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Re: turn to Work after HysterectomyFrom: Anne (anonymous@obgyn.net)Wed, 8 Apr 1998 21:19:45 -0500 (CDT)
At Sun, 5 Apr 1998, J.Glenn Bradley MD wrote: > >At Sun, 5 Apr 1998, Anne wrote: >> >>I am a 25-year-old trying to reconcile my upcoming >>hysterectomy with my busy calendar. I would like to be >>absent from work for as little time as possible (both for >>loyalty and monetary reasons). Does anyone have a clue as >>to how long post-op I might be able to work from home? >>Any suggestions regarding shortening the recovery time >>are also appreciated. >> >>-- >>Anne > >Not knowing the reasons for your hysterectomy, I would tell you that a >laparoscopic supracervical hysterectomy if possible will give you the >shortest recovery time in my experience.We have had several patients >resume modified work duties in less than a week. > >Dr.B >> It's an abdominal hysterectomy (will save the ovaries if they are not seriously involved) for endometriosis that has been unresponsive to everything that we have thrown at it (laparoscopy, estrogen+progesterone therapy, progesterone-depot) except Lupron. It resumed approximately 3 mo post-Lupron, and is constant and intolerable.
-- Anne
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