[骨盤臓器脱ヒストリー28]もうすぐ術後半年

お股ヒストリー

It’s been almost six months since the surgery. I’m feeling great and there’s no pain in the scar. Six months later, I’m truly happy that I had the surgery. I’d like to summarize the good things.

① I have regular bowel movements

When I was in stage 4, when my uterus was as protruding as a mango, I had trouble with bowel movements and couldn’t go without using laxatives, but after the surgery, it became smooth and now I don’t need to use laxatives at all. I’m so happy! I’ve tried all kinds of constipation countermeasures, such as intestinal activity, but it turns out that the main cause was that the mango was narrowing the exit. Regular bowel movements feel really good. Every day changes.

② I no longer have frequent urination

Continuing with the story about bowel movements, all my urination problems have been resolved. Due to my protruding uterus, I could only urinate in small amounts, and I always had a feeling of residual urine. That disappeared as if by magic, and now I can urinate with force. This also feels really good 😭 I don’t care if it sounds exaggerated. It’s really the best. Because toilet troubles were really painful. I wrote about it before, but my toilet paper consumption has also decreased dramatically.

③ Goodbye sanitary napkins

I said goodbye to my uterus and my period🩸 ended, so I said goodbye to sanitary napkins. In my case, I was always changing incontinence pads and panty liners several times a day, not only during my period, but also outside of my period, so I used about twice as many sanitary napkins as most people (or maybe even more?). I wonder how much I spent on sanitary napkins. If I hadn’t had the surgery, this money would have disappeared forever.

④ I lost weight

I think it’s probably because my urination and defecation became smoother, but I naturally lost about 3 kg. I feel like my swollen face has somehow gotten smaller. The amount of food I eat hasn’t changed, and after the surgery, I stayed at home except for walking my dog, and I was much more active when I was working before the surgery.

⑤ No longer resistant to going out

Before the surgery, I was always worried about toilets when I was out, and I no longer felt like going out. I was reluctant to go to various events, let alone going out with my family. Five months after the surgery, I finally made my camping debut. Winter camping. It was very cold, but the sweet potatoes 🍠 roasted over a bonfire were really delicious, and all the camp meals JIROU made were delicious, and it had been years since I had slept side by side with TAROU. The instant coffee that my husband T made for me when I woke up in the morning was also delicious. Of course, I took my dog ​​with me. If I hadn’t had the surgery… I wouldn’t have had any of that.

⑥ Easy to walk

It was uncomfortable to walk while worrying about the eggplant hanging between my legs, but now that that’s gone, it’s really easy to walk. Not only walking, but all everyday movements can now be done easily, smoothly, and lightly. This is really comfortable and pleasant, and it lifts my mood. It’s a pleasure every time I walk.

⑦I started getting work for my favorite illustrations

Before the surgery, I had been working standing up for over 20 years. It’s not that I hated it, but I didn’t like it either. I would come home exhausted, do housework and childcare, and the day would end…that was my daily routine. When I decided to have the surgery, I thought, “Is there a job I can do at home using a PC until I can return to standing up?” and started studying web. I gained some knowledge and took online interviews, but I had no track record (I’m in my late 40s…😅) and it was difficult to get work. In the midst of this, while writing my blog, I thought, “I might as well draw illustrations that I like and post them!” and started studying digital drawing. From my childhood to junior high school, I was the kind of child who would draw manga whenever I had free time. Even after I became an adult, for some reason, people would often ask me to draw a portrait for a message book. I had some time during my recovery from the surgery, so I applied for a work-from-home illustration job, and someone liked it and asked me to draw illustrations for a picture book. It’s like a dream! Getting paid for illustrations is the greatest “good thing” that has ever happened to me. There are still many challenges ahead and I have a lot to learn, but I will continue to work hard and give my all so that I can continue this as a job. I really enjoy drawing the eggplants on this blog too.

When I list it all in bullet points, it seems like “only that much?”, but for me, every hour and every second of every day has truly changed drastically. I can’t think of any drawbacks to having surgery. The ordinary things in my daily life are completely different from before the surgery, and I feel a sense of comfort and excitement. Seriously. I have nothing but gratitude for Dr. K who performed the surgery, and for my family and friends who supported me. Thank you so much, uterus.

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