Hi Ladies I am 34 and this has been a hard choice for me (like everyone) - not sure if this will help anyone considering a hyster., and all the options: but u never know. So just incase, i thought i'd write a little post on HOW this website has helped me in just a week
in dealing with this.
I started out in Hysterectomy Alternatives & Options
(maybe a little shock and denial still hanging in there) but WOW were all those posts helpful. I WAS considering so many options. Lupron included.
Then i moved to Pre-Op Hysterectomy and Resources and gained all kinds of real life info and advice and facts , heard other ladie's questions (which made me think of more of my own too) and got answers to so many things i had been freaking out about because i didnt have ANY knowledge about anything.
I still hadnt made a decision at this point, but i was so much better informed.
I am now looking at the Hormone Jungle and Post- Op Hysterectomy and still back n forth with Pre-OP and Alternatives and Options occassionally.
All the info you need is here if you look.
I have decided to go ahead with the hyster and keep my good ovary - and i actually feel COMFORTABLE about the decision. I really must say i feel it is ALL due to this site, the women who share so openly with each other etc. and being INFORMED. not knowing what this all could mean was the scariest part for me. Now I know WHY I am making the decision AND PROACTIVELY what i can do to make it easier, in addition to what my doc told me.
The 'Resources" tab is great, I'd have spent hours trying to find as much info on my own online. (ok - i DID before i found this site haha)
And i dont know if this is absolutely true - but having severe endo has recently become debilitating on a day to day basis, and feeling more mentally together in rgds to this whole thing has actually seemed to given me a renewed sense of purpose and drive and i feel less exhausted and more hopeful. thanks - i needed that! big time!
ciao hot mamas - !
Jennifer