Hi Charliegirl
I had a full hysterectomy 18 months ago - womb,cervix, ovaries etc..
4 weeks is not long atall - although I agree it feels like forever when stuck at home and cant drive etc ..I have a dog and could not walk her because she is big and tends to pull so could not risk any strain - so had to rely on someone else to assist for quite a while ...The body has to adjust and all the internal healing .. I sometimes tended to forget and would lift something, and I could feel a heavy feeling down below and then worry that my vagina was going to fall out
... I smile and laugh now, but did freak me out a bit - all the strange feelings and sensations going on inside.... A friend of mine ( that also had the op) did stress how important it is not to rush things and even if you feel ok - as apparently her surgeon told her of one of his patients ( after just 4 weeks) decided to go and do the shopping and on lifting bags from her car - started to haemorrhage and was rushed into to hospital .. And as someone else said ( I think) the anaesthetic can stay in the system a while ...