Due to have a hysterectomy but am scared to death after viewing a video about side effects!

Hello Terri,

I am doing mental 'cartwheels' right now with knowing you did not go through with a Hysterectomy. Yeah!!! Just don't do it. I would not be writing this, and staying 'on top of it' with you if it was not so important to me. I made a pact, after I had my Hysterectomy. It was this...

I never want to see another woman go through what I went through and now live with. I will do everything in my power to help stop another female from having this done to her. I don't care what women say; in that, they came out "okay" afterwards. I stress that at least 80%, if not more, are not telling the 'whole truth'. Sorry to say this, but women can be afraid to address this issue, and I have heard of women scared to talk about it for fear of not being heard, and husbands and other loved ones question what and why there is a problem (on top of the GYN who did it), and must be 'in their mind', and seems that all 'looks okay', but truly, Terri, it is not...

Perhaps the greatest point I could make with you is this: Do you want to take a chance on this, when there is NO GOING BACK? But also, you are already dealing with other health issues. Why add onto this? Now, I am so sorry you are dealing with other complications, but I am in the 'same boat' as you. I suffer with a serious disease/syndrome called Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy. It is a hideous disease and spreads. I was so angry to find out that the OB/GYN, who told me I must have a Hyst., did not tell me of the alternatives I had available due to fibroids, and he should never have done a Hyst. surgery on me in the first place, due to my nerve disease, and taking a chance (which is just what happened) of further complicating my disease by doing the Hyst., and damaging my body even more so. I even could have done nothing with the fibroids, and let nature 'take its own course'. He never told me that either. My point being, with myself, is that; this doctor, who I put my full faith into, did not even consider my disease, and what could happen and did, and I now suffer even more so with hideous complications in the aftermath of this Hysterectomy with more symptoms and complications due to having the Hyst.. If you are already dealing with something of such priority, you suffer; do not add to your fight. You sound as if you are a strong woman. Well, keep your strength in your mind, and do not have a Hyst. - not when there are alternatives. Plus, remember... you may not need to do anything at all, but let 'nature' take its course, and ride it out; and in the long run, you and your body will be thankful... Terri, my dear comrade, I wish you the best. Trust me - I am right. You are being 'objective', and this is great, but again - there is NO GOING BACK. Terri, you have no idea of how I wish I would have heard/read just what I am saying here... (I am crying right now. It has changed my life.) I want to save you, and wish I would have been saved, myself. So does my husband, and family. They know what pain I am in now.

Please heed my coments. I care about other females so much; as I said, and I am on this mission to stop this from happening to even one more female. Terri, your other health issues are huge. Good luck with these, and blessings to you. Just please, oh please, listen to me...

Your comrade,

See Dandy

I haven't done anything yet as I've had other health complications that have taken priority. Still haven't decided yet - in large part because I don't have to. Trust me, your comments and information have caused me to consider both sides of the question. Thanks for your interest.

I have not seen anything new at this post. I hope and pray, Terri, you did not have a Hysterectomy. I hope the people who posted here helped for you to seek every alternative out there to save yourself and your body, your life, your loved ones' lives, and such. I would be so sad to hear we did not 'save' you...

You've got it! See Dandy, "How dare a doctor try to put a woman on anti-depressants when complaining after a major surgery as this also".
It is an atrocity and should be illegal to torture women and then say/It's all in your head/as so many gynecologists do after they have medically lied to women and physically and mentally maimed women surgically by sex organ amputation. No anti-depressant on earth will help or cure the physical or endocrine havoc caused by sex organ amputation. Can you imagine a doctor telling a man "it's all in your head, you need anti-depressants" after amputating his sex organs?.
See Dandy, you are a good woman to get this information out to the public. I respect you and the others being honest on this blog for your humanitarian work concerning the protection of women and their families from unnecessary unwarranted hysterectomy/oophorectomy by legalized gynecological medical deceit for profit.
I am worried about the proposed "Health Care Reform" today. If more women have health insurance, even more women will be de-sexed unnecessarily by hysterectomy medical deceit and even more women and families will suffer.
Let me know of any links to government web sites and government officials you are writing about this issue.

