Re: Fed up - is hysteroctomy my last resort??????
From: Amy (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Fri Nov 7 12:28:42 2003
Marla,
I am in the same situation as you, but am married. I have done the
Lupron, had several laps, am now doing continuous birth control and
still am in constant pain. I just went to a new Doc a few weeks ago
because my other one was useless!! and he has suggested hysto
too-complete removal of everything. I am currently thinking this over
and researching things. I don't care if I have kids, but am somewhat
scared of the whole HRT controversy, as well as how I will react without
natural hormone production. My Doc has basically told me that I can
keep doing things that will temporarily help or I can go for the hysto
and take care of it. I am leaning towards the hysto because I really do
not want to keep "band-aiding" myself and having the endo pain come
back. I hate to say that I think it really is the last resort (at least
for me) although it does not guarantee no more problems. Hard decision,
isn't it? Feel free to email me direct if you want to talk further.
--
Amy Meyer
At Fri, 7 Nov 2003, Cheryl wrote:
>
>Hi Marla,
>
>I am 40 with no children and a fiance. I was in the same boat as far as
>fibroids and endo with severe bleeding. I had a hysterectomy on Oct
>14th and am feeling like a new woman! I am still recovering and have
>swelling from the incision, but I could tell right away when I was taken
>back to my hospital room that my diseased organs were out. I had a
>total abdominal with ovaries, tubes, uterus and cervix out. Its been 3
>weeks and I have no pain and no bleeding. I feel my energy coming back
>and I am able to achieve intense orgasms!!! Its too early for
>intercourse but I am looking forward to finally having a painfree sexual
>experience. I wanted children really bad but it got to a point where my
>friends and family didnt want to watch me suffer anymore and I dealt
>with my denial that I was holding on to an impossible dream. I am
>actually feeling a little sad that I didnt do this sooner and could have
>enjoyed many years of my life that was wasted by laying around in pain
>and agony. Any questions, feel free to email me. Good Luck! Cheryl
>
>At Thu, 6 Nov 2003, Marla wrote:
>>
>>Three weeks ago I went in for a lap, which turned into a laparotomy. The
>>doc found a bunch of blood in my pelvis which he never did find out
>>where it was coming from. I have stage 4 endo, fibroids, a frozen
>>pelvis (meaning all my organs are held together with scar tissue). There
>>is so much scar tissue that he couldn't even find my overies, and my
>>tubes are trashed, and it basically was the worst case he's ever seen.
>>He said he never says never in regards to not being able to get
>>pregnant, but he gave me a less than 1% chance. He's recommending a
>>complete hysterectomy (removal of uterus, overies and tubes).I'm 34, not
>>married, and have no kids. The kids aren't very high on the list right
>>now, but feeling better is. Do hysterectomy's help? I'm on contiunous
>>BCP right now. I've already went the Lupron route twice with no changes
>>in pain. Does anyone have any thoughts on hysterectomy's? Good, bad,
>>and evil? I want to hear it all!!!
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