hyst!

[hey3]

Hi gals. I am a 34 y/o female. Told 2 weeks ago I need a hysterectomy. I was shocked. I had to ask for other alternatives otherwise none would be mentioned. Ever heard of murphy's law. out of the 650,000 people I would be the one with the weird side effects. Lack of drive, prolapse ect. I am thinking about a myomectomy done with lasers. Vascular surgeon in CA does these and gets ever fibroid he can find out. Lowers the chance of returning. Did any of you take Lupron before having the hyst? My fibroid is 20week gestation size. Pretty large. I am worried about the possible side effects. i would rather not have a period but then again I don't want these weird things to happen either. I don't know my insurance may not pay for anything but a hyst. Do you gals think it would be worth it even if I had to pay to keep my "stuff" ( in this case uterus)) everything else is fine. Did you guys have problem with hormones with just having the uterus removed? Thanks for the reply.
hey3

[Trialanderror]

Maybe I shouldn`t comment because I have not had a hysterectomy -but I`ll do anyway. I know your fibroid is pretty large but do yourself a favor and do some more research on alternative treatments for fibroids. Even bookstores have a lot of books on that subject - so there is a real need of women to find out whether hysterectomy is really the only choice. After all the uterus contractions can provide  pleasure during orgasms - if this whole organ is missing, you might be missing something. If the fibroid is benign, it`s definitely worth it to check out any alternative. Actually, I just see that you know about myomectomies, may be worth the extra costs.
As for the subsiding of desires etc., if it is due to hormones, that would only occur if your ovaries were removed as well but I guess it does happen often that the loss of the uterus dimishes the sexual sensation that you may have been used to. So that`s plain physical.
Good luck with your decisions!

[hey3]

Should the dr. have done a hormone count already? I don't know if that was done or not. Why did you have hormone implants with a hyst? I thought if you kept your ovaries you didn't have to have hormones.

hey3

[Smiley2000]

I had a Hyst 2 years+ ago.  I am 32.  Had Uterus and Cervix removed, but kept both Ovaries.  I had hormone implants with Hyst.  Hormone levels were fine, but had to have another one 2 months ago.  Hormones VERY low:  174.  Gained A LOT of belly-weight, no libido, no energy.

If I were you I would go for Hysterectomy.  Just make sure that your hormone levels stay between 600-1000.

I never miss "that time of the month".  lol

[jdahn]

I forgot to mention, its too early for me to know if I am having any hormonal problems. I had my uterus and cervix removed and we left the ovaries. thank god.

[jdahn]

Hi, I had a hysterectomy exactly 2 weeks ago. I am 34. I was having chronic pelvic pain/low back pain/low fevers. My dr. thinks I have Adenomyosis. I did try the Lubron for Endometriosis and It was horrible! I  had hot flashes, etc, the hormone replacement DID help. BUT you can only take the Lubron for so long, then you are back to square one. So we ruled everything out, after 10 months of hell. So far I have NO low back pain/low fevers/pelvic pain. I have not gotten the pathology report back as to weather or not I have Adenomyosis. So far so good.