Re: hysterectomy

[Guest guest]

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I had a full hysterectomy this summer, at 35, and it has helped me so much!

My iron level was so low, even with taking the maximum amount of iron I could

take in a day. So, I had an iron IV treatment, which gave me a year's worth

of iron in 6 hours. My iron was so low that they couldn't do the surgery

until they got it up. I got up to a 10.2, so they did the surgery. They

took everything, and I feel so much better. My last bloodwork, I was up to

12. YEAH! I wasn't planning to have more children, and though I was young, I

personally think it was a great move for me. I now take Estrotest for

hormone replacement. It's working great.

Now, I had a friend who was 42, and a grandmother, she had a fit when they

told her they were going to have to do the surgery. She felt like she wasn't

going to be a women. Once she had the surgery, she can't imagine what took

her so long. She feels great and is saving lots of money on personal items.

I have another friend who is 42 and thinks she may still like to have a child

if and when she meets Mr. Right. So, though she really needs the surgery,

she refuses. Everyday, she bleeds and is miserable. I feel really bad for

her. It's a hard dream to give up, but in her case, with all of the

bleeding, the doctors really want her to have the surgery done.

I know this is a hard decision to make, especially when so young. I will

keep you in my prayers.

Amy

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In a message dated 10/24/00 11:18:31 PM Eastern Daylight Time,

amydeel@... writes:

<< I know this is a hard decision to make, especially when so young. I will

keep you in my prayers.

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I think this one was directed to in Missouri? I am in Monroe,

MI and I had a hyst when I was 28 - ovaries still intact. Life after has

been great and it was the smarted thing I could have done. I had two

children already & had already lost two also so I knew I was done with

babies.. I think it would be a very hard decision to face in my current

health condition with the PA. Good luck to the other (with an e:-) if

that is who is struggling with this....I have not seen her post, just the

answers to it...

, Monroe, MI

[Guest guest]

Amy,

I had a similar problem about 10 years ago and the dr put me on

Progesterone to slow the iron loss until they could do surgery for

fibroids. Once my iron level was OK, I felt better and decided not to

have the surgery, simply because I didn't want to be cut upon and I was

close to the age when nature would take care it. Once menopause took

place, the fibroids shrank until they are no longer palpable when

originally the uterus was the size of a 3 month pregnancy.

> I have another friend who is 42 and thinks she may still like to have

> a child

> if and when she meets Mr. Right. So, though she really needs the

> surgery,

> she refuses. Everyday, she bleeds and is miserable.

Please tell your friend about hormonal treatment (Progesterone in my

case) for excessive bleeding. She needs to see a gyn who is up to speed

on endocrinology. I was treated at a medical university but surely there

are private gyns equally trained.

> I feel really bad for

> her. It's a hard dream to give up, but in her case, with all of the

> bleeding, the doctors really want her to have the surgery done.

It's my personal opinion that too many gyns are still too knife happy

when more conservative methods can be employed with satisfying results.

> I know this is a hard decision to make, especially when so young.

It *IS* a difficult decision, no matter what the age.

Let me know if your friend finds someone to work with her more

conservatively.

Patty B in the Pineywoods of East Texas

[Guest guest]

Hi Kerry-I had a hysterectomy back in Dec. 1978. I was 26 then. I had no

problems. How's your diet and could you be taking meds that aggravate your

system?

I wish you a speedy recovery.

Barb

[Guest guest]

Hi Kerry,

I had a hysterectomy 7 years ago.. I had total opposite, I had

terrible constipation. I healed great. I never regretted having the

surgery. I felt good almost imediately and my leg pain from my CMT eased up.

If you have any questions or would like to talk, feel free to email me at my

email

address.

Carol

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Hi Kerry,

I had a hysterectomy 15 yrs ago when I was 24. I did not have any problems after

at all. I had severe endometrosis so I had lots of pain. I don't regret it at

all. I am so glad I don't have that pain any more. Hang in there it will get

better.

Bobbie in WI

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Unfortunately hysterectomy is done for a lot of reasons.

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From: " bollin772000 " <Bollin772000@...>

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Sent: Monday, August 08, 2005 7:50 PM

Subject: hysterectomy

> I thought hysterectomy was only done for cancer or large fibroid tumors

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I'm not supportive of many hysterectomy's and neither am I

overly fond of the scientific model for healing modalities. When I am

sick I want a caring woman's hand on my forehead not a machine that

goes BEEP or a MD/technician sticking a video camera up my butt.

There is big business there and we love to go on and on about that.

However, in some instances they are useful. One close relative

did the alternative route on her bleeding fibroids and was successful

the first time after 3 months of work. A year and a half later they

came back. Meanwhile her hot flashes had been on going for ten years

along with a host of other unpleasant symptons. Both the naturopath

and the gynecologist (why are they called a guyecologists? shouldn't

is be a girlecologists?) tried a variety of solutions but eventually

the consensus was to go with the surgery. The lady was much better

and free from suffering afterwards. Perhaps a better herbal treatment

method could of produced better results and made the surgery

unneccessary but given the situation things worked out well.

