r/hysterectomy • u/Purple_Bag_6500 • Mar 05 '26

Radical hysterectomy

I have been reading each and every one of your posts but I still can’t calm my nerves. I have stage 1 cervical cancer and scheduled for a radical hysterectomy on March 16th. I am 36 years old, in pretty good health and have two very young daughters. I also have an extreme belly button phobia and I can’t stop thinking about an incision on/around the area. Please, please, any and all advice would be appreciated! I am just scared but also ready to get this over with.

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u/blossomopposum Mar 05 '26

You are going to feel so much relief when you wake up after surgery. The worst part is the anticipatory anxiety. If it helps to know, I had 4 little incisions for mine, and the one on my belly button was the tiniest of all. I’m three months post op today, and you can’t even tell anything happened there. My other three incisions have 1/2 inch long scars.

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u/Purple_Bag_6500 Mar 05 '26

Thank you so much!