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I am a 39 year old women that has undergone the best decision of my life. At first I was nervous and very fearful then with my pray and patience from my husband the focus was no longer on the fact that I was removing something but gaining something.
See the problem started 13years ago when had my children and was feeling pain in my lower stomach area. I was very active in drama at our local church and on stage in community theater. After a show ended one year and we were on a break I doubled over not able to stand. I then began to bleed. Test were taken and later it was told to me that I had a cyst, it was in my right ovary. The Dr said that it must have popped and that explained the bleeding. The pain remained and later I was admitted to the hospital for removal of 5% of my ovary plus the remainder or the cyst. In recovery of that my husband was a gem. The Dr. laughing said that it was the size of a golf ball (know that my husband played golf at the time) the Dr. showed us the pictures and it was really that big!
As it turned out the problems with my tummy didn't end there. it only increased. It was told to us then that my gallbladder needed to be removed due to the stones that were in there and that it wasn't worth saving. I was upset that I had to deal with another surgery but thought that this had to be it. well he pain came back and I was back at square one it was so crazy to be in pain all the time. The removal of that only lead to more pain and for years later I just endured it. One day I can remember so clearly that it was the at it's worst that I was doubled over on the kitchen floor with and my children were calling for their dad to come and check on mommy that is when I knew it was time to figure out the root to all the problems that I was facing.
I came to the Doctors office and he was told me that due to my age he didn't feel that he could do he hysterectomy for what if we wanted to have more children. Well we already had two and I nor my husband wanted any more. In fact my husband had surgery of his own to make sure that we were going to after our last child. So after talking to that Dr and staying in pain for 5 more years later I went for a check up at another clinic, the clinic where at which removed my cyst. This Dr says to me due to the history of pain that he recommends for me to have a hysterectomy.
I was ready before, 5 years before but then was a different story. I felt that I was losing something. That somehow my life was over as a women, because this was what a woman was. But then I came to realize after much prayer that I wasn't losing something but that I was gaining my LIFE back. I already had two wonderful children and that was all that I wanted, I had the husband that was to care for me (that was more than I thought I was going to have) and God gave me a good life so why not stop and do this for me a pain free rest of my life. So I said yes.
As of now I am 6 weeks into the recovery and the Dr. has given me the clean bill of health. He said that incision looks great and that I can go back to my normal activities, as my body says its okay. It wasn't easy to get to this point. The pain at times was so strong that I cried. Just getting into a comfortable position was hard to do and it forced me to want to get better. The thing that made it the hardest was watching my family do all the work and me just sit there. And the Television! That's a monster!! There are more reality shows on that make me praise my Lord that I don't live a certain way. But in a few days that's all coming to an end when I go back to work. Where real live people are. I just to crave conversation from my family when they arrived home that I think they would run from me. (Oh i have homework, or I have to cook dinner) I don't think that I will be fighting for the remote anytime soon.
But one of the better things about recovery is that I was able to find women that were in the same situation that I was or similar that I could count on for advise at anytime of the day or night when the insomnia kicked in. Hystersisters are better than the nurses at the Dr's offices because the advise that is given is personal not book stated.
Thank you to this website for in site and piece of mind.

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