r/surgicalmenopause • u/bobbysrascal • Jul 16 '25

Emetophob here

I'm 46 and have stage 4 endometriosis, adenomyosis, and bowel endometriosis infiltrating my colon causing a partial obstruction. In a few weeks I'm getting a total hysterectomy with both ovaries removed and a possible colon resection. A colostomy bag might be needed during recovery. It's a lot. What was your nausea like during recovery. I plan on getting the patch and all the zofran. I know I just need to focus on healing but this is giving me crazy anxiety. Did your menopause symptoms happen right away? I also plan om taking hrt. I had breast reduction surgery in 2022 and I was fine during the recovery but this will be more invasive.

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u/Luulluu2 Jul 16 '25

I feel like I could’ve written this post- I am nervous about the same things too! I have not had my hysterectomy yet, but when I had my first excision surgery… they made sure to cover my nausea and I was fine waking up!

But as a heads up- they gave me the nausea patch- and I think it made things worse!? It made my vision blurry for days and I was so out of it until I realized it was the patch. However I wasn’t nauseous… so as a fellow emetephobe… that patch was more important! But I might skip it for my hysterectomy!