How many got their appendix out also?

My doc took my appendix during an abd. hysto due to thickening in it. He had previously told me that he'd look at it and take it only if he saw something. He thought maybe it was contributing to the buring sensation on that side.

I had mine out five years ago because it was full of endo.

Tophatt10

I wish mine had been taken out. One less surgery to worry about!

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Originally Posted by luvtoteach I wish mine had been taken out. One less surgery to worry about!

Me too. I didnt find this site till about a week before my surgery. I just noticed reading alot of posts here in the past few days about gals getting their appendix out also at same time as hysterectomy. Darn if I had noticed or knew it could be done I would have asked to had that sucker taken out while they were right in there lol.

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Originally Posted by luvtoteach I wish mine had been taken out. One less surgery to worry about!

Actually, I would not think you need to worry about a future surgery if you did not have your healthy appendix removed. Most of us do not worry about having our gallbladder, a kidney, spleen, pancreas, a lung, breast(s), bladder, intestine, or any other currently health organ removed now just because down the road they might end up diseased. Many of us who have had an appendectomy at the time of our hysterectomy is because our appendix was not perfectly health and other conditions in our body dictated probable cause for an appendectomy. When an appendectomy is done without a hysterectomy, it is often done in an emergency situation which sounds scarier than a planned surgery. But many of the other organs removed from our bodies are also removed only in an emergency. A hysterectomy and oopherectomy are two surgeries that unless cancer is present are generally not done on an emergency basis and we have time to plan and think and decide so it lets our minds wander as to what else could happen in the future that could force us into an emergency surgery where we would not have the luxury of time and an elective surgery that we might not have any control over. It is okay to be worried and think about the what ifs. But we don't want to allow the worry and fear and what ifs to control our lives!

Wishing each of you the best of health for all your days with no need for another surgery EVER! S

Very well stated.

Tophatt10

I had my taken out...it didn't look normal to the surgeon.

Jen

My doctor removed mine. He found nothing wrong with them or showed no concern as to leaving them or taking them. He said that this decision is up the doctor and how they handle things. He practices that when he does a hyster. he also removes the appendix. The decision is basicly up to your doctor and how they practice. This is the way my doctor practices and everyone that gets a hyster through my doctor will also leave without their appendix. I look at it this way. One less thing that can go wrong in the future.

Mine was removed as well because it looked thick walled and concerning so it was removed along with my hyster, endo and everything else

I didn't have mine out when I had my hyst in April, however it was taken out with this second surgery. It was preventative, so that they don't have to open up my abdomen ever again.

Sammy