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Re: 2 yrs and feeling well/no pain!!!
From: anonymous@obgyn.net
Sat Jun 26 14:25:28 1999
Hi Franca
I was going to ask for just the ovary and tube to be removed but I have been
advised by other people who have had this done to just get it all out as once
they take some the trouble gets worse in one way or another even if they didnt
have Endo
Thakyou
Take care of you
Debbie(UK)
Franca wrote:
> Hi, Debbie,
>
> I don't know if you can ever consider yourself to be "cured" of endo. I
> think it's more like being in remission. I think the success of
> hysterectomy depends a lot on where all of your endo is located and how
> good your surgeon is at removing *all* of it. With the endo cleaned up
> and the reproductive organs gone, chances are good that no new endo will
> grow, but as with everything else about this disease there are no
> guarantees. Still, I felt for me at my age (40 at the time)
> hysterectomy was the best choice, and the only one that offered the
> possibility of permament pain relief. All of the other options offer,
> at best, only temporary relief.
>
> I can't speak for Linda, but when I had my right ovary removed this
> month via laparoscopy (uterus and other ovary were removed a year ago)
> my surgeon had a good look around and said that no new spots of endo had
> grown, even though I had kept one ovary! I decided it was time for the
> ovary to go because a tumor had grown on it which needed to be removed.
> But I was very encouraged by the fact that after more than a year no new
> endo had grown. I feel pretty confident that I will stay in remission
> now.
>
> Take care, Debbie, and good luck with your decision. Please feel free
> to e-mail me if you have any more questions about hysterectomy.
>
> Franca
>
> --
> Franca
> Aptos, California
>
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