| Hysterectomy recovery after a hysterectomy is | | | | vegetable juices daily which will provide nutrients |
| a crucial time in a woman's life. Recovery after a | | | | that improve health and speed healing. |
| hysterectomy means a woman needs some time | | | | 8. Take the best vitamin/mineral/nutritional |
| to adjust, to heal and to complete her | | | | supplement you can find. A really good daily |
| hysterectomy recovery process. Here are some | | | | supplement contains much more than just |
| tips for speeding up the recovery time: | | | | vitamins and minerals. Providing your body with |
| 1. Your first two weeks at home will likely be the | | | | important nutritional supplements is a good idea |
| most difficult, depending on what type of | | | | before and after a hysterectomy to help fill in the |
| hysterectomy procedure you have had. Use this | | | | dietary gaps that everyone will have. |
| time to sleep, relax, read, and listen to your | | | | 9. Begin to exercise as soon as your doctor |
| favorite music until your post hysterectomy is | | | | authorizes it. Exercise will definitely speed up your |
| over. At the end of two weeks, you should be | | | | post hysterectomy recovery. Take it easy but |
| more able to begin moving around and slowly | | | | begin moving. Take walks or use your treadmill |
| getting back to your normal activities. | | | | when you are home. |
| 2. Do not climb stairs or drive a car during this | | | | 10. Begin to learn about your hormones, |
| hysterectomy recovery period. This is the time | | | | hysterectomy recovery and hormone imbalance. |
| to let family and friends help you. | | | | Having a hysterectomy will interrupt your normal |
| 3. Do not prepare your own meals for the first | | | | production of progesterone, estrogen and |
| couple of weeks after a hysterectomy. Ask a | | | | testosterone which can result in symptoms |
| friend or family member to do it for you or order | | | | associated with hormone imbalance. |
| your meals from sources that can deliver to you. | | | | Women considering hysterectomy or having had |
| 4. Have a thermometer at home to monitor your | | | | the procedure should seek the help of physicians |
| temperature. Call your doctor for advice if your | | | | trained in the use of natural bio-identical hormones. |
| temperature goes up. | | | | Bio-identical hormones are hormones that are |
| 5. Laugh as much as you can. Watch funny TV | | | | identical to what the body makes and what |
| programs, rent some of your favorite funny | | | | normally would exist in the body. Synthetic drugs |
| movies or share fun stories with family and | | | | such as Premarin, Provera and Prempro are not |
| friends. Laughter provides a wonderful boost to | | | | natural nor the same as the body makes, and |
| the immune system during the hysterectomy | | | | these kinds of synthetic drugs have numerous |
| recovery healing process. | | | | side effects. |
| 6. Drink 8 glasses of filtered water each day to | | | | There is a hormone health test provided by a |
| flush your system of toxins after a | | | | leading women's health clinic that you can take |
| hysterectomy. Drinking pure clear water daily is a | | | | online. The test takes just a few minutes and is |
| healthy habit to continue even once you are fully | | | | free. The women's clinic has helped tens of |
| recovered. | | | | thousands of women safely deal with hormone |
| 7. Eat as healthy as you can during hysterectomy | | | | imbalance and related health issues. Learn as much |
| recovery since your body will need and use | | | | as you can about hormone imbalance, |
| nutrients to help with healing. Include cold-water | | | | hysterectomy recovery and |
| fish, turkey, chicken, organic bread, soups, salads, | | | | physician-recommended natural alternatives for |
| fruits and broths. If possible, consume fresh | | | | hormone replacement therapy. |