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Re: unilateral oophorectomy

From: Amy (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Thu, 7 Sep 2000 14:33:19 -0500 (CDT)


At Tue, 5 Sep 2000, William F. von Almen, II, MD, FACOG wrote: >
>At Mon, 4 Sep 2000, Tiffany wrote:
>>
>>Last week I had a laparotomy and surgical removal of my left ovary and
>>tube due to a large cyst and torsion of that ovary. I already have 2
>>children and had my right tube ligated during the surgery so fertility
>>is not desired. My question is, will I experience any hormonal effects
>>from only having one ovary? I am 30 years old. Some have told me that
>>my other ovary will take over. Do periods get irregular due to having
>>one ovary? Or do things go on as usual or even get better as far as
>>periods go. Thank you.
>>Tiffany
>Tiffany
>

I had the same procedure done last week also :) I was going to ask the very same question. I noticed I had a really bad episode of anxiety 3 days post-op, but since I have a history of that I wasn't sure if it was due to hormonal changes or not.




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