Posted by cindy lou on February 20, 2007, at 14:44:12
In reply to Re: Hysterectomy - help or hurt?, posted by kerria on February 20, 2007, at 14:18:11
Dear Kerria,
I am so sorry to hear about the awful time you had with the hysterectomy! Can I ask, did you have your ovaries removed as well? Are you feeling better now?Thank you so much for sharing your experience with me, and again, I am sorry for the pain you went through.
cindy
> Hi Cindy,
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> It seems very very bad medicine to think that taking out body parts will help depression, emotions. i was ssso sorry when i was talked into getting my uterus removed because i had re-occuring ovarian cysts(which are normal each month but mine sometimes were painful - lasting two months). i also had prolapse but the hysterectomy didn't help that at all either.
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> Talk about throwing the baby out with the bath water! i almost died after the surgery from loss of blood and needed three pints. Afterwards i felt no better psychologically or physically at all and it was a very painful difficult recovery that lasted months. i believe that all of our organs are there for a purpose and that drs don't know everything yet. They shouldn't be so quick to put people through major surgery, risking their lives without reasonable reason. Also-who knows all of the benefits of keeping our organs intact if possible? It can help us far more than we know to leave our organs in and have bodies as natural as possible.
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> If you have a real reason such a cancer that has spread, etc maybe then it's worth the risk but i would find a better dr if i were you before you start taking his/her advice. i was sorry after letting myself be talked into having a hysterectomy - especially when they woke me up to tell me that i would die if i didn't receive the blood transfusions. i was angry later also for the painfully and long recovery and to find that i still had pain and emotional problems. There's a close connection between our bodies and minds, emotions. Putting our bodies through trauma of major surgery had a huge payback for me.
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> Best wishes on your healing Cindy,
> kerria
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