Re: My View On a Hysterectomy!!!
From: anonymous (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Wed Jun 27 08:25:14 2001
Char,
I agree with you 100%!!!!! I too after 12 yrs of endo at the age of 31
opted for the hyster. Then 9 mths later had the tubes and ovary removed
also. Currently not on HRT, trying to deal without it. It was THE BEST
decision I have ever made. To Keri, all womens issues are different,
and your opinion is your opinion......when it comes to Endo, its all a
PERSONAL choice.....this was OUR choice and we are happy with the
results.......A hyster might not be a CURE, but it has enable some of us
to LIVE OUR LIVES AGAIN.... I too have a husband and two children and I
need to be able to LIVE for THEM as well as MYSELF......Having surg
after surg was just not an option for me......Thank you for letting me
voice my OPINION as well......
At Mon, 25 Jun 2001, char wrote:
>
>Hello to all who read this :o) First off i want you to know that this in
>my opinion about having a hysterectomy. You do not have to agree with
>it but please understand that I am allow to have it and recommend it to
>anyone that ask for an opinion in the endo forum..I like this place ALOT
>it has tought me alot about endo and other things i did not know :o)
>
>Well when i had my surgery back on dec 28th 2000 i was in alot of pain
>and no matter what my dr's did or gave me for the pain it would'nt help
>it. It would come and go as it pleased and would just ruin my mood and
>day. I have 2 small girls and a husband who needs me 24/7, I had no
>time to be sick and laying in bed. And with my husband working 12 hr
>days, staying in bed with pain was not an option for me. So after years
>of being in extreme pain and causing a gap in my marriage and not being
>able to be a wife and mom, me and my dr decided that a hysterectomy was
>the way to go since i had a tubal and was done having kids, why in the
>world did i need my female organs for. I had endo on my ovaries and
>they did a lap once and took all the endo and adhesions they could find.
>So when the dr said that a hyst. would take the pain away i jumped at
>the chance :) I don't see the reason why so many women have lap's done
>year after year after year and so on. If you are done having your kids
>and want to get rid of the pain then why have surgery after surgery
>zapping away the endo? why not just do it all at once and move on with
>your life and then in the future if you by some change get endo back
>then i could see having lap's done. I don't have time or money to have
>5-15 lap's done, if anyone out there has the money and time and wants to
>have that done then i guess that is your opinion. I chose to go and
>have the hyst. and i am not sorry i did. I am having trouble getting
>the HRT right, but as soon as i get that fixed i will be perfect agian
>and able to be a mom and wife again. I know some think i am only in my
>6th month after the hyst. and well your right it has only been 6 month
>but you what it has been 6 month "without" any endo pain what-so-ever. I
>think that is something to recommend to others and something to be happy
>about. I also know that some have had the endo return after a hyst. but
>there as been those that the endo did not return. So it is split down
>the middle but please understand for those of us that are without endo
>after a hyst. Let us have our cake and eat it to for we are living
>proof that we can conquer this horrible disease.
>I hope i did not offend anyone and if i did i am truly sorry, but this
>is how i feel about a hysterectomy and if there is someone who asks on
>the forum i will tell them how i feel and let them choose. I don't mean
>to step on any toes or hurt any feelings just want my side to be heard
>as you want your side to be heard.
>
>Thank you all and I hope you have a wonderful night and or day :o)
>
>--
>Char
>
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