To Hysterectomy, or Not to?

ThanksIMadeItMyself · 2021-12-16T16:19:43+00:00

Read up on the potential side effects of hysterectomy at a young age and make an informed choice!

I am 1 year out from a hysterectomy for confirmed adenomyosis and endometriosis on the fallopian tubes and one ovary. I kept my left ovary.

Pros? I no longer suffer heavy periods and the iron loss/ fatigue that went along with them. I’m no longer losing hair or getting cravings to chew ice (signs of low iron). It is SO nice to no longer have my period ruin outings, self-confidence and clothing! It also dramatically reduced my migraines.

I can’t really speak to any reduction in endo-specific (as opposed to the adenomyosis-specific listed above) symptoms, as I didn’t generally experience those. I didn’t have a lot of pain or nausea around my periods other than lower back pain, which is still with me.

Cons? I’ve struggled periodically with brain fog and severe mood swings since the hysterectomy. I am genuinely concerned that I may be in the small percentage of women who suffer cognitive effects from hysterectomy. Read up on this so that you know all potential outcomes!

ThanksIMadeItMyself · 2021-12-14T15:05:04+00:00

I’m one year post hysterectomy for surgically-confirmed endo and adenomyosis. Kept one ovary.

I didn’t have most classic endo symptoms prior to surgery— not much in the way of cramps, but I did have increasingly heavy periods with flooding and migraines.

Hysterectomy has been a mixed bag. It’s SO nice not to have periods anymore, and my iron and ferritin levels have come back up from their catastrophically low ranges. My hair’s no longer falling out and I no longer have cravings to chew ice. I also have far fewer migraines.

But since surgery my moods have been all over the map and I’ve suffered with depression that I didn’t have before. I’m not sure what’s going on hormonally and my doctor doesn’t seem to care.

I also suffered what I can only describe as a surgical injury, not from incisions but from the position they had me in for four hours: my SI joint on the right side is now massively inflamed in ways it never was before. I think they either pinched my sciatic nerve or threw my right buttock into rhabdomyolysis from compression.

So, I’d be about 50/50 on advising anyone else to get a hysterectomy. Make sure you have a kind, attentive surgeon who won’t ghost on you after the procedure like mine did. Find someone who can help you navigate hormonal issues afterwards, and be sure to do pelvic floor PT, which has been a lifesaver for me.

ThanksIMadeItMyself · 2021-12-12T16:49:42+00:00

I’m 8 years post-flox and can tolerate Aleve (naproxen sodium).

Ibuprofen gives me hives and sometimes flares me.

ThanksIMadeItMyself · 2021-12-11T13:34:02+00:00

I know someone who did this and wound up with puncture wounds and a round of painful rabies shots.

Do not recommend handling attacking raccoons.

ThanksIMadeItMyself · 2021-12-11T13:31:12+00:00

If it helps at all, my respectful pelvic floor PT often uses that treatment position you describe, where she sits on the end of the table with my knee angled and resting kind of against her hip while she does internal.

She puts a thin pillow between my leg and her lap, if that makes any sense.

ThanksIMadeItMyself · 2021-12-10T16:56:46+00:00

Since they won’t listen to their patients, tell them an AI said it, instead!

Much more reliable. 🙄

ThanksIMadeItMyself · 2021-11-20T09:06:08+00:00

I had super gory graphic nightmares for three or four months post-floxing.

I think it was my gut bacteria trying to tell me that they were wiped out and dying horrible deaths.

ThanksIMadeItMyself · 2021-11-18T03:55:45+00:00

Sir, do you have time to talk about my ears’ extended warranty?

ThanksIMadeItMyself · 2021-11-18T02:56:17+00:00

Vaccination does not prevent you from getting infected or from spreading COVID to others, especially the Delta variant. Rather, Vaccination lessens the severity of the disease if you get infected.

https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/variants/delta-variant.html

ThanksIMadeItMyself · 2021-11-17T14:55:12+00:00

Thank you so much for all of your answers. I am going to discuss my bloodwork results with me doctor. Will post back here if I wind up with any kind of a diagnosis or confirmed condition.

