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Re: rmoval of one ovary - to Hes911
From: Amanda (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Fri Jul 27 12:53:52 2007
I had my left ovary removed in January because of a large cyst. I asked
the doctor how that would affect me and he said that I would still be
able to have children and that was the end of that discussion. What a
gross understatement for me! I still had endo so was I was on birth
control to try and help ease that pain. With just one ovary and being
on birth control, my hormones were completely out of whack! Birth
control supresses your ovarian functions and then gives you synthetic
progesterone and/or estrogen. What it doesn't replace is the
testosterone that your ovaries naturally produce. I had no energy, no
strength, no libido--it has been awful! It has been a much bigger impact
on my life than the doctor ever discussed with me. So if you are
planning on being on birth control I would ask your doctor a lot of
questions!!!
-Amanda
At Wed, 18 Jul 2007, M wrote:
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>I'm actaully not sure. I'm just guessing that she didn't know how to or
>something. I don't think she knows a lot about endo.
>Needless to say I don't think she will do my next surgery.
>At Wed, 18 Jul 2007, Hes911 wrote:
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>>Hi M -
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>>Why did your doctor not remove your endo? (if you don't mind me asking)
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>>At Wed, 18 Jul 2007, M wrote:
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>>>Hi Heather
>>>I had my lft ovary removed back in Jan of this yr due to a large
>>>endometrioma. My doc said it was not a big deal and that I shouldn't
>>>have any problems from only loosing one ovary. I haven't had any
>>>problems from that. I still have pain, etc but that's because she
>>>didn't remove the endo and there is another endometrioma growing again.
>>>Hope this helps some
>>>At Wed, 18 Jul 2007, Liz wrote:
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>>>>At Tue, 17 Jul 2007, Hes911 wrote:
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>>>>>Hi everyone -
>>>>>
>>>>>As I had mentioned in another message I have had several really large
>>>>>cysts on my right ovary and all of my OB pain has been targeted in the
>>>>>right side. My doctor feels this probably damaged my ovary to the point
>>>>>that it could just be removed. My question for you all is, what do you
>>>>>feel about having one ovary removed? I have been told by my doctor that
>>>>>the ovary that is left could start causing me problems since it would
>>>>>then be doing double the work. I have an appointment with her in two
>>>>>weeks to discuss what I want done during the surgery and I would like to
>>>>>know what everyone thinks.
>>>>>
>>>>>Thanks!
>>>>>Heather
>>>>>
>>>>>--
>>>>>Heather
>>>>>
>>>>Heather, I had my left ovary removed 3 1/2 yrs ago due to a large
>>>>cyst/endometrioma. My right ovary probably was the only one functioning
>>>>for a long time, due to the damage. I never missed a period after the
>>>>surgery, and while I still have pain on my left side, my right ovary is
>>>>fine, according to all the u/s I've had.
>>>>
>>>>Good luck,
>>>>Liz
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>>--
>>Heather
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