[Guest guest]

Girlegologists! ...hee-hee.... Masses in the body are caused by

stagnation ...ultimately, she could have done it for free by herself

by moving her internal energy....best way I know is qigong...this will

sometimes depend on the size of the mass and 'power' of the person.

It probably would have helped to change the energy outside herself as

well. If not realistic for her, herbs, diet, exercise and an energy

medicine would definitely have helped... & a lifestyle change ...not

just for three months. Any idea if she went back to her old ways...or

never left them ...during/after treatment? She had problems that

looked like she didn't know what to do for them, no one told her, or

it wasn't possible to change. In this case, for relief of

symptoms...cutting out body parts may be the only recourse.

:-( Kit

> I'm not supportive of many hysterectomy's and neither am I

> overly fond of the scientific model for healing modalities. When I am

> sick I want a caring woman's hand on my forehead not a machine that

> goes BEEP or a MD/technician sticking a video camera up my butt.

> There is big business there and we love to go on and on about that.

> However, in some instances they are useful. One close relative

> did the alternative route on her bleeding fibroids and was successful

> the first time after 3 months of work. A year and a half later they

> came back. Meanwhile her hot flashes had been on going for ten years

> along with a host of other unpleasant symptons. Both the naturopath

> and the gynecologist (why are they called a guyecologists? shouldn't

> is be a girlecologists?) tried a variety of solutions but eventually

> the consensus was to go with the surgery. The lady was much better

> and free from suffering afterwards. Perhaps a better herbal treatment

> method could of produced better results and made the surgery

> unneccessary but given the situation tings worked out well.

[Guest guest]

Well, she worked very diligently with the info she had and was

given. While not doing chi kung, she did do and receive reiki and

cranial sacrial regularly. She brought the bleeding and pain under

control from the fibroid tumors (don't remember what her herbal

routined was) and I was pleased with how well she did with that. I

suspect with a longtime devitalized diet and shallow breathing she

didn't have enough prana reserves to kick it out entirely. No diet

shift done so it did come back. That's why we have cut and chop

specialists.

I was left in the dark until a week before the surgery was

annouced. By then she was tired of the constant drag and just wanted

it over and done with. Bottom line is she was suffering before and

happy afterwards.

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While we're on the subject of hysterectomys...... I was told a couple years ago after a positive pap test that they found pre-cancerous lesions and I needed something called a LEEP procedure. After that was done they said they couldn't get enough and needed me to go under and they did another procedure that removed a larger piece of the cervix. Then they said there were still lesions inside my uterus and I need a hysterectomy.

I decided that since it wasn't cancer (only pre-cancerouse cells) that I would just keep getting pap tests and keep watch. I didn't want to make a radical change to my body when I wasn't sick. Furthermore they said the lesions may have always been there and they may never turn into anything......

Has anyone run into this or something similar? Any recommendations? My day surgery was about 2 years ago and about 6 pap tests ago and they are coming back ok.

Barbkitcurtin <kitcurtin@...> wrote:

Girlegologists! ...hee-hee.... Masses in the body are caused bystagnation ...ultimately, she could have done it for free by herselfby moving her internal energy....

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Barb,

My DIL had this done... and funny thing was they checked her for pregnancy (she had been trying to get pregnant for a year or two) she wasn't,,, they did the procedure .. right after this and I do mean right after - she turned up pregnant...

Suzibarb g <themainers@...> wrote:

While we're on the subject of hysterectomys...... I was told a couple years ago after a positive pap test that they found pre-cancerous lesions and I needed something called a LEEP procedure. After that was done they said they couldn't get enough and needed me to go under and they did another procedure that removed a larger piece of the cervix. Then they said there were still lesions inside my uterus and I need a hysterectomy.

I decided that since it wasn't cancer (only pre-cancerouse cells) that I would just keep getting pap tests and keep watch. I didn't want to make a radical change to my body when I wasn't sick. Furthermore they said the lesions may have always been there and they may never turn into anything......

Has anyone run into this or something similar? Any recommendations? My day surgery was about 2 years ago and about 6 pap tests ago and they are coming back ok.

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[Guest guest]

From: bollin772000

I thought hysterectomy was only done for cancer or

large fibroid tumors

Oh, heck no. They

perform hysterectomies for any number of reasons…even really stupid

ones… like… just because.

Years ago, my cousin was told by her doctor

that she would never be able to get pregnant, much less bear a child. Therefore, she should just go ahead and

have a hysterectomy. (Understand;

other than being overweight at the time, there was nothing else wrong with her

health.) She was going to do it

because the doctor recommended it.

Her mother begged her not to do it.

If it wasn’t causing her any medical problems, then what was the

harm in leaving it in? She listened

to her mother and opted out of the surgery.

A few years later, she went on a health

kick, began eating a healthy diet and exercising. She lost all of the excess weight and

looked great. Then one day, she

noticed a bulge… she exercised harder and refined her diet even more

healthily. Try as she might, the

bulge wouldn’t go away. In

fact, it was growing. Finally, she

went to the doctor to see what could be done about it.