The biggest question is; Why isn't anyone with political authority stopping the epidemic unnecessary gynecological hysterectomization/sex organ amputation torture, Why? It all boils down to money, greed and power and the discrediting of generations of so called respected gynecologist doctors by not acknowledging the medical truth. Generations of respected "predator gynecologists" who have systematically de-sexed one in three woman by the age of 60 in the U.S.A, by medical deceit for profit. 22 Million women alive today in America have had their sex organs amputated by the gynecological medical industry.
Sex Organ Amputation/Castration by medical deceit for profit is gruesome and epidemic to the point of legal theft by medical deception, legal physical mutilation by deceit, legal human cruelty, legal human torture and legal absurdity. The medical facts don't support the gynecological industry's hysterectomy misinformation or their cruel deeds and actions.
The medical cover-up tactics may have worked for generations to cover up the gynecological deceit and epidemic female torture for profit, but it wont wash today, not with the internet. So I hope all of the "heads of all of the hospitals in America" are working hard to explain how they have let this happen to the female population of America and their families. The F.B.I should be investigating the medical sale of ovarian eggs, uterus' and body tissue "sold for profit" from unnecessarily hysterectomized women for greedy gynecological profit. The F.B.I should be investigating the false gynecological medical information being touted to women and the numbers of unnecessarily medically de-sexed American women. The information is not difficult to find regarding the statistics and medial records of tens of millions of women, it just isn't.
It is horrible to have your vagina unnecessarily medically sewn closed and shortened with no natural discharge and vaginal "pocket" atrophy. It is horrible to be medically de-sexed by hysterectomy/castration. Most women would not be very happy with this experience or the long list of side effects, some life threatening, medically known but covered up. Women's ovaries are equivalent to a mans "balls", medical fact.
Women reading and learning the correct medical information concerning their reproductive sex organs at the Hers Foundation web site will disregard such utter nonsense as "some" women and the gynecological industry proselytize. A woman can no longer achieve a uterine orgasm after her uterus is amputated by hysterectomy. The ovaries are part of a woman's endocrine system and are crucial to a females health and well-being. The uterus produces, houses and utilizes many hormones and substances which are crucial to a females health and well-being. Some uterine substances have been discovered recently which are not medically understood currently, this information is also not being disclosed to the general public, as well.
The epidemic hysterectomy medical scam propels the medical industry with the myriad of physical maladies it "causes" in women. Though disregarded and "hushed" by the medical industry, hysterectomy is a cruel and torturous condition to live with for the remainder of a females life, medical fact.
Please sign the, Hers Foundation "petition" to end this cruel period in history where medical doctors called gynecologists are legally able to medically lie to women about hysterectomy to profit by medical deceit.
Please read "The H Word", it is well written and is the cruel truth of the mass de-sexing of women by sex organ amputation/hysterectomy.

Nora is right. She is certainly one who has done her research and homework, and I would advise any woman considering this operation to read the 'H Word' book, and also the 'Hysterectomy Hoax' book.
I disagree with the comment made about the 'videos'. They are 'eye-openers', and this is
what the doctors and the 'Medical Industry' do not want women to view, and it is the sad,
very sad fact.

