My experience with hysterectomy and castration (oophorectomy – removal of the ovaries) began in October of 1975, long before information was easily available on the Internet, and in a time when any kind of warning about this surgery was virtually non-existent, and when a doctor’s recommendation was rarely questioned. With that said…..The trauma done to […]
It all began when I noticed a tiny pinkish spot on my underwear. Maybe a bit of dryness, or perhaps a slight infection. But a few days later it happened again. Doing some research, I was convinced it was due to vaginal dryness–nothing to worry about. But a week or so later, there was real, […]
The hysterectomy and oophorectomy industry is growing annually with approximately 700,000 hysterectomies performed every year. The oophorectomy rate is about 70% of the hysterectomy rate. These are merely estimates based on a sample of inpatient data from short-term, acute-care, nonfederal hospitals along with hysterectomy and oophorectomy outpatient percentages published by the Agency for Healthcare Research and […]
Most women know that hysterectomy and ovary removal –castration- leads to a variety of issues – from a dry and painful vagina to hot flashes to mood swings. Heart disease and osteoporosis come to mind as well. However, eye health is not something that is commonly linked to hormones. Since hormone loss and imbalance impacts […]
Everything slows down as we age. For some lucky folks, aging happens gracefully with nary a disease in sight. For others, the springs start popping off around 40 and by the time we reach ‘old age’ our bodies and brains are barely functioning. Arguably, diet and lifestyle have something to do with how well or […]
My life and health were turned upside down after my unwarranted hysterectomy. I touched on the internal and external anatomy changes in a previous article. I am going to go into more detail here on the effects of hysterectomy on the internal anatomy. Female AnatomyThe uterus sits in the center of the pelvis held in […]
I was raised Catholic but did not agree with some of Church doctrine and left the Church as a young adult. In my wildest dreams, I never imagined that I would have a hysterectomy and be castrated in a Catholic hospital (or any hospital for that matter) for a benign ovarian cyst. You can read […]
My name is Rosemary and I have been dealing with endometriosis for the past 21 years.I had my first laparoscopy in 1992 due to sudden onset of pain from a ruptured ovarian cyst. They found endometriois on the right side. Over the years, the endometriosis spread to the left side, bladder and intestines.I had a […]