Hi all, went in on the 25th of November for my pre-op stuff, had radical hysterectomy the next day, 26th Nov. Took ages to come out of the recovery, as I kept going into such a deep sleep & forgot to breathe!! The next day & a bit were good as they topped my epidural up! Come Friday, then the pain kicked in as the epidural was finished, they gave me morphine tablets which didn't work as I thought would! Friday & Saturday were my worst 2 days, but by Sunday was feeling less pain, thank God! Had to have chest x-rays & this method where they put the needle right into your veins at the wrist-this is to check your respiration. I was caught for breath so they wanted to rule out a clot, also had a ultra sound in right leg the next day! All was ok so on the Tuesday my specialist came in & took off the dressing from the wound, he was very happy with the healing & said I could go home! ?He had said that they had removed some lymph nodes on the left side that he wasn't to happy about, & thought I might need further radiation & chemo theraphy! Well the nurse then came to remove my zillion staples- she stoped counting at about 17! I really didn't want to be touched anymore at tihs stage!! Once that was done, my husband came to fetch me & after being home for about 2 hours I got a phone call from the oncologist nurse ho said the histology report was back- THE LYMPH NODES WERE NEGATIVE, GOT THE ALL CLEAR & NO FURTHER TREATMENT WAS NEEDED! Now I'm just trying to get better, still sore- the bruising from the anti-clotting injections are really rough on the right side! There is so much to deal with after when you're recovering, but thank goodness each day gets a little better, with a little less pain everyday!! I had to have a cut from the belly button down to my groin, just so as not to scare anyone, the healing is longer for this type of cut. At least I can concentrate on recovering now! All the best to all who have surgery/chemo or radiation therapy ahead of them, & all those trying to recover! xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx