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lap vs hysterectomyFrom: Karen (anonymous@obgyn.net)Mon Sep 22 13:09:17 2008
I am new to this site and I am looking for some advice/comfort from others going through the same thing. My doctors have unofficially diagnosed me with endometriosis and pcos. By unofficially I mean they look at blood work, symptoms, and various other test results and say that it what it is (basically short of a lap which I know is the only way to know 100% that it is endo). I am in severe pain, have unbelievably long (up to a month and half) and heavy periods and I just want to get out of the pain in one shot with a total hysterectomy and have them take everything. The only problem is that I am 26 and because of that the doctor doesn't want to do a total hyst but do a lap instead. I am happily married with one son and my husband and I agree that our family is complete (so much so that before this started with me he had gone to a pre-op for a vasectomy but had to put off the surgery because of this). My fear is that if they do a lap, I will still have problems and they will have to go in for a total hyst anyway and that means 2 surgeries with 2 recoveries. Let me add that endo apparently runs in my family: grandmother, 2 of her 3 sisters, and their mother all went through numerous laps and all had to have total hysts in the end anyway; and my mother who, was able to avoid the painful side, had to go through numerous D&Cs to get pregnant. Should I just listen to the doctor and try the lap and then the hyst if needed or should I keep pushing to get him to do the total hyst that I want. Thank you in advance your responses.
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