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TO CHERYL! Fed up - is hysteroctomy my last resort??????
From: Amy (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Fri Nov 14 05:46:33 2003
Cheryl,
I am considering total hysto next year for my endo. Would you mind if I
emailed you direct? Just want to see how your experience has been so
far. Or feel free to email me if you want: airons@one.net.
Thanks!
Amy Meyer
At Fri, 7 Nov 2003, Cheryl wrote:
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>Hi Marla,
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>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:
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>>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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