Preventative hysterectomy

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  • Soup52
    Soup52 Member Posts: 908 Member
    edited July 2016 #22
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    I was able to have a D and C

    I was able to have a D and C even though my dr couldn't get through the cervix with the simpler test, so maybe that could be possible for you. I had mine at an outpatient facility and I was put out for the procedure.

  • fluteduo
    fluteduo Member Posts: 3
    edited July 2016 #23
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    Soup52 said:

    I was able to have a D and C

    I was able to have a D and C even though my dr couldn't get through the cervix with the simpler test, so maybe that could be possible for you. I had mine at an outpatient facility and I was put out for the procedure.

    Can't do D and C?

    I have decided to get a second opinion. Perhaps someone else will be able to do a D and C. I keep hearing from people who say it still can be done, but my gyncecologist and oncologist/gynecologist say it can't. Surgery decision is taking up so much of my thoughts! Thank you for your responses, all.

  • MAbound
    MAbound Member Posts: 1,168 Member
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    It's all so complicated and interconnected!

    Belated Birthday Wishes Eldri!

    I think a lot of us look back at what we shoulda, woulda, coulda done to not be dealing with what we are now. If only….

    But I get where doctors are hesitant to remove body parts prophylactically.  What we have is all so interconnected and works in a complex, delicate balance with each other beyond primary purposes.  Our lady parts do so much more for us beyond reproduction. Losing them, even in necessity, is not going to be without other consequences down the road for some of us.  We’d rather have a reduced risk of dealing with cancer over other issues, but those issues can be disabling and life threatening, too. It’s a lot to think about!

     

     

  • hdjjlss
    hdjjlss Member Posts: 7
    edited July 2016 #25
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    BC Brady said:

    Happy Birthday Eldri!

    Had my 58th in April - and never so happy to be this old. Birthdays are a wonderful thing. I am shouting from the rooftops about preventive hysterectomies. No uterus = no uterine cancer. I had no family or personal history and no bleeding. Just cramps and bloating and a 13 pound weight gain in a year, which everyone - including the gyn - chalked up to menopause. 18 months later, I'm still battling stage 4 endometrial. Now a brush fire in the lymph nodes. If I had the hysterectomy at the first appt for the internal ultrasound that showed a thickening uterus? I would've been stage 1 contained to the uterus. Saw my very first commercial for uterine cancer on TV last month. It said if you have bloating for more than 2 weeks, abdominal pain , or bleeding, go to your doctor to rule out cancer. Insead of ruling IN cancer, you know? There are 80,000 of us out here - diagnosed with uterine cancers every year - NOT including ovarian. Finally there's a commercial! Every step in the right direction is a step toward a cure - and better yet, more awareness for actively preventing this totally PREVENTABLE disease. I'll step off my soap box now -  xoxox my warriors!

    Billie

    Hysterectomy not always the answer

    I had a hystrectomy last October (Stage !).  Everything removed.  I was told I was cured. Four months later I learned that the cancer had spread to the pelvic area even though it had not penetrated the endometrial wall.  Undergoing chemo now.  Maybe this will feel somewhat better since there really is no guarantee no matter what you do.  

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