How I Got Here….and it feels good! – Mandy’s Story

My periods always gave me problems, I started early, at 8, and suffered for years with bad cramps, passing out, being sick, on and on and on. Fibroids would have stopped me getting pregnant but a major operation to remove them still didn’t make any difference and we gave up after 3 IVF attempts and one miscarriage. So all I had to look forward to was more cramps, flooding, feeling sick and spending 2 days a month in bed. The doctor offered me a way out and I grasped it with both hands. A hysterectomy! Maybe I could have done more research, but I didn’t I just wanted this final op so I could move on, in more ways than one. I bought a book 101 ways to a Happy Hystorectomy and I completely recommend it. I am a planner and I made lists and list of things I would need, before I went into hospital, while I was in hospital and after I came out. Due to the way my womb is I was told that the only way would be abdominally, still I wasn’t put off. I just wanted to move on. I had, had my fibroids removed the same way how different could this be?? The date came and I was at the hospital ages too early I was told I would be last (they do all the minor surgeries first) and so I was so pleased I had lots of things to keep me occupied (ipad, earphones, books, mags). And then the time came and I walked down to the theatre accompanied by a nurse. The operation was a complete success and I was over the moon to hear that I had been able to keep my ovaries. Two days later after w...
Source: The Hysterectomy Association - Category: OBGYN Authors: Tags: Your Stories fibroids heavy bleeding Source Type: news