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Re: Life after a Hysterectomy
From: Anna (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Tue, 6 May 2003 14:13:16 -0500 (CDT)
At Mon, 5 May 2003, Anonymous wrote:
>I agree, check out the site, the women there are extremely helpful and talk to your Doctor about your fears.
I had a hysterectomy last February for adenomyosis, which is a common
reason for a hysterectomy. I have to disagree, most of the women there
have hysters for the same reasons you are.
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>>Check out http://www.hystersisters.com, very helpful website
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>>Anonymous,
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>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.
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>>At Wed, 23 Apr 2003, anonymous@obgyn.net wrote:
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>>>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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