Anyone see weight gain after hysterectomy?

Hi all! I am going to get I guess I hysterectomy of sorts. Next week I'm having a large ovarian cyst removed along with one of my ovaries. I'll have one left, plus all the other "female" parts. What I worry about is weight gain as a result of the surgery. I have heard women lament about weight gain after hysterectomies, etc. I wonder if this is due to hormonal changes, or maybe due to the normal aging process (ugh, as we get older, the metabolism slows, we're less active, and all this happens about the time we start needing things removed). I'm kind of paranoid about this and plan to ask my GYN at my pre-op this week. I know for me that when I was on the pill it really was harder to loose weight. I don't want that problem again. Any thoughts would be appreciated.

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