http://www.phaa.com/hysterectomy.htm Women's Health Advice, Diseases and Treatments Thu, 02 Sep 2010 01:54:56 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://www.phaa.com/hysterectomy.htm/comment-page-1#comment-125 Dr. Peter Wed, 02 Dec 2009 12:59:11 +0000 http://www.phaa.com/?p=107#comment-125 Thank you for sharing your story with us and giving our readers valuable insight into life with endometriosis. Do not exclude surrogacy or adoption for having a child in your life. Thousands of women globally have found these options useful in realizing their dream of being mothers. Everything of the best for the future. Thank you for sharing your story with us and giving our readers valuable insight into life with endometriosis. Do not exclude surrogacy or adoption for having a child in your life. Thousands of women globally have found these options useful in realizing their dream of being mothers. Everything of the best for the future.

]]> http://www.phaa.com/hysterectomy.htm/comment-page-1#comment-124 Katie Mon, 30 Nov 2009 06:32:41 +0000 http://www.phaa.com/?p=107#comment-124 I am 27 years old and never had the chance to have children. I began to have symptoms of endometriosis at the age of 15 yet was not officially diagnosed until I reached 18. For so many years I dealt with pain,Pain that would have me bedridden, my legs would go numb and all I could do was cry. Many doctors would not go near me because of my age and refused to treat the actual disease. I spent six years on birth control that never "regulated" me, in fact my bleeding and clotting was worse. I felt like nobody would listen to me and I was tired, so tired of being in pain and being deppressed. The disease began to affect my bowels and I couldn't take it anymore. I found a wonderful doctor who listened to me and gave me all of the options I had. My husband and I decided that my quality of life was more important and that I should have the hysterectomy. My heart is broken because all I ever wanted was to have a child and it was the hardest decision I ever made, however, after my surgery I discovered that my ovaries hadn/t worked properly and I woudn't have been able to have children anyway. The hurt hasn't gone away but knowing that made me feel so much better. I justed wanted to share my story and maybe help to ease someone else because living in PAIN is no way of living. I am 5 months post-op and though the hormone therapy is fun to say the least, I already feel like I have my life back and to me, my husband and my family, that is all that matters. I am 27 years old and never had the chance to have children. I began to have symptoms of endometriosis at the age of 15 yet was not officially diagnosed until I reached 18. For so many years I dealt with pain,Pain that would have me bedridden, my legs would go numb and all I could do was cry. Many doctors would not go near me because of my age and refused to treat the actual disease. I spent six years on birth control that never “regulated” me, in fact my bleeding and clotting was worse. I felt like nobody would listen to me and I was tired, so tired of being in pain and being deppressed. The disease began to affect my bowels and I couldn’t take it anymore. I found a wonderful doctor who listened to me and gave me all of the options I had. My husband and I decided that my quality of life was more important and that I should have the hysterectomy. My heart is broken because all I ever wanted was to have a child and it was the hardest decision I ever made, however, after my surgery I discovered that my ovaries hadn/t worked properly and I woudn’t have been able to have children anyway. The hurt hasn’t gone away but knowing that made me feel so much better. I justed wanted to share my story and maybe help to ease someone else because living in PAIN is no way of living. I am 5 months post-op and though the hormone therapy is fun to say the least, I already feel like I have my life back and to me, my husband and my family, that is all that matters.

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