My Hysterectomy Was Meant To End My Pain. It Was For Nothing.

Everything went well and, despite some hideous bruising and mild cramping, physically I felt much better than anticipated. Having had thoughts of hideous scarring and being bed-bound reliant on others, it was a relief to find that I was up and about for short bursts almost immediately. Emotionally, however, I was a bit up and down with occasional insomnia-driven 4am crying fits about my loss of fertility and the worry that people would see me as less womanly now that I was missing those organs. But, on the whole, I felt better than expected and hopeful as to my new pain-free life.