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Re: 2 yrs and feeling well/no pain!!!
From: Jenn (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Sat Jun 26 21:03:24 1999
sorry to butt in here but if i may.......i had my left ovary and tube
removed in september and have never felt better in my life. i am 23 now but
last year i was told by docs in boston hospitals that i would need to have
hysto or nothing else would work. last summer was the worst for me.. i have
to admit that i dont' know how long i will be doing so well but my gyn and i
are very very very very happy with the results. i haven't had a period in 5
years so we dont know what i will feel like when i do get one. i am on a
bcp now too. i felt that having one side removed was better than taking it
all so that i could still maybe have a baby someday. i dont' know what your
situation is though. we are all different but maybe this will help.
Jenn (from Maine)
At 02:27 PM 6/26/99 -0500, you wrote:
>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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