How much do a hysterectomy hurt?

Varies: The surgery is painless but the after care is like any other surgery. They will give you medications to dull the pain and expect you to start walking around by the next morning if not sooner. Transvaginal hysterectomies are a bit less painful that abdominal surgeries.

Varies: The post operative pain after a hysterectomy varies from woman to woman, but is almost always well controlled with medications. The route of the hysterectomy (abdominal, vaginal, laparoscopic, robotic, etc) will have an impact on the amount of pain - but again the pain medications work very well.

It depends: Pain after a hysterectomy is related to the type of incision(s) as well as the underlying condition. A large abdominal incision will be more painful than minimally invasive surgery ("bandaid incisions"). However, pain after a hysterectomy should be manageable with medications