New to this site

I found your link over on the weight watcher's site. I am going in for surgery on 8/7/03 & have already found this site to be extremely helpful.

Any words of wisdom? I will be going in to have my ovaries removed as well as my uterus. I have ovarian cysts that are continuing to grow (8 cm & growing). I am still trying to educate myself on artificial menopause & what to expect (like to minimize any surprises

Also, how does everyone get such neat pixs in their messages?

Thanks already for providing a wonderful forum. All women should be given this site when they know they are going in for surgery.

and Welcome to this great site. You'll learn so much from everyone here. Ask all your questions. Nothing is off-limits because we've heard them all already. Don't be shy.

The little pictures are the smilies you see at the left when you begin a post or a reply.

Hang around, we're lots of fun.

TC

Hi

Thank you for joining us here - we're glad you found us!! Before I go further, just wanted to mention to you to add your surgery date in your profile. Then everyone will know when it is and we can send you well wishes!!!

A couple of good places to start looking here are the Pre and Post op forums. Here are a couple of links to get you started:

Pre- op Forum:

https://www.hystersisters.com/vb2/hsl...s=&forumid=170

Post-op Forum:

https://www.hystersisters.com/vb2/hsl...s=&forumid=171

Hope these help you and WELCOME!!!!!

Sending you a big

Patty

When setting up my account, I did add my surgery date. It didn't seem to take when I started to post. I'll try to clean me up a bit. Thanks again for the warm welcome! I have much reading to do...

Hi sueperb ,

I want to welcome you to Hyster Sisters, too. Although I'm sorry that you are facing surgery, I am glad that you found us and posted to introduce yourself.

You'll find articles on hormones in our Hormone Jungle (click here).

Please be sure to check out the pre-op and post-op articles that Patty gave you the links for - they contain lots of very informative information.

I hope that you'll keep on reading, researching, and will post any other questions that you may have. We'll do our best to help.

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