Ending Years of Suffering – Katina’s Story

My name is Katina and I am 41 years old. Three months ago I had a total abdominal hysterectomy. I have always had a abnormal menstrual cycle, but last year in November my cycle started to become regular after 20 years. So in January I had a pap smear and my doctor told me that the doctor before her was doing the pap smear as if I had a hysterectomy. He was just testing the walls of my uterus. So she performed a regular pap smear and the results came back normal. In February, I started abnormal bleeding which lasted for two weeks. The bleeding stopped for two weeks and then started back again. By this time, I had good health insurance and I found a great gynaecologist. She performed a transvaginal ultrasound and a biopsy. The results came back with uterine cancer. She referred me to an oncologist gynaecologist who performed the hysterectomy. While performing the surgery, I had a leak in my bowels which my surgeon also fixed. The next day I was sent home. Three hours after getting home, I was vomiting and sick at the stomach. The next morning I was in the ER and admitted into the hospital. I stayed in the hospital another seven days, and was then released. I then developed an infection at the end of my incision that was leaking. I went to three different doctors including the surgeon who told me to take the antibiotics and it would heal up. But after three weeks the incision was not getting better and I could barely move. I finally found a nurse practitioner who laced the infec...
Source: The Hysterectomy Association - Category: OBGYN Authors: Tags: Your Stories fibroids total abdominal hysterectomy transvaginal ultrasound uterine cancer Source Type: news