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Re: Wait on your Hysterectomies, please!!!
From: anonymous (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Wed May 23 08:41:11 2001
I just wanted to comment to you Joyce AMEN!!!! All of our situations are
very different, and to choose a hyster is on a situation by situation
basis, I too, at the age of 32 have had the hyster after 12 yrs of endo
and am so RELIVED.... I am now pain free, I do understand that if my
doctor has missed any underlying enod, that when I start my HRT (have
delayed it for certain reasons) there is a possiblity of it reoccuring,
but that is a chance I am willing to take to be able to live my life
normally again with my husband and two children.
At Tue, 22 May 2001, joyce wrote:
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>I appreciate your article very much, however please realize that this is
>the only option for some of us. My ovaries have shut down from endo, I
>am not producing enough estorgen or anything else I need at 37 yrs old
>for my heart, only for more pain.. The pain is intense and this hyster
>is a god-send for me. My sister had it too,and the hyster relieved her
>for 20 some odd yrs before she had another problem. You have to
>remember without the uterus and ovaries-endo can not grow. Hence no
>more pain. However, it can lay dormant of they miss some and cause
>problems later on due to estrogen supplements or HRT. Whewn you have
>had it for many yrs and everything else is not working anymore, and your
>life has become one big sit down, cause you can't stand up from pain and
>take narctoics party-you begin to want an answer.When you have all the
>aches and pains, brain fog and memory lapses from menopause anyway, it
>makes sense to me to just get rid of the pain. I did try the diet you
>suggest, and I have done all my other options. I have researched and
>now research with top professionals, sometimes it is our only answer. I
>chose my life back. And I am happy about it. I appreciate your info! I
>think it is great when it works for some of us! But please just
>realize~it doesn't always work.We are all different and should choose
>our choices because they work, not out of fear something else will go
>wrong if I do it this way. It doens't always happen. Hope I haven't
>offended you. Pain free prayers....Joyce
>
>At Tue, 22 May 2001, anonymous@obgyn.net wrote:
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>>To all women who sound so grim about their endo and think a hysterectomy will
>>solve the problem,
>>
>>I hope you have tried everything possible before going on with a
>>hysterectomy. Remember that it is not a solution for endo. You will still
>>have endo. Your uterus and other reproductive organs will be gone, but this
>>doesn't mean you're cured.
>>
>>Endo is a combination of endocrine system disruption and immune system
>>dysfunction. The lesion infested tissue inside our bodies is mentioned
>>primarily because you can see it with the human eye, but it is not the
>>disease itself. The disease itself goes beyond that. Until you have changed
>>your diet, your water intake, have seen an excellent endocrinologist,
>>sympathetic to endo patients, and maybe even sometimes have gone against the
>>typical hormonal birth control treatments, you may not have tried everything.
>>
>>What about excision of endo or on top of that, a very strict, strict, strict
>>and disciplined detoxification treatment and lifestyle?
>>
>>It's difficult only at first, but truthfully...a hysterectomy is a complete
>>last resort when the inner tissue is infiltrated. When this happens, it is
>>then called something other than endometriosis. In severe cases like these,
>>then hysterectomy is recommended because the tissue is disease through and
>>through.
>>
>>Just my 2 cents because a hysterectomy should not be considered the way out.
>>You may regret it because sometimes the side effects of a hyst are tremendous
>>and not worth it. Also, science hasn't proven itself advanced enough to say
>>that removing our reproductive organs is good for us. I went to a seminar
>>where they told us that a hormone that our uterus produces is necessary for
>>our heart health, (of course only females in this case). And that not one
>>pharmaceutical company has been able to reproduce it. So if you go on with
>>hormone replacement after your hyst, you aren't necessarily getting
>>everything you need. Especially for your heart.
>>
>>I know too many older women that have had hysts and they end up with pain
>>beyond that of endo. I mean bodily pain, like unexplainable hip pain and
>>deterioration. Also, migraines and memory loss.
>>
>>I have helped women find relief by sending them to an endocinologist who has
>>balanced their hormones without birth control pills. There are other
>>medications out there that can help do this. Your gynos may not have all the
>>answers, but apparently, we as women, are programed to go to our gynos for
>>the answers to our reproductive system. Trust me there is more out there
>>that we haven't tried.
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