TLH at 26. No looking back!

Hey sisters! I am a 26 year old, mom of two miracle babies. All the younger moms with hysters probably feel the same about their babies I'm sure.

My journey to a hysterectomy began when I was fifteen and I started my period. As many of u I had horrible nightmare periods, with cramping that would make me pass out, intense marathon bleeding that would last for weeks if not months. I just thought everyone's life was like that.

After I got married I had a miscarriage and was in near constant pain I went to see the dr while having some really terrible pain I couldn't control and found out I had an ectopic pregnancy. Knowing what I know now I'm angry the dr didn't schedule surgery. He just put me on a medicine that forced me to bleed the baby out. This was on my 22 birthday. About three weeks later still bleeding and in terrible pain the dr scheduled surgery to remove 4 cysts that were the 12 mm a piece. He ended up removed about 5 inches thick of endometriosis off of my uterus, ovaries, pelvic floor, and my bowel. The recovery for that was really hard on me. He wanted me to start on a chemical menopause because my symptoms were so bad but my insurance wouldn't cover it do he had me on three times the dose of BC skipping the placebos. I didn't stop bleeding for five months. I tried everything and was in constant pain. I carried extra pads and a hot rice pack with me everywhere. He Put me on Premarin to stop the bleeding but nothing worked. Some how I was able to get pregnant in Nov. my pregnancy was a constant battle, I was extremely ill and was always in the verge of miscarriage. I finally delivered via emergency c section the following Aug. my daughter was dead when she was born but under some crazy miracle ten mins after she was born she cried and started breathing.

I continued to bleed constantly and was constantly in pain and in Dec learned that I miscarriage again. I had two surgeries one in nov and one in dec.

I had to switch drs because of our insurance and had my old dr set up a consult with my new dr for a total hyster. But when I got to the office I soon realized that my dr had a severe god complex. I had two more surgeries. On the first it was discovered that not only did I have three cysts that were 20 mm s piece but I also had a very rare form of ovarian cancer that had spread up my uterus and pelvic cavity. The dr decided it would be super to study me and just do more surgery to take care of it. I was in the dr or hospital every week for some test or procedure I was sick and sore and scared out of my mind. He had also done a bladder repair and was treating me for interstitial cystitis.

After my last surgery with him he told me that if I wanted another child I should try immediately. But were also concerned because the hormone the cancer emitted looked like it aborted babies. I found out I was pregnant and went onto the drs office because of pain and bleeding. I had a 15 mm cyst on my left ovary that they thought was a tumor. They told me my baby was dead and to wait until I lost it and we would plan more surgery. I knew that it wasn't dead so I got a second opinion. My insurance had changed again luckily so I went back up my old dr. My baby was alive but my hormones were way low do I was put on bed rest and had to take hormones daily. At 14 weeks I went into active labor and was bleeding slightly more than spotting. I ended up being on extreme bed rest my entire pregnancy and being in the hospital and facing bi weekly u/s every week. I again had a c section and my miracle little boy was here. My pelvic cavity was full of tumors and scar tissue which they cleaned once the baby was removed. The dr told me I would die if I tried to have anymore kids. I hemmaraged the whole hospital stay and was readmitted 6 hours after I came home for a uterine infection and then ago two weeks later for hemmoraging blood.

My dr referred me to a gyno oconlogist and he determined that a comPlete hyster was best. I needed to be four months out from my c section to be safe and In that four months I bled through a tampon and a pad everyday.

I finally had my surgery on Tuesday. He took everything and also discovered that I have Pelvic Congestion Disease. He sent off more tumors to pathology and we will decide what to do further after that but I am so relived to not have to worry about this type of cancer, constant pain, and constant bleeding anymore!

Menopause scares me up death but it cannot be worse than these past 5 nightmare years!

I am looking forward to having my life back and being able to be a great mom to my two sweet kids!