30 yr old female with Hysterectomy ????

I just had a Complete Hysterectomy done like 3 weeks ago and im still bloating and hurting in my abdmonal area does anyone know what might be causing the pain? ive been doing Zumba for like 2 days now ...

Too soon!! Most recovery time is at least 6 weeks. Seek your doctors approval to return to exercise.

Edit to add, we can't tell you what you did. If you're in pain, see your physician and be honest with him.

well said every one. please listen to our friends on here, that is why we are here, too soon, get well then go for it,

I had mine five years ago at 31 and I was pretty much out of commission for 5 weeks. I could barely lift anything until 4 weeks. I certainly would not have been able to exercise after only 3 weeks. Take it easy or your recovery will take longer.

I definitely think you should consult your doctor before doing zumba so soon after a hysterectomy. That is a very serious surgery that requires quite a bit of recovery.

I'd like to point out that now hysterectomies are done much differently than they were 15 years ago. Now, it's generally a laproscopic procedure. Mine was robotic. I had mine at 29. The 3 month thing is a bit much. I DO agree that you're pushing to much too soon though. Even though it's less invasive, your body needs time to adjust. You basically had half your insides ripped out, your body needs to figure out how to settle back down. Until that time, you're going to be very uncomfortable upon any sort of physical exertion. PLEASE just stick to walking. That is what your doctor released you to do, not jogging or anything else.

What type of hysterectomy did you have? I had a laparascopic assisted vaginal hysterectomy and I was feeling better after about 3 weeks. By feeling better, I mean able to buckle my seatbelt and drive without having to put a pillow on my stomach. When I went for my post-op appointment, though, my doctor still found undissolved stitches after 4 weeks and told me to still take it easy so I didn't rip any of the stitches. My advice to you-walk if you want to exercise, but don't do anything too strenuous. While you may feel great and look great on the outside, your inside is still healing.

I'm with everybody else here. I had a radical hysterectomy back in 2001. It was a long time....at least 3 months, before I could exercise. I had the surgery on Nov. 28th and didn't even get the catheter out until mid January the next year. It really sucked.

One thing that was key to my recovery and was also essential for me to be able to poop, was focusing on eating extremely high fiber fruits and veggies and drinking a lot of water. The absolute worse thing about the surgery was the constipation that lasted for 3 weeks afterward, until I got a clue and quit eating anything other than high fiber foods and lots of water. Set me right and once I was right, I stayed right.

When you've given yourself time to heal, weight training is going to be huge for helping you to deal with the slam dance into menopause. That is how I started getting better and adjusting. I was not able to get back to my old, energetic self, until I began to weight train and get back to cardio exercises.

Definitely way too soon!

It's difficult to wait, I can understand, but you *NEED* to give your body time to heal internally or else you can do a lot of damage. My surgeon told me it takes a good 5-8 weeks to heal properly -- sometimes longer, depending on the person.

I am 34, and I had a total hyst 2 years ago (due to fibroid complications). As I healed, I did some simple things like going out for short walks and playing a bit on the Wii Fit. But absolutely NO lifting and twisting.

Edited to add that my hysterectomy was via an abdominal extraction (almost a 6" incision in the abdomen). This is the hyst with the longest recovery time. Sometimes they can extract it vaginally - which lessens recovery time - however, my uterus was too large for that. Laparoscopic Hysts also have shorter healing times, but they don't do them here where I live.