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Hysterectomy........I need to make a decision but need more infoFrom: Leah (anonymous@obgyn.net)Tue, 25 May 1999 22:59:04 -0500 (CDT)
I'm a 32 yo mother of 3 children by birth....parent to 5. I developed stress incontinence after my second baby.....then waited 7 years to have another child. This last pregnancy was terrible with preterm labor at 16 weeks, bedrest until 30 weeks, etc. During the last 6 weeks of the pregnancy I had to wear a pessary to support my pelvis. This made a big difference during the short periods of time I was allowed to stand. However, three years later I'm still having problems with incontinence. I have problems with leaking while I'm just walking or standing, not to mention laughing, caughing, sneezing, etc. I just recovered from pneumonia and I'll tell you that the forceful caughing caused MANY problems for me other than respitory! Last week I went in for an exam and told the doc I wanted to set a date for a tubal, and that I wanted to get my bladder fixed (silly me thought my BLADDER was the problem! LOL)He suggested (stongly I might add) that I have a partial hysterectomy done. He also mentioned another "sling" type proceedure, but I only 1/2 listened to it 'cuz the "H" word was echoing in my brain. I had an IVP done last week that was normal,and am sheduled for a catheter/dye test next week, all to rule out problems with the bladder. I'm really worried about having a partial hysterectomy at such a young age. I would love to get rid of the thing for birth control reasons...but to me that would not be a wise decision. The doc did point out that I've had several abnormal paps in the past, and that I'm in a high risk group for cervical cancer anyway. Is there something about a partial hyst. that I'm not aware of? Like what about hormonal changes, sexual activity (including interest of lack thereof because that's already a problem!)etc. I don't want to just jump into this thing, but I'm really tired of having to stop and cross my legs and bend in half when I sneeze. Picking up my disabled daughter is a big problem too....and one that I can't avoid anymore than I can avoid sneezing.
-- ~Leah~ mom to boys 13, 12, 10, 10, girl 3
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