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dumb question? maybe
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02-15-2011, 03:48 PM
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Posts: 115
Hysterectomy: February 10th, 2011
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dumb question? maybe
Anyway, what keeps the ovaries from falling out of the body after surgery. I was talking to a friend about my surgery and we both wondered. She had a hyst. but they took everything from her. Just wondering?
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02-15-2011, 04:12 PM
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Posts: 603
Hysterectomy: August 17th, 2010
Surgery Type: DvH
Ovaries: Kept 1 or both
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Re: dumb question? maybe
Well , I would think its both the Tubes they are attached to and the fact that the Vagina is sewn shut by way of the cuff..LOL..Keeps things from fallin' out!
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02-15-2011, 04:25 PM
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Posts: 72
Hysterectomy: January 21st, 2011
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Re: dumb question? maybe
I had everything removed including the tubes. Left ovaries only. I do not know how they stay in place. I am going to my follow up apt. on Thursday and I am going to ask him that among other questions.
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02-15-2011, 04:36 PM
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Posts: 481
Hysterectomy: January 28th, 2011
Surgery Type: LAVH
Ovaries: Kept 1 or both
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Re: dumb question? maybe
The same ligaments that held them before. Those are not removed, just "re-routed" for support.
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02-16-2011, 12:34 AM
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Posts: 39
Hysterectomy: January 5th, 2011
Surgery Type: TAH
Ovaries: Kept 1 or both
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Re: dumb question? maybe
The ovaries are attached to ligaments, which are attached to your pelvic bone, I think. When I first got my hysterectomy, if I laid on my right side I felt like my left ovary was hanging from my pelvic bone like a chandelier. LOL
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02-16-2011, 12:16 PM
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Posts: 115
Hysterectomy: February 10th, 2011
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Re: dumb question? maybe
same here! uterus is gone as well as tubes.
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02-16-2011, 12:18 PM
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Posts: 115
Hysterectomy: February 10th, 2011
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Re: dumb question? maybe
Thanks Ladies.
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02-16-2011, 10:52 PM
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Posts: 1,424
Hysterectomy: September 20th, 2010
Surgery Type: SAH
Ovaries: Removed both
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Re: dumb question? maybe
In biology class, we disected a few critters, & the ovaries are partially supported by the ligaments & partially supported by a mesh-like structure (fascia) in the abdominal cavity. They will reroute some of the ligaments, but the fascia will help hold things, sort of like a spider web.
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02-17-2011, 09:01 AM
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Posts: 140
Hysterectomy: October 12th, 2010
Surgery Type: TAH/SAH
Ovaries: Kept 1 or both
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Re: dumb question? maybe
This post made me laugh. I had a neighbor of mine sitting with me one day weeks before surgery, I had tons of pamplets & books on fibroids & hysterectomy. We were looking at the diagrams. I knew they'd leave my ovaries but ALL the pics show them attached only to the uterus, so I got nervous, then my neighbor got nervous, which made me worse. She said you need to call & find out, you don't want them floating in there (which is what I was thinking) So I see the doctor, and I ask this question in a panic. He calmly gave me an answer (which I don't recall) but he surely looked at me like I was nuts. Thinking back now, I feel terrible asking and doubting that he knew how to leave them and keep them attached. As if I was the first person to ever have this "experimental procedure"....floating, unattached ovaries.
Don't take this wrong, I'm not making fun of you or passing judgment for being concerned, I was too, terribly so. Just looking back now it was so troubling to me, that I think it's funny.
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