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stupid things people say...
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06-07-2007, 07:16 AM
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Posts: 238
Hysterectomy: March 22nd, 2007
Surgery Type: LAVH
Ovaries: Removed both
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stupid things people say...
my DH told everyone i had been gutted like a fish....what am i a carp or something!!
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06-07-2007, 05:29 PM
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Posts: 87
Hysterectomy: May 1st, 2007
Surgery Type: TAH
Ovaries: Kept 1 or both
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Don't feel too bad about that comment....for the first few weeks I was the one going around telling everyone I had been gutted like a fish. No one ever made a comment after that except to ask (sincerely) how I was feeling.
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06-08-2007, 09:49 AM
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Posts: 157
Hysterectomy: January 22nd, 2007
Surgery Type: TAH
Ovaries: Kept 1 or both
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My Dad used the same remark when my Mom had her hysterectomy, which was about 20 years ago, and thought it was a perfect line. Then when I started using it when I was talking to my parents, he was the one that was getting offended!!! He said it was "different" when my Mom was getting her's done to when I was getting mine done. I actually had more things taken out than Mom did!!!!!
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06-08-2007, 09:57 AM
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Posts: 324
Hysterectomy: May 28th, 2007
Surgery Type: TLH
Ovaries: Kept 1 or both
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smily - i'm totally craving chocolate! what is a chocolate cyst??
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06-08-2007, 01:04 PM
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Posts: 157
Hysterectomy: January 22nd, 2007
Surgery Type: TAH
Ovaries: Kept 1 or both
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It's a cyst that is filled with edometriosis. Since the "color" of the edometriosis is the dark red/brown color, hence the name chocolate cyst. Guess whoever gave it the name of chocolate must have known we all crave chocoalte when it was that time of the month!!!!
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06-08-2007, 04:20 PM
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Posts: 238
Hysterectomy: March 22nd, 2007
Surgery Type: LAVH
Ovaries: Removed both
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my dad refers to my surgery as "female surgery" and won't really talk about it. he's about 80 and in his day men just didn't talk about that...however, when i made the comment about being gutted like a fish....he thought it was hysterical and now uses it himself when asked about my surgery....i had never heard it until my husband said it refering to my surgery! what a sheltered life i have led....
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06-10-2007, 05:09 AM
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Posts: 324
Hysterectomy: May 28th, 2007
Surgery Type: TLH
Ovaries: Kept 1 or both
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LOL vicki!
Thanks for the info Smily!
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06-16-2007, 04:27 PM
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Posts: 395
Hysterectomy: May 25th, 2007
Surgery Type: TVH
Ovaries: Kept 1 or both
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One of my good friends phoned me 1 week after surgery and said "So I bet you're feeling 100% better now eh?" I told her no, I was still taking pain meds and slowly getting around. Unbelievable.
No wonder I asked hubby NOT to let that one visit me in the hospital!
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07-01-2007, 12:57 PM
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Hysterectomy: May 14th, 2007
Surgery Type: TAH
Ovaries: Removed both
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In a conversation with a family member (who is female) asked me about my patch. I told her that I have to wear because it had medicine in it because I had a hysterectomy. I told her before my surgery that I was having a complete hysterectomy (hint: the word complete). Her response "Oh I thought you just had an ovary removed. I didn't know what a complete hysterectomy was. I didn't know you had everything taken out." Well Duh!!! Is what I wanted to say, but just let it go.
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07-01-2007, 01:38 PM
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Posts: 26
Hysterectomy: June 15th, 2007
Surgery Type: TAH
Ovaries: Kept 1 or both
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Unfortunately, I've heard several of those. My husband was the one who said I was getting a "six week vacation"....I almost slugged him!
I am 2 weeks out of surgery and doing amazingly well but.....still only 2 weeks after being cut open! My 26 year old stepdaughter called and asked my husband if I was "all better yet"....LOL!
You must keep a sense of humor about all this or you might just loose it!
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