Re: Life after a Hysterectomy
From: Anonymous (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Mon, 5 May 2003 09:51:59 -0500 (CDT)
At Mon, 5 May 2003, anonymous@obgyn.net wrote:
>
>Check out http://www.hystersisters.com, very helpful website
>Anonymous,
Be aware that many of the women participating on the hystersisters
website have had problems that aren't typical of the majority of women
that have this surgery.
>At Wed, 23 Apr 2003, anonymous@obgyn.net wrote:
>>
>>I am 26 and am schedualed to get a hysterectomy on May 5th. I have
>>fibroids in the Uterus and have had surgery for emdometriosis and
>>ovarian cysts. I had an Ultra Sound done because I have been having
>>pain, sometimes bad pain where my uterus is located and it showed the
>>fibroids in my uterus. The time is getting closer and I have been doing
>>research trying to find other alternatives or anythign that would help
>>me understand the life after the hysterectomy. I luckly have two
>>beautiful kids so that is not a prob with me. But I am scared because
>>with every surgery that I have had the complications have been getting
>>more extreme. With my one year old I had to have an emergency c-section
>>and got a septic infection form that. The pain from that was almost
>>more than I could handle. My question is, what can I do about my fear
>>of something bad happening?
>>I know that there are risks, but how often does something bad happen or
>>how often does what you read about someone going through, like bowel
>>probs and lack of sex drive and all that happen. I am only 26 and want
>>to be able to live a normal life.
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