Life With Frenchie

About ten years ago, I woke up one morning in incredible pain. I had gone out the night before, so I thought it was just a hangover. It turned out to be a lot more than that. Twenty-four hours later, I had come out of major surgery to have cysts removed from my ovaries. Ever since then, I have been back and forth to my primary care physician and my OBGYN with all kinds of issues. It culminated about a year and a half ago when I become so anemic, I was close to having blood transfusions to get my iron levels up to an acceptable level.

Part of my problem was that I was having heavy bleeding during my menstrual cycle. It turned out that I had a tumor that completely coverd one of my ovaries. One of the options presented by my OBGYN was a complete hysterectomy. At the time, I was still considering having another child so we decided to go with removal of my ovary instead of the hysterectomy. Eighteen months later, and there is no sign of the tumor returning and my other ovary and uterus are still in good health. I was lucky because 1) my doctor was willing to try something less drastic first and 2) that less drastic option worked.

For many other women, this has not been the case, but today there are many less invasive options aside from a complete hysterectomy. Before you decide on a complete hysterectomy, you should look into minimally invasive procedures which leave the uterus and cervix intact. You can find out more about your options and find physicians who practice minimally invasive gynecological procedures from AAGL.

This is a very important issue and women should be aware of and well informed about their options when it comes to taking care of themselves “down there”. Thanks so much to Mom Central for sharing this information!

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