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<blockquote data-quote="meowbunny" data-source="post: 186826" data-attributes="member: 3626"><p>Full hysterectomy here. I would have liked to have kept my ovaries but it wasn't an option -- severe hormonal imbalance on top of a tipped uterus on top of fibroids plus ..... </p><p> </p><p>Reasons to keep the little round things -- hormonal replacement puts you at higher risk for breast cancer and cancer of the cervix (if this isn't removed); menopause is no fun and you'll have to go through it regardless at some time -- supposedly, it is somewhat better to go through it naturally (I have no idea, I'm now in year 6 of menopause and it seriously Hoovers); removing good, working body parts is rarely considered a good thing.</p><p> </p><p>Don't push the recovery. Even if you think you're better, the reality is your innards are still healing. Plan on the 6 weeks.</p><p> </p><p>I will say that having the hysterectomy was the greatest thing I ever had done. I had no idea just how ill it was making me, how much energy was being drained out of me, what a witch I was becoming. Three months after surgery, I felt so much better -- happier, stronger, more energetic. My only regret was that it meant there was no chance of ever bearing a child (not that there was any real chance of that pre-surgery).</p><p> </p><p>Find a way to take the time off. Keep the parts that are working, get rid of the junk.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="meowbunny, post: 186826, member: 3626"] Full hysterectomy here. I would have liked to have kept my ovaries but it wasn't an option -- severe hormonal imbalance on top of a tipped uterus on top of fibroids plus ..... Reasons to keep the little round things -- hormonal replacement puts you at higher risk for breast cancer and cancer of the cervix (if this isn't removed); menopause is no fun and you'll have to go through it regardless at some time -- supposedly, it is somewhat better to go through it naturally (I have no idea, I'm now in year 6 of menopause and it seriously Hoovers); removing good, working body parts is rarely considered a good thing. Don't push the recovery. Even if you think you're better, the reality is your innards are still healing. Plan on the 6 weeks. I will say that having the hysterectomy was the greatest thing I ever had done. I had no idea just how ill it was making me, how much energy was being drained out of me, what a witch I was becoming. Three months after surgery, I felt so much better -- happier, stronger, more energetic. My only regret was that it meant there was no chance of ever bearing a child (not that there was any real chance of that pre-surgery). Find a way to take the time off. Keep the parts that are working, get rid of the junk. [/QUOTE]
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