https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/health-update-aka-what-ill-be-doing-this-summer Style Advice for Fashion Lovers en-US Wed, 22 Apr 2026 19:27:06 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 q https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/search.php https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/health-update-aka-what-ill-be-doing-this-summer#post-1699283 Thu, 21 Jul 2016 20:55:28 +0000 Jane 1699283@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Robin, just to let you know that I am thinking of you. I hope that you feel settled as you enter the days ahead, loved and supported. Thinking of you, both tonight and of course tomorrow. Very best wishes.&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/health-update-aka-what-ill-be-doing-this-summer#post-1690683 Thu, 07 Jul 2016 18:29:39 +0000 JAileen 1690683@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Best of luck to you. It sounds like you have a good plan. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/health-update-aka-what-ill-be-doing-this-summer#post-1690633 Thu, 07 Jul 2016 16:29:47 +0000 Robin 1690633@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Thank you all so, so&nbsp; much! Every time I read your responses, I smile, and feel encouraged.</p> <p>Pil: True that about the summer weather. We have a coffee shop with outdoor seating next to our apartment building. I'm looking forward to being able to sit outside and enjoy some chai without using up too much energy or going too far away from home.</p> <p>Angie: Thank you. Check in as often as you like. I'll need lots of reminders of the love and support I have in my life. The shopping trip you and I are going to take once I've recovered will be epic!</p> <p>Rachylou: Yes, surgery wardrobe. I have a pair of drawstring lounge pants from American Apparel - no elastic an nice and loose around my groin and waist. I think I'll be living in those with tunics pulled over top to, I hope, not look like I'm wearing my pajamas. :)</p> <p>Una: I'll take all the advice I can get! And no, I don't think I caught this from you. Looking back, I think it's been brewing for a long, long time.&nbsp; &nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/health-update-aka-what-ill-be-doing-this-summer#post-1690515 Thu, 07 Jul 2016 11:26:44 +0000 Helen11 1690515@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Sending more good wishes for a smooth surgery and recovery. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/health-update-aka-what-ill-be-doing-this-summer#post-1689378 Mon, 04 Jul 2016 22:33:05 +0000 Sal 1689378@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>All the best for the surgery Robin - it sounds like the right decision. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/health-update-aka-what-ill-be-doing-this-summer#post-1689116 Mon, 04 Jul 2016 09:35:06 +0000 Style Fan 1689116@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>All the best to you Robin.&nbsp; Yoga is amazing for recovery. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/health-update-aka-what-ill-be-doing-this-summer#post-1689038 Mon, 04 Jul 2016 02:50:39 +0000 anne 1689038@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Hope it all works out Robin! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/health-update-aka-what-ill-be-doing-this-summer#post-1689008 Mon, 04 Jul 2016 01:25:04 +0000 rachylou 1689008@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Sounds like the best decision. Interesting about the anesthesia. Well...onto the surgery wardrobe (!) </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/health-update-aka-what-ill-be-doing-this-summer#post-1689003 Mon, 04 Jul 2016 01:17:19 +0000 UmmLila (Lisa) 1689003@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I hope you will be able to have it done and over with quickly to get to the relief part!! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/health-update-aka-what-ill-be-doing-this-summer#post-1688977 Sun, 03 Jul 2016 22:50:55 +0000 catgirl 1688977@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Ooh, so sorry. I have some good advice that I will post when I'm on a real computer. Most of all, know that you will feel SO MUCH BETTER. Will write more soon - and hope you didn't catch it from me. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/health-update-aka-what-ill-be-doing-this-summer#post-1688963 Sun, 03 Jul 2016 21:45:51 +0000 Anonymous 1688963@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Sending wishes for a good outcome and speedy recovery. I hope it is very helpful and worth it in terms of feeling better soon. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/health-update-aka-what-ill-be-doing-this-summer#post-1688803 Sun, 03 Jul 2016 09:51:30 +0000 Summer 1688803@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>You've made the best decision, Robin.&nbsp; Good luck with the surgery and recovery. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/health-update-aka-what-ill-be-doing-this-summer#post-1688787 Sun, 03 Jul 2016 07:06:42 +0000 Barbara Diane 1688787@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Wishing you a smooth surgery and recovery. