WOMENS-HEALTH Messages for January, 2001: Re: hystectomy at 30

Re: hystectomy at 30

From: Amanda (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Thu, 11 Jan 2001 23:32:15 -0600 (CST)

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I am no doctor, but I have had to contemplate a hysterectomy at age 27, for different reasons than yours. But, sometimes these doctors get carried away and just love to do hysterectomies. If your doc is a man, ask him if he would remove his testicles "just because." If I were you, I would get a second opinion. There are a multitude of health risks caused by early menopause, and you will have to be committed for the rest of your life to hormone therapy, risks of osteoperosis, certain forms of cancer, I could go on and on.

I am sure that having PID is no picnic, but see if there is anything else they can do. You would have to face menopause only if they remove your ovaries. Can they spare them?

Just think it through thoroughly before you do something drastic, because there ain't no reversin' a hysterectomy!

Good luck.

At Thu, 11 Jan 2001, Tressa wrote: >
>I have had severe lower abdmoninal pain for apprximately
>3 years. I had surgery that revealed my uterus and
>fallopian tubes are blocked and was diagnosed with pelvic
>inflammatory disease. My doctor has suggested that I can
>either live with the constant pain and take antibiotics
>or have a hysterctomy. I am trying to take into the
>consideration all the after effects of have a hysterctomy
>at such a young age. My husband and I were just married
>three months ago and don't have any children. We are both
>concerned about what the menopause will do to our sex life.
>We weren't sure we wanted children, so that really doesn't
>play that much of a factor in our decision and the menopause
>does. What should i expect? Thanks
>
>--
>Tressa
>

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