I had a Supracervical Laparoscopic Hysterectomy in January 2008. I was able to bike (on a trainer) within a few days and was jogging within two weeks (slow and on a treadmill wth the elevation jacked up). I was back at work about a week after surgery. My biggest issue was a migraine post surgery which I think was because of no caffeine. I ended up travelling from NH to MD to get the procedure done.
I started to have heavy bleeding and clotting for about 9 months. I had gone to my ob/gyn in NH and told her my symptons after about 6 months. She told me that I had 3 large fibroids, 2 the size of a grapefruit and one the size of an orange. The only options she gave me were an open abdomen hysterectomy or cutting the blood flow to the tumors and letting them die(ewww). Neither of those options were appealing.
After 3 more months, I was getting more bloated, more back pain and very heavy flow. Also, if I had a workout on the first day or two, it was awful. It was like doing a workout after donating a pint of blood. I was fortunate that my adventure race team mate was also a doctor. He sent my ultrasounds along to a surgeon specializing in woman's oncology. He took one look and said that those should really come out sooner rather than later.
Within a week I was scheduled and had the procedure done as an outpatient. Oh, I was 45 and was done having kids. No periods are nice and after 2 years, still no noticable signs of menopause.
It definitely showed me that all doctors are not created equally. My NH ob/gyn looked at me like I had two heads when I asked if it could be done laparoscopically.
Tamela