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/health-update-aka-what-ill-be-doing-this-summer#post-1688760 Sun, 03 Jul 2016 03:08:55 +0000 Suz 1688760@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Robin, wishing you all the best on this. It's a tough decision but a good one, I think . You will feel so much better. I lived with severely depleted iron for years due to fibroids and felt so much better when I had dealt with that. I could not believe the increase in energy. Hugs to you.&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/health-update-aka-what-ill-be-doing-this-summer#post-1688678 Sat, 02 Jul 2016 21:48:47 +0000 Angie 1688678@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Robin, I'll be thinking of you, and checking in too. You will feel SO much better by the time Autumn rolls around - it will have been soooo worth it. Hugs and much love to you.&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/health-update-aka-what-ill-be-doing-this-summer#post-1688660 Sat, 02 Jul 2016 20:44:35 +0000 Jane 1688660@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Thinking of you. Thank you for taking the time to explain the finer details. It is good to understand, and I can understand that you are relieved it is being dealt with. Your fitness will return soon enough, I'm sure. I'm pleased they will be leaving your ovaries in place.&nbsp;</p> <p>(I've an exam on 22nd July, so will be thinking of you on that day.)</p> <p>Enjoy looking for your stash of books. Very best wishes. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/health-update-aka-what-ill-be-doing-this-summer#post-1688651 Sat, 02 Jul 2016 19:51:21 +0000 Eliza 1688651@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>All the best with your surgery and recovery, Robin. Sounds like it will be a relief to tend the issue and put it behind you. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/health-update-aka-what-ill-be-doing-this-summer#post-1688648 Sat, 02 Jul 2016 19:40:06 +0000 pil 1688648@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Wishing you a speedy recovery! Even though recovering from surgery isn't what you planned for the summer, won't it be nice to recuperate while you can sit outside in the nice weather rather than holing up inside during the winter? </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/health-update-aka-what-ill-be-doing-this-summer#post-1688614 Sat, 02 Jul 2016 18:05:24 +0000 shedev 1688614@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>It's good that you have a plan in place. Best of luck to you. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/health-update-aka-what-ill-be-doing-this-summer#post-1688605 Sat, 02 Jul 2016 17:31:29 +0000 Robin 1688605@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>My turn for a hysterectomy - on July 22.</p> <p>Are they catching?</p> <p>Seriously, while Una was going through her surgery, I was waiting for the appointment with my gynecologist where we'd decide if we were going to go ahead with the hysterectomy. We'd already decided that it was my best option, but had taken an extra month or two to gather more information about what would be best given my history and health needs.</p> <p>I'll spare you the gory details of what took me to the gynecologist in the first place - and yes, they were gory. Basically, the physician's assistant I saw initially agreed that something was up and ordered an ultrasound, which showed three fibroids (each at least 1 inch long, or wide, or high) and two polyps. These were all playing havoc with my periods, which were playing havoc with my iron levels - as in, I didn't really have any. (I've been living with lower than healthy iron levels for years, and they've dropped so low sometimes that the stores of iron in my blood were completely depleted.)</p> <p>There are a lot of ways to treat fibroids, but none of them can stop fybroids from growing again. Fibroids are also not, as I originally thought, always slow-growing. So, since I don't want to birth children, and the stuff in my uterus has probably been affecting my health for longer than I realize, we've decided to just have it out. It feels like a really extreme option, but I don't want to potentially have to have multiple treatments over the next fifteen or twenty years until menopause hits. Medical treatment is stressful enough, the prospect of having ongoing treatment makes me want to curl up in a ball.</p> <p>They'll leave my ovaries so they can do their happy, health-promoting hormonal thing for as long as they want, and will take out the uterus and fallopian tubes. The surgeon says I'll probably be in the hospital for 2 nights. I'm not having a laparoscopic surgery because we're doing a spinal rather than general anaesthetic and the incisions for laparoscopic hysterectomy are higher up on the abdomen than the spinal anaesthesia will cover.</p> <p>So, it'll be more recovery because it's a deeper incision, but less because I won't be recovering from the effects of general anaesthesia. I'm sad about temporarily losing the core strength I've developed, but I have a lot of tools, and two wonderful, knowledgeable yoga teachers, to help me rebuild it once I've healed enough.</p> <p>It's disappointing to lose part of my summer to this, but I know I'll feel so much better once I've recovered, and, besides, once the first few unpleasant days are over, I'll have the perfect excuse to read lots of books and enjoy my Sweetie pampering me. </p>