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My Hysterectomy story. 1-1/2 years ago during a annual check up the GYN felt something and sugested a sonogram so I had that done and he said I had a 3 cm cyst & 9mm thick endometrium & endometrisis and sugested a Laparoscopy to see how to treat it or go straight for a Hysterectomy and be done with it. I was so scared I did neither one. I just remember him saying you do not have cancer but at my age "49" at the time I should just have a hysterectomy. I left there and did not tell any one. Big chicken that I am. I had no problems with periods or pain my whole life so I figure if it aint broke don't mess with it. I did research on line and decided for my self that it would all go away with menopause when that came around and it was close. I never went back to the doctor and went on with my life and moved away to another town. Never really telling any one about that doctor visit and not thinking it was serious because like I said no pain no problems. Then a year passed and I thought I should go for my annual pap smear like always but did not want to go back to my regular doctor because I ignored his sugestions the year before and besides I moved about 200 miles away, so then came the trying to find a new doctor in a new city so I put it off for another 6 months, "unlike me to do" then I skipped 2 periods and figured it was menopause starting and then I started hurting REALLY bad for a week and my period came and I still hurt off and on even after the period, so I made an appointment with a GYN locally. It took 6 weeks to get in and by then I had another period and still having pain off and on while on period and off period. I go to the doctor appointment and do not tell him any thing is wrong just say that I am there for and annual pap smear, thinking if I have something he can find it without me telling him and HE DID and recomended a sonogram and asked if a passed doctor had ever mentioned finding any thing and so I confess and he really gives me THE TALK about how I should of listened to the other doctor. So after the sonogram comes back it basiclly says the same thing the one I had 1-1/2 year earlier so the doctor says lets just watch it and come back in 6 months for another sonogram to see if it changes BUT if I have symptoms it should be checked out before then, so I leave with out telling him I have slight symptoms. I am thinking it is menopause symptoms, because I believe all GYN's just love to do Hysterectomy's no matter what. So 2 weeks pass and I hurt more than ever and gets bad with left side pains that are sharp that run through my vagina and then my right side starts to hurt same way off and on then one day just riding in my pick up truck "yes I live in Texas" it hurts just from the vibration of the road, then the next day just the seat belt hurts to weat it. So I finally get up the courage to call the doctors office and ask if this pain is from the Cyst or what or should I go to the ER becasue now I am sacred enough to do something. They tell me to drive to the doctor's office and he examined me and said go straight to the Hospital for a laparoscopy so I went and they did it the next morning, I told him to only look and fix what needs to be fixed I don't want a hysterectomy but agreed to one if it was necessary because I had to do something for the pain, so I went under and came back with total hysterectomy. The doctor took pictures of my insides to show me before and after surgery. The cyst had ruptured on my right side and left side ovary was covered in scar tissue really bad and I had endo terribly. Tubes were huge with scars. I am 51 and he said I had this a looong time and does not see how I never had pain until now. I did have to premie babies 35 and 33 years ago and it was becasue of this and never knew it. It has been 9 days since my surgery and I feel fine. I am on the Estradiol Patch for now, lowest dose possible becasue I really did not even want that but the doc said I should for now or I would have sudden menopause. Now I am worried about the hormone patch causing breast cancer or strokes but the doctor says that is not true and gave me information from the Wyeth Estrogen Study that says it is not harmful. So who do you believe? He also says that weight gain or weight loss is a myth after a hyster. He says I may go into a deep depresstion but so far I feel great with no symptoms except for a sore belly. He made 3 incisions on my lower stomach and one through the vagina for the surgery and I go back for check up in early Nov. 6 weeks after surgery. I am 9 days out and feel fine. Any way I was just reading stories on here to relate to and thought I would throw my 2 cents in for what it is worth. :-)