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Re: do you have to have hormone therapy after a hysterectomy? please answer...

From: samir fouad Aziz MD (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Mon, 4 Nov 2002 12:44:36 -0600 (CST)


At Mon, 4 Nov 2002, heather wrote: >
>my mother had a hysterectomy aprx. 8 years ago. but they left an ovary
>(partial hysterectomy?) shouldn't she be taking some kind of hormones?
>she says she can't because she is alergic to them. but when i asked her
>how she could be allergic to something her body was already making she
>told me to sut up because i didn't know what i was talking about. if
>she started taking hormones would she not have so many mood swings? or
>would they get worse? or since she has an ovary still does that mean she
>is fine and doesn't need to take anything? (and can they only leave just
>an ovary? wouldn't that mean they'd have to leave other things too? i
>mean, you can't just have an ovary floating around)

I do not know how old is your mother.some leave one ovary to function and in this case there is no need for hormone replacement therapy which may or may not affect her mood swings.be patient with your mother.

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