Congratulations!

Thankies!

I will pray that the procedure goes well.

Thanks

Not a problem.

That's wonderful news, hopefully the end of your pain is in sight ^_^

That's the hope!

I want to say congrats but it sounds weird saying so but I will say that it's good to hear that it will solve your problems. So if you don't mind me asking and I hope I don't offend but when you get a hysterectomy, are you still going to be taking hormones like a patch or something since essentially you will be in menopause right?

I don't mind. =) Yup, will definitely be doing some sort of HRT after removal. I've been on Lupron Depo, so I know what menopause symptoms will be like for me. I might actually do testosterone rather than estrogen. Need to read up on it, but the long term health benefits and lower risk of cancer feel like a better option.

Oh I see ^.^. The most important thing is that you're doing better and whatever you choose, I wish you luck =3

I..is it okay to say congratulations?

I don't really know what to say but that you're in my thoughts this entire time.

Yup, totally okay!

I know it's a weird thing to celebrate, but mostly it should mean not being in pain all the time anymore. =)

Yay!

...

Does this mean we can have a coming out party?

Or something!

Hoping this will end the worst of it. =)

Congrats on finally being able to get rid of that pain in the gut! I wish you a swift and safe surgery and recovery

Thank you!

Congrats, my Ex was THRILLED to get spayed finally in March for the very same reasons!!

I know I'm technically on the young side, but DEAR GOD it'll be good to not hurt and bleed all the time. x_x

I hope the surgery goes well for you. Take care and may you recover swiftly.

Thank you!

lol, thank you

And no, I don't ever want to see it again. XDD Stupid thing hurts me all the time.

Maybe stand in front of a mirror and look down at yourself and say,

"What? Can't bleed anymore? ....got a problem?"

and then go all coolface.jpg. x3

Good luck and I hope the recovery goes well and quickly!

Thanks!

*big fuzzy hugs* hope it all goes well for you =3

*hugs* Thank you =)

well. i hope it turns out well

At this point? Anything's better than slowly bleeding to death and being in pain all the time. Think of it like an appendix that's gone bad. I don't need it and I'm never going to use it, and it's hurting me. It needs to come out.

huuh...well if you put like that i hope that thing gets sent back to hell

Weird to hear someone will get rid of her genitals. But in some kind I am okay with it, because it is your will, your support for it and, as I read it, good for you (by that I mean not bleeding to death :P ).
Firstly I hope for you, that the surgery will go well and that you will recover fast afterwards.
Secondly I want to ask, if you can still have your "fun" after the removing of your uterus. (If you want to answer that :D)

Technically the genitals are what's outside, and that's not going away. It's just the broken inside parts. =) I'll still be female, just no more uterus.

As to your other question, I think it'll be awhile before I'm allowed to have sex again, but the doc is planning to leave the cervix and that, so I'll be capable of intercourse after everything heals up. I'll still have the clitoris too, so orgasm should be possible. I just won't have the uterus anymore, so no muscle contractions. Every woman's different, so I'll have to wait and see what it's like after surgery and HRT.

Oh okay, now I know :D

Then I wish you a fast recovery and a happy time without anymore pain down-under. :)

I hope that things improve greatly for you after this.

I hope so, too!

allright! get well soon! ^^

Thankies!

I'd consider this a major mistake, but...

Nope, not a mistake. You're not living in my body.

No, but I know plenty about Human anatomy and a bit about basic psychology.
There will be consequences from this, the worse part being that they're 100% irreversible.

Okay, you need to butt out now before I lose my temper with you. You do not, particularly as a 22 year old male who's barely acquainted with me, get to tell me you think I'm making a mistake where my own body is concerned. The only body you get to make decisions about is your own. Not mine, and not any other woman's. Please do not presume to lecture me on my health care decisions.

Do you really think I haven't considered all the factors involved? Nobody just gets up and goes "Hmm, I think I'll schedule life-altering irreversible surgery for no reason today!" Seriously. Nobody does that. You want to know why I'm so gung-ho to have my uterus removed? Here's why:

I'm a 33 year old woman. I've been married for over 12 years. I have been dealing with hell-periods since my teen years. A "normal" period lasts 5-7 days. Mine have ALWAYS run from 10-14 days on average. They've gotten so bad in the past several years that I have to take iron pills to keep from falling over from anemia. I can't work a regular job even if I wanted to because my periods are a literal horror show. I'd have to call in sick for a week out of every month. I've woken up in pools of my own blood on more occasions than I want to think about. I've canceled plans to even do simple things because when I'm bleeding, I can barely MOVE without having to run for the bathroom. Forget going to the store or even doing minor housework. I've canceled art streams where I'm just sitting at my desk to draw, because when it's really bad I hurt too much and have no energy to even do that much.

