I need help deciding on surgery

Hello, I am a 32-year-old married mom of two preteens. Im all done having kids. I have interstitial cystitis (bladder cystitis) and Hashimotos thyroid disease. went into the GYN after having a colonoscopy that revealed all was well and my colon was not the source of the pain I keep having on my lower left side. Vaginal ultrasound showed my left ovary was stuck to my uterus and I have a small fibroid (though it causes major bleeding and cramps during cycle) I am in pain a lot from the stuck ovary. My whole uterus is constantly sore and swollen and tender to the touch. I also have bladder pain, and doctore is suggesting a laproscopic supracervical hyst. I would keep atleast one ovary (both is possible) and my cervix. I am so confused I don't know what to do. As I lay here with my heating pad in pain I think I should have the surgery but then I read things that scare me such as possiblity of bladder or vaginal prolapse or possibly more pain after hyst. Any comments are helpful. How common is prolapse after hyst? Should I really be worrying so much or should I just have the surgery. Will the surgery help with my pain so I can begin exercizing and living life again? I just feel like crying I just don't know what to do...

Thanks,

Triscuit

My doctor said that people who have prolapses usually have indications of the condition prior to the hysterectomy. Those are the people that have issues after. I was asking because of the thread of no heavy lifting ever after the hysterectomy on the post-op side.

Thanks for the comment, I will check that out in a google search

TW--

I'm sorry you are having pain. Does your doctor say that the stuck ovary is ALL the cause of your pain? That would make me wonder. If it were, then it seems like just 'unsticking' it would end your problems. That can be done without removing it at all.

Adhesions are what so often cause this 'sticking' of internal organs together. They can be removed in a laparascopic surgery without removing any organs. I've had adhesion removal at the same time as fallopian tube removal while preserving my ovaries and leaving all the other organs intact. [I'd already had a hysterectomy at that time.]

If you have any fibroids that are also causing you problems, then that might be a cause for removal of the uterus. Yes, it is true that having a hysterectomy is a cause for the possibility of future pelvic prolapse. It doesn't mean it will happen to everyone, but it does for some. There are other risk factors, too but that is one of them. I don't know if there are exact numbers of who gets prolapse at what age and how often and what other risk factors they might have had. You may need to do a thorough google search to try and find that info since there are soooo many factors that go into a study like that.

I hope you find the info you need to make the best decision for you.

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Originally Posted by OrahDeb TW-- I'm sorry you are having pain. Does your doctor say that the stuck ovary is ALL the cause of your pain? That would make me wonder. If it were, then it seems like just 'unsticking' it would end your problems. That can be done without removing it at all. Adhesions are what so often cause this 'sticking' of internal organs together. They can be removed in a laparascopic surgery without removing any organs. I've had adhesion removal at the same time as fallopian tube removal while preserving my ovaries and leaving all the other organs intact. [I'd already had a hysterectomy at that time.] If you have any fibroids that are also causing you problems, then that might be a cause for removal of the uterus. Yes, it is true that having a hysterectomy is a cause for the possibility of future pelvic prolapse. It doesn't mean it will happen to everyone, but it does for some. There are other risk factors, too but that is one of them. I don't know if there are exact numbers of who gets prolapse at what age and how often and what other risk factors they might have had. You may need to do a thorough google search to try and find that info since there are soooo many factors that go into a study like that. I hope you find the info you need to make the best decision for you.

thanks for all your thoughts They are truly appreciated. Yes I thought of having just the ovary unstuck but my doctor said it will most likely just adhere itself onto my uterus again and that it will not take care of the fibroids which cause the bleeding and cramping issues so he recommends I have the LSH. I am so tired of the pain and am thinking after all the reading I've done that my chances with the surgery would be pretty good to solve the problems and even if other problems arise from the surgery, it will be things I can deal with and treat. I still have not scheduled the LSH but plan to do so soon.