of staying on top of the pain. My injuries are gonna hurt no matter what because I wasn’t given anything crazy for it.
Male here, how many minutes do you think I could last with endometriosis before keeling over dead? For reference I got kicked in the balls once and it hurt. Oh and one time I had a tummy ache and it hurt.
Uhhh… Prolly a few days but it’d suck. Idk if you’ve ever had a kidney stone, but the pain levels are worse than that.
What’s a hysterectomy?
A surgical procedure to remove the uterus and ovaries, basically. A major surgery
If you could have any superpower, what would it be?
Do you prefer a big house or a small house?
Do you believe in ghosts? Why or why not?
Flight.
Small.
And yes. I’ve seen loads of unexplainable spooky shit
Hooray for yeeting the ute! Did you keep your ovaries, and either way, are you going to start HRT to stave off early menopause? From what I understand, in a hysterectomy the blood flow to the ovaries can get disrupted and they might not function as well, so you start meno earlier than you otherwise would’ve.
I kept my ovaries. I’m keeping an eye on stuff but my Dr doesn’t think I’ll need her since the ovaries are in perfect health.
That’s good news! Hopefully you have a speedy recovery and are back visiting Sandy soon :)
How does it feel to have a quick retort to anyone that calls you hysterical?
Honestly didn’t think of this until you mentioned it. 10/10 gonna use this retort as soon as I can lmao
How did the hysterectomy patient feel about her surgery? She said it was a “womb-derful” experience!
Oh hey! Congratulations on yeeting the uterus! Had mine out through my C-section scar, so hopefully your recovery will be quicker. And when it’s over, you’ll be able to wear white pants any time you want, and have pretty sheets!
What’s your favorite breed of rabbits?
Flemish giants. They’re just so absurdly big
Yes!!! I can’t imagine how much they eat!!!
Did they let you take it home with you, so that you could use it to make sausage?
No, but I got pics of my uterus while it was still inside of me. I wanted pics of it in the surgeon’s hand for size reference but that wasn’t allowed. 🙄
That’s pretty cool. I’ve been watching The Knick and I imagined some bloody scene with a hand and tools.
If any of the laparoscopic instruments are in that shot, the diameter of the shaft of nearly all of them is 5mm, which can give a sense of scale.
Some of them have 1cm interval markings on the shaft as well.
…also literally every surgical supply pack (bunch of sterile supples contained in a backtable drape - opening and unfolding that is the start of your sterile field) has some kind of measuring device in it - usually just a disposable ruler, but lots of other random supplies have 1 cm intervals etched into them as well cuz why not I guess. They could have (and usually do) put one of those next to the specimen when taking a photo of it. …they might have simply forgotten that step lol.
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What’s your earliest dream you can still remember?
Oh fuck that’s hard but one thing definitely sticks out. When I was young, every night it seemed, before my dreams started, I would float out of my bedroom window in a ray of light, still covered by my blankets. When the dreams ended, I floated back into my bed and then woke up.
My theory is that my dreams were heavily influenced by watching the x-files with my mom, or I was one of those regularly abducted backwoods Appalachia folks you hear about on the History channel at 3 pm on a Tuesday
Capt. Nemo level shit there!
You remember your dreams? What a weirdo.🤪
Is that not normal? I remember the vast majority of my dreams.
Most people don’t remember their dreams from what I’ve read. They remember having a dream when they wake up but the details are blurry and fade quickly by the time they’re getting ready for the day.
Whats the weirdest thing you’ve ever eaten?
I have a friend going that just had hysterectomy. What can friends do to help during recovery?
Honestly, the biggest help from my friends is them listening to me bitch about it all. There’s some bits that I only bitch about to the women (specifically the vaginal pain stuff) because my male friends would undoubtedly get uncomfy by it.
I’m a person who complains a LOT to process pain and emotions and stuff so I’m just spam texting in moments of intense pain and it helps and my friends are super understanding.
My mom helped out with my dogs the first two days post-op, which was great. She also delivered gas-x which is a must have medication. The gas pain alone made me think I was gonna die.
What can friends do to help during recovery?
If you know what kind of food she likes, bring her that. Having meals ready to go saves a lot of hassle (and painful movement) right after surgery.
I’m glad the procedure went well and you are healing. What is the first thing you’re going to do when you’re fully healed? It doesn’t have to be amazing or fun, just the first thing you’ll do when fully back on your feet?
Go see the horse I have pretty much adopted and give her so much attention. Being away from her sucks. I get to go visit on the 20th because my mom will be helping me deliver a supplement for her since I can’t do any lifting, but I’m not allowed to do anything with the old girl. My friends who know the horse say she’s been kinda down since I stopped coming around and that has me bummed. Hopefully she’ll perk up when I visit. Gonna bring her an apple. She loves those
I just realized it had been a few days since I’d seen any Sandy pics. Hope you recover quickly!