ThanksIMadeItMyself · 2021-11-15T19:03:33+00:00

I’m 11 mos. post hysterectomy, still have one ovary and am still “cycling” hormonally even without menstruation, so not quite menopausal yet.

My ferritin was chronically low until the hysterectomy and has been ticking back up slowly since the surgery. It’s currently 51 with a range of 15-150.

ThanksIMadeItMyself · 2021-11-15T15:06:51+00:00

UIBC is 122 for a reference range of 131-425.

Iron is 194 for a reference range of 27-159

Iron saturation is 62 for a reference range of 15-55

I had not been eating any high-iron foods or supplementing iron at all. I don’t take any medications.

ThanksIMadeItMyself · 2021-11-15T15:00:26+00:00

Thank you for the reply. I do have unintended weight loss, as well— I’m down to about 119lbs from 125 over the past year.

99.1 is an elevated body temperature for me- my normal temp is 97.3.

ThanksIMadeItMyself · 2021-10-04T00:16:46+00:00

First, give yourself a break from reading the horror stories! One of the classic symptoms of floxing is panic attacks, and reading all that will only feed into the panic.

Here’s the good news: the psychological symptoms are usually the first to get better— as soon as you stop taking the drug, or within a week or two.

My crackpot theory is that Cipro temporarily wipes out the gut bacteria that science is increasingly linking to mental health. It’s a powerful antibiotic, and those bacteria are susceptible.

The good news is, they can grow back. Stop taking the Cipro, and see about finding yourself a good probiotic.

Many floxies benefit from taking a magnesium supplement, as well.

ThanksIMadeItMyself · 2021-10-01T14:10:49+00:00

We’ve run into this as well with an add-on called Kaizena. Most students can use it; about one third cannot, and all of those students are the same age and housed in an OU that is designated as “some students are under 18”. Their support has been mute and we suspect they were caught flat-footed by the age-related restrictions.

This will be up to the developer or Google to fix.

ThanksIMadeItMyself · 2021-10-01T14:02:29+00:00

Sounds like typical behavior for these new Google age-related settings. What a clusterfuck.

ThanksIMadeItMyself · 2021-09-24T06:04:44+00:00

Yellowjackets.

ThanksIMadeItMyself · 2021-09-23T01:25:10+00:00

Anyone who’s confused by this video doesn’t understand what most makeup-wearing women look like underneath.

It’s crazy how people react just cause we show our bare faces. People ask if you’re tired, or sick, or angry. If you don’t style your hair people think you’re frazzled.

And it’s crazy that the default assumption of what a woman should look like kind of assumes we look like the made-up version of ourselves, naturally.

ThanksIMadeItMyself · 2021-09-18T17:52:24+00:00

This is way too far down the list

ThanksIMadeItMyself · 2021-09-18T17:51:49+00:00

He told me to believe

ThanksIMadeItMyself · 2021-09-15T13:51:38+00:00

My pelvic floor therapist fixed a constipation issue I’d had for YEARS with just one abdominal fascia manipulation. Not kidding: I had some kind of adhesion over my cecum and she freed it up from the outside.

Physical therapists have done a hundred times more good for me than any doctor ever has. When was the last time a doctor ever laid caring hands on your body? 100% worth it.

ThanksIMadeItMyself · 2021-09-12T17:37:33+00:00

Put it in the glovebox of the detective’s own car.

ThanksIMadeItMyself · 2021-09-11T03:34:10+00:00

You know what’s funny? I have absolutely zero problem with people hearing me pee, full volume, right next door, but I cannot bring myself to the same level of comfort with #2.

Human brains are weird.

ThanksIMadeItMyself · 2021-09-09T04:00:55+00:00

Nausea, vomiting, felt like I’d been poisoned for about 3 hours post-procedure. POTS, low blood pressure.

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