RANDI
HI. IN 1990 I HAD ABDOMINAL SURGERY FOR ENDOMETRIOSIS. I HAVE ALWAYS HAD PROBLEMS W/OVARIAN CYSTS. I WAS ONLY 29 OR ALMOST 30 AT THE TIME. I HAD 2 SONS AND MY HUSBAND HAD A VASECTOMY,I KNEW I WASNT GOING TO HAVE ANYMORE CHILDREN. MY POINT IS,WHEN THEY HAD ME CUT OPEN THEY REMOVED AN ENORMOUS AMMT OF ENDO.,BUT,THEY LEFT MY UTERUS AND 1/4 OF A SICK OVARY. I HAVE ALWAYS REGRETED THE DOCTORS DECISION TO LEAVE THAT PIECE OF OVARY. IT CONSTANTLY GROWS CYSTS. I BELIEVE IT ALSO PLAYS A ROLE IN MY HORRID PERI-MENOPAUASAL SYMPTOMS. I GUESS I WANT TO TELL YOU THAT I WISH I HAD MINE REMOVED. FOR ME THE SURGERY WASN`T AWFUL LIKE EVERYONE SAID IT WOULD BE. THEN AGAIN I WAS WELL,I DIDNT HAVE ANY FIBRO SYMPTOMS FOR 2 YRS AFTER THAT.I CAME HOME AFTER THE SURGERY SORE W/A LITTLE PILLOW TO HOLD ON MY INCISION TO EASE THE PAIN SHOULD I LAUGH OR COUGH. I FELT HEALED IN 2 WKS,BUT I WASNT. I WOULD GO THROUGH THAT SURGERY AGAIN TO REMOVE THAT PIECE OF OVARY. AT THIS POINT FOR INSURANCE REASONS AND MY DOCTORS CONSCIENCE,I CANT DO THAT RIGHT NOW.I HOPE THIS HAS HELPED YOU IN SOME WAY.