I had a hysterectomy Dec. 19th robotically done. I started assisting an elderly women to get her out of her chair and in the bathroom.

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Should I be doing this? I read people who did it too early started to bleed, I didn't start to bleed so does this mean I'm ok to do this? I do this twice a week for 5 hrs.. I'm nervous about doing it, but I really need the money.

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Hi, I just had hysterectomy on 15th Jan and they've told me not to do any lifting for 3 months otherwise you can cause internal ripping (I work with disabled children which involves a lot of lifting in and out of wheelchairs etc). I too need the money to pay bills, but I can't afford to go back in to have another operation either, so doing as I'm told for the next 3 months is the more sensible option. Please do be careful. x

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Thank you for your response, I don't know how to tell this family it is still a little too hard for me because they held my job for all this time. I thought I was ready to be back but I don't want to have to have another surgery again either. I guess I'm going to have to figure out how to tell them.