I go through hundreds of dollars in pads and tampons to try and keep things under control so that I don't stain and ruin my clothing. Ten hour leak proof protection? Ha. On bad days I might get an hour before I have to change everything. Even when I'm NOT bleeding, I hurt. Endometriosis means that I also bleed INSIDE my abdominal cavity. But that blood has nowhere to go. So instead it makes adhesions that glue my organs together. Which hurts. All the freaking time, whether I'm actively bleeding or not.

I have tried every non-invasive, conservative treatment available for my condition.

Hell, I've already had surgery once before to remove my left ovary, which was literally destroyed by cysts. Within 3 months of surgery, my right ovary (which also had cysts on it that were removed) had grown three NEW cysts, and my periods were right back to being hellish and out of control no matter what medication my doctor prescribed for me. Believe me, if anything less radical had worked, I would have been happy to stick with it.

Nothing. Fucking. Works.

I have been bleeding and in serious pain for OVER A MONTH from our last ditch attempt at treating me with depo provera injections. That's the exact opposite of the results I was supposed to get. My one remaining ovary is covered in cysts. I'm in constant pain that I just have to swallow to try and get anything done. The past three years in particular have been hell, and my doctor's been right there with me. I am out of other options, and just happy that relief is finally in sight, and he agrees this is the only thing left we can do.

And before you bring up the children angle, I don't want kids. I was never planning to have biological children anyway. Preserving my fertility was never a concern for me, and my husband had a vasectomy when we were in our mid 20s because we decided together, YEARS ago, that we didn't want to have kids. Not every woman needs to make babies. There are plenty of other people out there making babies and having a great time of it. I'm not one of them.

So are we clear now?

This is my choice. I've been talking to my doctor about this possibility since I started seeing him years ago. It is NOT a mistake, nor is it ill-considered. This is my light at the end of the tunnel. I'm well aware of what comes afterward, and I'm okay with what I need to do to stay healthy. That's the most important part. Right now I am NOT healthy. My uterus is killing me. It needs to come out, just like you'd remove an appendix that's gone bad. I want it gone, and I want my life back so that I can be healthy again. That's what matters most to me.

Zanny, thank you for this response. Thank you for so eloquently elucidating my GTFOH response to this self-righteous mansplaining misogyny. Thank you for not being silent about your journey or your pain. Thank you for giving me hope for my own end.

Unfortunately, as you well know, this happens far too often - both men and women have a disturbing tendency to delude themselves into thinking that they know/understand what a victim (of anything, not just endometriosis) goes through. The sad truth of it is, not even another victim can truly understand what another goes through. Yes we may share experiences, but she who feels it knows it. I cannot even imagine having such intense periods, though you know that the cramping I am well familiar with.

I really hope (though the folly of youth being what it is I doubt this will happen) this serves as a wakeup call for members of the community who feel that any choice a woman makes in conjunction with her doctor about her reproductive life is a 'mistake'. I can't help but wonder if the original comment was made by a friendly neighborhood Congressman though...

*exeunt stage right*

Heh, never said I could convince you, or even if I was trying to (trust me, you would've known if I was trying to convince you of anything).
But I still consider it a mistake.

And you can fuck right the hell off for that.

I'm glad to hear this is finally happening, but I am curious why your doctor refused to okay the operation earlier? Was it a "you'll be on hormones for the rest of your life" thing or a "we want to exhaust all of our options before surgery..." thing?

Kind of both, actually. I was okay with using a more conservative treatment plan... IF anything we'd tried had actually worked. x_x But it's like my uterus doesn't have an off switch. It just went AHAHAHA NOPE to everything we tried. I've already had my left ovary removed, and there's nothing stronger in the pill or shot categories we can try to use to shut things down. Even the Lupron Depo I tried a couple years ago (gonadotrophiic injection that sent me into temporary menopause) didn't work right. I would like to stop leaking vital fluids all the time. Only reason I'm not anemic is I recognized the symptoms and started taking iron pills again.

i had the something but i had 12cm cysts on my ovaries when the doctor said that i did not have a hysterectomy that i would not be here any more . after the surgery i felt a lot better and i was so happy to not be in pain anymore because the cysts and the heavy cramping that was from having a period every month . i am now taking estrogen everyday for the past 2 years since my hysterectomy. and i feeling like a new woman and the i am happy that i am not in pain anymore that i can finally enjoy life again with my husband of 11 years now who has been rock through the whole thing . i am sad that i will never have children of own but we are going to adopt children sometime in the future. i hope that everything goes well with you and that you will be a whole new person because of it and be able to live your life the way you want to pain free . if you ever need someone that has been through it . my name on facebook is dusk earl if you need a friend to help you get through this ok .

Thank you! Honestly the support I've had from friends and acquaintances has been really helpful. =)

your welcome i happy that i was able to help you .