The doctor examined her and told her she

was pregnant. She believed so much

in what the other doctor had told her, that she actually laughed in this doctor’s

face. She assured him that she

couldn’t get pregnant, that another doctor had even wanted to go ahead

and give her a hysterectomy because her uterus was just a useless piece of

equipment that she was lugging around unnecessarily.

This doctor assured her that she was

indeed pregnant… and she was.

She was actually five months pregnant! She never suspected it. (Her periods had always been irregular

when she was overweight, so she never gave it a thought.) She wound up giving birth to a healthy

(if somewhat slightly small and underweight) baby girl at seven months. To look at her today, you’d never

know that, that little girl (now grown woman) was born premature.

Perhaps not all of them, but a lot of

doctors want you to believe that they have your best interests at heart, but

actually, that new car or boat, etc., is probably nearer and dearer to them

than you are. Sad but true.

Benita

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Hi Barb,

Thank you for your reply!! My diet at the time was horrible. I have changed my

whole diet because of the severe diahhrea I was suffering from. At my post-op

check-up I found out why I was experiecing this. 1 in 10 people suffer from this

after surgery because the good bacteria is killed & the bad take over. All you

can do is wait for the good to rebuild in your body. I am now back to my normal

self after a month of being sick. I only take Wellbutrin & Celexa for my severe

depression & have never had any kind of side effects.

Kerry

[Guest guest]

Hi Carol,

Thank you for your reply!! I am now back to my old self after a month of being

sick. My post-op check-up went great. I healed very good & I found out why I had

the severe diahhrea. The surgery killed the good bacteria in my body & the bad

took over. I had to wait 'til the good could build back up. 1 in 10 either

suffer from diahhrea or constipation. I do not regret having the surgery one bit

tho. It was for my own good in having a happier life!!

Kerry

[Guest guest]

Hi Carol,

Thank you for your reply!! I am now back to my old self after a month of being

sick. My post-op check-up went great. I healed very good & I found out why I had

the severe diahhrea. The surgery killed the good bacteria in my body & the bad

took over. I had to wait 'til the good could build back up. 1 in 10 either

suffer from diahhrea or constipation. I do not regret having the surgery one bit

tho. It was for my own good in having a happier life!!

Kerry

> Hi Kerry,

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> I had a hysterectomy 7 years ago.. I had total opposite, I had

> terrible constipation. I healed great. I never regretted having the

surgery. I felt good almost imediately and my leg pain from my CMT eased up.

If you have any questions or would like to talk, feel free to email me at my

email

> address.

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> Carol

[Guest guest]

Hi Bobbie,

I found out at my post-op check-up why I had severe diahhrea. 1 in 10 get it

'cuz the surgery kills the good bacteria your body produces & the bad take over.

After a month of being sick my good have built back up & I am back to my old

self. I have no regrets about having the surgery!!

I am from WI also!! Where are you? You may e-mail offlist if you prefer. Thank

you for the reply!!

Kerry

[Guest guest]

Hi Kerry-

Very happy to hear you're doing well. I never knew there is good and bad

bacteria. The things we learn in this group.

Barb

[Guest guest]

Hysterectomy is the number one unnecessary procedure done in the U.S. Even

according to Doctor Oz....and he's pretty mainstream....Has she looked into

alternative treatments? And that being said, less is more. Never remove

ovaries unless you absolutely must....jmho

nancy j

a child is diagnosed with

asd every 20 seconds

> From: isaguzmandiaz2@... <isaguzmandiaz2@...>

> Subject: Re: [ ] Hysterectomy

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> Date: Sunday, September 12, 2010, 2:10 PM

> Depends on how old she is and if that

> tissue is also affected.  At a minimum, I believe she

> should try to convince her doctors not to remove the

> ovaries, otherwise she will be deprived from most female

> hormones and their benefits.  If she is close to

> menopause and the tissue is in bad condition, mds will

> remove it, but I insist that at least one ovary must be

> spared to protect her.  My 0.02.

> Isa

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> Enviado desde mi oficina móvil BlackBerry® de Telcel

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> [ ] Hysterectomy

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> My sister is having a hysterectomy because of growths and

> bleeding in her uterus (she has two uterus.) Biopsies can

> not be obtained because both uterus' are twisted. Question

> is: should she have fallopian tubes/ovaries and cervex

> removes as well? Thanks so much for your imput.

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[Guest guest]

Andy,

This is a bit off topic, but as I am the primary caregiver, I think it is

relevant. The hot flashes are driving me crazy! Unfortunately, I have

amalgams and cannot afford to get them removed as our son needs all our

resources. I am also on Armour thyroid. I also take iodine

supplementation. Please, what else can I do? Is it coming from adrenal

fatigue perhaps? My face at times feels like it is going to spontaneously

combust! I'm freezing everyone out of the house. This has been going on

for years now. I have got to do something. I cannot take any type of

estrogen as I had estrogen-dependent, dysplastic cells removed several years

ago. Can you point me in the right direction. A cooler mom is one better

able to handle my son's issues.

Thanks,

Haven