LOL as soon as you said 'drove to rugby' I thought...Charlotte? Rugby? But she's tiny and girly, isn't she? I was sure you hadn't mentioned her being in rugby before because I would have remembered something like that for sure.
I have six aunts on my dad's side, oldest to youngest: Linda, Ruth, Donna, Nancy, Arlene and Connie. Linda, Ruth and Donna have ALL had hysterectomies, now...and I'm kind of expecting my other aunts will end up having them as well between the age of 45 and 50 (that's when the other three had them). Seems like that side of the family just can't keep their bits or risk death (all the hysterectomies were for REALLY serious reasons, like...they had no other option if they wanted to live, kind of a thing...or close.) They all seem perfectly fine about it, but I never asked. (My family is soooo not a close one, outside the immediate members...my parents and siblings and me.)
I'd check out what effects it can have and weigh those (only 'possible' not 'definite') effects against what's going on now. Though really, how much worse could it get? And if it got worse even after your procedure (this MUCH worse) which was an ablation, right? Anyway, if it did that, it seems inevitable that you won't be able to wait until menopause. Menopause is probably ten years away. So that's another factor. (I wish I hadn't been born with reproductive bits at all. I want to be a girl...I just hate my ovaries and so on. They're so useless and encumbersome! I have no interest in having children and I've always had bad cramps AND my family has severe bleeding problems on both sides so I'll probably develop them eventually, too.)
This site seems very anti-hysterectomy but gives some interesting information: http://www.safemenopausesolutions.com/hysterectomysideeffects.html Of course, they WOULD quote anything bad, because they're trying to sell supplements that you wouldn't need if you had one. But certainly the side effects are true, though I'm not sure about their stats. The womenshealth site is less 'basically only an idiot would have a hysterectomy unless they had cancer' about things, but they look at both sides as well. I followed several other womensheath links to this page so there's a LOT more info within that site than just what is on that page: http://womenshealth.about.com/od/hysterectomy/a/hystalternative.htm
Of course, you've likely looked up lots of info already. But just in case. :)
Sounds like you shopped and drove around all day. I don't mind that if it's in the country but otherwise? Bleck. Driving makes me tense in large towns/cities.
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Date: 2009-03-03 11:11 am (UTC)I have six aunts on my dad's side, oldest to youngest: Linda, Ruth, Donna, Nancy, Arlene and Connie. Linda, Ruth and Donna have ALL had hysterectomies, now...and I'm kind of expecting my other aunts will end up having them as well between the age of 45 and 50 (that's when the other three had them). Seems like that side of the family just can't keep their bits or risk death (all the hysterectomies were for REALLY serious reasons, like...they had no other option if they wanted to live, kind of a thing...or close.) They all seem perfectly fine about it, but I never asked. (My family is soooo not a close one, outside the immediate members...my parents and siblings and me.)
I'd check out what effects it can have and weigh those (only 'possible' not 'definite') effects against what's going on now. Though really, how much worse could it get? And if it got worse even after your procedure (this MUCH worse) which was an ablation, right? Anyway, if it did that, it seems inevitable that you won't be able to wait until menopause. Menopause is probably ten years away. So that's another factor. (I wish I hadn't been born with reproductive bits at all. I want to be a girl...I just hate my ovaries and so on. They're so useless and encumbersome! I have no interest in having children and I've always had bad cramps AND my family has severe bleeding problems on both sides so I'll probably develop them eventually, too.)
This site seems very anti-hysterectomy but gives some interesting information: http://www.safemenopausesolutions.com/hysterectomysideeffects.html Of course, they WOULD quote anything bad, because they're trying to sell supplements that you wouldn't need if you had one. But certainly the side effects are true, though I'm not sure about their stats. The womenshealth site is less 'basically only an idiot would have a hysterectomy unless they had cancer' about things, but they look at both sides as well. I followed several other womensheath links to this page so there's a LOT more info within that site than just what is on that page: http://womenshealth.about.com/od/hysterectomy/a/hystalternative.htm
Of course, you've likely looked up lots of info already. But just in case. :)
Sounds like you shopped and drove around all day. I don't mind that if it's in the country but otherwise? Bleck. Driving makes me tense in large towns/cities.