Posted by kerria on February 20, 2007, at 15:27:34
In reply to Re: Hysterectomy - help or hurt? » kerria, posted by cindy lou on February 20, 2007, at 14:44:12
The dr removed the ovary that kept getting the re-occuring cyst and he said i "would still be in pain if he didn't take out my uterus also." There was absolutely no reason for the major operation at all. It took a long time to recover and i don't know if you ever recover from having a missing uterus and the scar tissue and adhesions that that operation caused.
Recently i had surgery for pne (i had received from an injury - a fall while backpacking) and am having a very difficult recovery after complications- abcess, so much pain.
Who knows how much more stable my pelvic structures might have been if i didn't have the previous unneccessary surgery? i say "Keep what ever you can inside- who knows the importance of an of intact uterus andd we don't need the added scar tissue and risks that major surgery carries for reasons like "it might help... " hormones may be giving us problems" etc. How does taking a uterus out help? i know that i was in as much pain afterwards. It's still major surgery. It causes things like scar tissue and nerve damage. Some women have pudendal nerve entrapment because of having hysterectomies. You should look on the sites they have and read about the pain that they're in. A hysterectomy is nothing to have without really considering the negative impact that it can have.
Take care,
kerria
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