ENDO Messages for October, 2007: Re: I am back from a hysterectomy to Jennifer

Re: I am back from a hysterectomy to Jennifer

From: ada (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Wed Oct 24 14:48:24 2007

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Jennifer, Hey, I had a hysterectomy (but kept my ovaries) on sept 12th. A great place for support pre and post hysterectomy is hystersisters.com. Good luck and feel free to email me any questions. Ada At Wed, 24 Oct 2007, Kate wrote: >
>Jennifer-
>
>Thanks for sharing. How are you doing now? I'm supposed to have a
>hysterectomy at the end of November and I'm pretty nervous about it. I'd
>love to e-mail back and forth with you about it, if you would be willing
>to talk.
>
>--
>Kate
>
>At Sat, 6 Oct 2007, JenniferH wrote:
>>
>>I have posted on this forum a few times in the past year or so. I have
>>had endo/cyst problems for 18 months. I just wanted to update everyone
>>and share my story. I had a lap done 3/16/07 and he removed a lot of
>>endo and an ovarian cyst. He had to leave several endo-filled cysts and
>>some endo because of where it was located. However, he took a pie wedge
>>of my ovary and did an ablation, to try to cut down on bleeding and
>>ovarian cysts and endo.
>>
>>I never had a period. I felt absolutely great and on top of the world
>>for 3 months and then the old familiar feelings came back :( His advice
>>to me was to go ahead and have the hysterectomy. I kept putting it off
>>(my husband and I are going to Mexico next week- not great timing), but
>>then even Vicoden couldn't help the pain. I went to my family doctor
>>because I was having bladder issues, and he did a pelvic ultrasound.
>>They saw endo all over my left ovary and my pelvis. So, I called and
>>scheduled the hysterectomy.
>>
>>The hysterectomy was supposed to last 1 1/2 to 2 hours. I was in
>>surgery almost 3 hours. He told me the endo had grown back worse than
>>my previous lap and had attached to the bowel. Since he took the
>>ovaries, I will need hormones. However, he is hodling off on the
>>hormones so that they don't feed any microscopic bits of endo left
>>behind. He did tell me that the endo can come back, even after the
>>hysterectomy (which I already knew from this site).I am hoping the endo
>>stays away. Now I am just battling crazy hormones!
>>
>>--
>>Jennifer
>>

--
Ada

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