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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]pp who had hysterectomy- did you have your ovaries removed? Just wondering about hormonal issues.[/quote]

No, there was no need to remove the ovaries.  I do have a small cyst on one ovary, but it was nothing that they worried about.

I had a single-incision, laparoscopic hysterectomy.  They went in through the belly button (about a 2 cm scar inside the button), and the uterus came out through the vagina (while I was under).  There have been no hormonal changes and I still get acne now and then which I attribute to the "monthly cycle" but I have no other symptoms of a cycle.  It was an easier recovery compared to three births (vaginal deliveries).  I hate to recommend a significant surgery -- but it was less scary than I had imagined it to be when the doctors first suggested it.  The first 48 hours were the worst b/c it's hard to move when your mid-section is swelling from the trauma that is surgery.  But the results are FABulous!  I never have to think about "can I go camping?"  "can I go swimming" "am I leaking when I stand up?"  "how long ago did I change the tampon AND pad"  etc.  I just live life without a thought of problems down there.  It's freedom!  (I had been on the pill for 20 years, so that wasn't helping reduce the flow at all.) [/quote]

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