Well I have been not doing so well since yesterday. I woke up uncontrollable bowels and spent most of my time in the bathroom. Anything that I eat or drink goes right thru me and at times have no warning. Just comes out of nowhwere. I woke up at 1230 with barely any warning and ended in the bathroom 3 more times so I finally I had enough and took some immodian a-d I was finally able to go back to sleep until 6 and had to run to the bathroom again. So took another one and ran out of it so hubby had his nephew take him to the store to get more immodian a-d, sf jello, bannanas, sf popsicles. I had 2 episodes of dizineess I thought I was going to collaspe on the kitchen floor. Hubby made me sit down on a kitchen chair. I end up going to the bathroom again and took another immodian a-d ate a bananna and went back to sleep for awhile. I weigh myself this morning I am down to 174.2 lbs after I got home I was 194 from the water weight. This weigh loss is to rapid. It went from feb 18 from 192, feb 19 189.6, feb 20 185.2, feb 21 181.2 and today 174.2. I was 184 lbs before my surgery. So this is quite a jump in the last few days. well I just finish a sf jello and earlier a sf popsicle. Hoping this help rehydrate me again. And hope no more trips to the bathroom especially the uncontrollable ones. That is so embarrasing I just want to cry. I am waiting for the dr office to call back. To see what I should do until I see him on Thursday. Well hubby just came in my room and yell at me told me lay down in bed. He is upset that I am sitting up on my bed. Wants me laying down I can be on my laptop but need to be laying down. Always worrying about me. He  been getting up with the kids and getting them ready for school and making there school lunches.

 Yes most definitely it is.

I have a Mirena IUD. I had inital light to medium spotting for about 5 weeks, but then only a handful of light periods since I had it put in April '08.
I'm hoping after my surgery it doesn't throw me off, though I do expect more of a medium to heavy period within a couple days. (happened when I had my GB out, too)

It started at about a week after the surgery. I'm sure it's starting to come off for u now. Its funny u mention the hair loss, I hadn't even noticed any hair loss really until the hysterectomy and now it seems to be falling out by the handfuls. I had been in a lot of pain up until a few days ago, so I really haven't done any other exercise besides walking. I had been going to the gym everyday after school up until the hysterectomy.  Today is the first day my hubby is allowing me to drive, and I am so excited to be able to get out of the house by myself. I have been very lazy and enjoying it until I started to feel better. Its wired how different this is from the rny, I was really expecting the same recovery time, but i was ready to go after a few days from the rny, this took alot more out of me. I tried going to the store at a week out of surgery, well it was awful and hubby had to take me home halfway though. I did start helping my hubby cook dinner and get the kids up and ready from school as soon as i was out of the hospital, but for me that was more out of concern for them, then my desire to do so. Things are now seeming to get back to order, the doc still has me out until the 16th of march, don't think I can make it that long so going to talk to him next Friday about going back to school the following week.  
  I think the main reason they don't want to you to drive is because of the pain meds, I'm thinking if you are feeling up to it, why not but if you don't feel like it don't pu**** .
    Have you noticed any dizziness since surgery?  That is something i have noticed, there have been a few times i thought for sure i was going to pass out from it.

I Just did the same thing with my hysterectomy also,  they day i  came home from the hospital i had gained almost 10lbs. but it has been 4 weeks since mine now and i have lost all that and then some. I really think its just from the swollen belly and stuff. 
 I feel your pain, the hysterectomy was alot more painful then i expected, i ended up seeing a pain management doctor and going home with morphine and dilaudid and working my way down to the percocets now I'm just taking Tylenol. If you are in a lot of pain even with the percocet i would call the doc and let him know, the pharmacies around here I have to say on them to get things fixed, there is no reason to live with pain if you don't have too. good luck with everything, i hope this helps some. If u wanna chat or vent about anything u can also pm me.