I wish I could have had this knowledge by reading and viewing all this before I decided whether to have my Hyst. or not; then made a wiser decision. Why don't doctors and the 'Medical Industry' give us truly, ALL THE FACTS? My whole life has been changed, and not for the better - physicallly, being able to work, having the great love making I had before with my husband, and so many medical problems and fatigue after it - and relationships with family and friends. I am a changed woman, and does one sense a tone of anger with my statements? You 'betcha'! I am one of those who with so many other women who post on website blogs as the Hers Foundation; that we have been taken 'for a ride' to our doctor's benefit and profit - along with hospitals, and in my case alone - all the people who made money after the Hyst. with me trying to find out what was wrong after the Hyst., and why I felt 'different', and worse. Hey, the
back pain alone would be enough to warrant saying 'No'. But, I think of my husband too. Our great sex life has gone from me being a 'sex kitten' to 'I could care less'... Does any woman want to take the chance with this, and wind up as me? Another major point is this: there is no going back. Try to find every alternative possible out there. Please, oh please, do this. Call Nora Coffey at the Hers Foundation. If you want, do a post here, and request my email address, and I am more than happy to communicate with you, one on one. I did make it my mission to try to spare any female from what happened to me, and willing to share my story. I wish I would have known of someone as myself to talk with before I had mine. I am not 'one sided' either. It is just that when a doctor gets away with not providing ALL THE INFORMATION, and alternatives; this is so cruel. No woman should be CASTRATED and MUTILATED as I and so many millions of females are each year. I am happy to hear of any woman who comes out 'alright' afterwards, but I have an argument with that, and trust me, it is a good one... Even though one may feel fine now... just wait a few years. One might also never correlate the Hyst. one has with 'heart problems' later, bowel problems, bladder problems, etc., etc., etc.; but, this is so very much likely the problems stem - post Hysterectomy.

I wish the best to all females out there, and also their significant others. Please work to stop this insanity doctors are getting away with - starting with yourself...

I'm glad that you feel your decision was right for you. But there some issues that are important for other women to know.

Did you see the report last week: Ovary Removal May Play a Role in Lung Cancer

A new Canadian study reports that castration (removal of the female gonads, the ovaries) almost doubles a younger woman's risk for developing lung cancer. "It's possible that vulnerability to lung cancer is caused by early and sudden decrease in estrogen levels or potentially long-term use of hormone replacement therapy, and further research is needed to explore these hypotheses." said study co-author Jack Siemiatycki, a professor at the University of Montreal's Department of Social and Preventive Medicine.

The report was published online in the International Journal of Cancer in May 2009. It is based on a study of 999 patients from hospitals in Montreal including 422 women with lung cancer. "A major strength of this study was the detailed smoking information which we obtained from all study participants," said study co-author Anita Koushik. "This is important because of the role of smoking in lung cancer and because smokers generally have lower estrogen levels than non-smokers."

"Although smoking is the dominant cause of lung cancer, we know other factors can play an important role in enhancing the impact of tobacco carcinogens." Koushik added "This research suggests that, in women, hormonal factors may play such a role."
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A note from Nora W. Coffey

This important discovery should alert every woman and man to the fact that removal of the female organs creates a higher risk of life threatening health problems including but not limited to heart disease, stroke, dementia and lung cancer. Although not considered a "health" or life threatening problem, the loss of sexual feeling and loss of vitality associated with sexual energy are serious adverse effects of hysterectomy and/or castration. There are many more permanent consequences that have either not been discovered, or if known, they have been denied or not reported.
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When only the uterus is removed women have a 3X greater risk of heart disease. When the ovaries are removed the risk is 7X greater. Women who experience uterine orgasm will not experience it if their uterus is removed. And the vagina is shortened, made into a closed pocket, sutured shut at the top.

To learn more about the alternatives to hysterectomy, and for women who have undergone hysterectomy read the new book THE H WORD. It's on Amazon.

I am 26 and had a hysterectomy They left one ovary and have to go back in to take it out. I feel my life has gotten better. My emotions are better I don't have mood swings like i used to. I do not take hormone shots or pills.I am able to work on my other problems and stay focused on them rather than periods and the pain I was in before. The videos are awful and they are out to scare. Everyone however is different and will take a hysterectomy differently. Some have more mood swings and less depression but it is also changed around. It really depends on what you want and what you are able to handle as well as how strong you and your spouse are. Most doctors and women say that you lose interest in sex but that isn't always the case. I have changed my life dramactically but it is for the better in my eyes. I hope i have been able to help if you have any questions you can e-mail me at [email protected] I was as scared as you were but am really glad that I did it. I had severe endometrosis and several large and small ovarian cysts. Or if you just want to talk about your fears e-mail me. Anyone can I will respond to all e-mails.