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Re: Wait on your Hysterectomies, please!!!From: anonymous@obgyn.netFri Mar 29 10:08:38 2002
At Wed, 23 May 2001, anonymous wrote: > >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: >> >>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: >>> >>>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.
-- I think a women should be able to choose to have a hysterectomy if she doesn't want periods or that's the way she wants to become sterile. A hysterectomy should be looked on like plastic surgery, a way of bettering herself. I know many women who had hysterectomies, they feel like a million dollars. Their life has changed for the better. I think a women starting from age 18 should have the right to decide if she wants to become sterile and be able to choose to have either a hysterectomy or a tubaligation. When the law says a minor can be tried as an adult if thats the case then they should be able to choose if they want to become sterile. I'm for Womens Rights. It's unfortunate that some people are not. It's our body our right to choose hysterectomy no matter what the reason is. I heard many women say they are tired of health activist saying cut down on hysterectomies. I also read that gynocologist who are graduating now days want to cut down on the number of hysterectomies they perform. Me and other women won't be going to them. Doctors like that don't care about your health. We would rather never see gynocologist than to waste our money and time on doctors like that.
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