Terri, I'm sorry to hear about complications from the mastectomy and blood clot. I hope everything is improving. I'm glad to hear you've decided against the hysterectomy and are changing gynecologists! Good for you!
I'm not surprised that you haven't heard anyone speak out about the side effects from hysterectomy, even though you've asked. There are multiple reasons for that, but I'll just describe a couple reasons I've noticed. I've found many women are too embarrassed to admit there have any problems. It is a personal subject afterall because your uterus isn't just a baby bag, it's a hormone responsive sex organ that largely impacts your sexual response. So when you're asking women how they feel after part of their sex organs are removed, I think it's understandable that they don't want to be honest about the damage it does. Another reason is that because they are left in the dark about the consequences and side effects, they tend to blame the problems on other things, like getting older, etc. I have a friend who had a hysterectomy when she was 32 due to chronic pain and excessive bleeding. After the surgery she told everyone it was "the best thing she ever did." That was about 15 years ago, but recently I asked her about it and she said that although she was happy that she didn't have the bleeding and pain, she also noticed that she had urinary incontinence right after the operation, and had gone to dozens of doctors because she couldn't hold it, but she also couldn't urinate half the time. It's a constant problem and she's had multiple procedures done that haven't corrected it. Even though her ovaries weren't amputated, she said she never had any sex drive afterwards, but she didn't notice for a while because she was so happy to get rid of the heavy bleeding. I've known her for years, and it took me a while talking to her to get her to tell me about problems she was having, to get around the "it was the best thing I ever did" part. She's also had a lot of hormonal problems and many other problems, but I can tell you that very few people know about it because women don't talk about it. When you really look into all the arteries and ligaments that are severed to your genitals and spine, it becomes obvious that it's not a good thing (to say the least). When a hysterectomy is performed, your bladder is damaged because they have to slice your uterus away from it. That's why many women have bladder problems following the surgery. I know many other women who have had hysterectomies and they never talk about it, but I've watched them age prematurely and have multiple health problems which are very common, but not very commonly talked about. When you are able to read "The Hysterectomy Hoax" it'll help clear it up. Btw, there have been many books written about this subject. It's not new, but women have really been kept in the dark because hysterectomy is such a profitable business. You can also read, "Misinformed Consent", "The Ultimate Rape", and "The H Word", and there are many more. There's a reason there are so many books; honest doctors and individuals have tried to warn women for years what the medical industry doesn't want them to know. Recently Dr. Oz told his audience that hysterectomies were unnecessary for fibroids and that over 80% that are performed are unnecessary. He has told his audience that at least twice, but over 650,000 women will be hysterectomized again this year if someone doesn't stop it. Just think about it, did your gynecologist tell you about all the side effects and options? Did he tell you about myomectomy? When you do finally get a chance to research all of this, you'll find out that the unthinkable is true.
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Terri, I'm sorry to hear about complications from the mastectomy and blood clot. I hope everything is improving. I'm glad to hear you've decided against the hysterectomy and are changing gynecologists! Good for you!
I'm not surprised that you haven't heard anyone speak out about the side effects from hysterectomy, even though you've asked. There are multiple reasons for that, but I'll just describe a couple reasons I've noticed. I've found many women are too embarrassed to admit there have any problems. It is a personal subject afterall because your uterus isn't just a baby bag, it's a hormone responsive sex organ that largely impacts your sexual response. So when you're asking women how they feel after part of their sex organs are removed, I think it's understandable that they don't want to be honest about the damage it does. Another reason is that because they are left in the dark about the consequences and side effects, they tend to blame the problems on other things, like getting older, etc. I have a friend who had a hysterectomy when she was 32 due to chronic pain and excessive bleeding. After the surgery she told everyone it was "the best thing she ever did." That was about 15 years ago, but recently I asked her about it and she said that although she was happy that she didn't have the bleeding and pain, she also noticed that she had urinary incontinence right after the operation, and had gone to dozens of doctors because she couldn't hold it, but she also couldn't urinate half the time. It's a constant problem and she's had multiple procedures done that haven't corrected it. Even though her ovaries weren't amputated, she said she never had any sex drive afterwards, but she didn't notice for a while because she was so happy to get rid of the heavy bleeding. I've known her for years, and it took me a while talking to her to get her to tell me about problems she was having, to get around the "it was the best thing I ever did" part. She's also had a lot of hormonal problems and many other problems, but I can tell you that very few people know about it because women don't talk about it. When you really look into all the arteries and ligaments that are severed to your genitals and spine, it becomes obvious that it's not a good thing (to say the least). When a hysterectomy is performed, your bladder is damaged because they have to slice your uterus away from it. That's why many women have bladder problems following the surgery. I know many other women who have had hysterectomies and they never talk about it, but I've watched them age prematurely and have multiple health problems which are very common, but not very commonly talked about. When you are able to read "The Hysterectomy Hoax" it'll help clear it up. Btw, there have been many books written about this subject. It's not new, but women have really been kept in the dark because hysterectomy is such a profitable business. You can also read, "Misinformed Consent", "The Ultimate Rape", and "The H Word", and there are many more. There's a reason there are so many books; honest doctors and individuals have tried to warn women for years what the medical industry doesn't want them to know. Recently Dr. Oz told his audience that hysterectomies were unnecessary for fibroids and that over 80% that are performed are unnecessary. He has told his audience that at least twice, but over 650,000 women will be hysterectomized again this year if someone doesn't stop it. Just think about it, did your gynecologist tell you about all the side effects and options? Did he tell you about myomectomy? When you do finally get a chance to research all of this, you'll find out that the unthinkable is true.
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