Considering yeeting the uterus

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Ahoy there!

So I've had a...complicated relationship with my uterus. I don't hate it or anything, mostly just hate the debilitating cramping that leaves me bedridden and the bleeding that is very expensive to manage with menstrual products. I discussed this issue with my gynecologist (funny enough, a male gynecologist, but he is very well regarded in the field and actually delightful to work with) and he suggested getting a full hysterectomy, leaving just the ovaries.

I wanted to get some insight from anyone here at the moment who has undergone this operation: I'm definitely getting it, but what can I come to expect from this medical procedure? How long was the downtime? Do you have any advice?

I have many friends and family who are so glad they did that. Most were in their 40s and 50s. A coworker had one late last year and a family member did earlier this year. Both were laparoscopic! They seemed to have a fairly short downtime - at least from my perspective - there could have been a longer recovery period behind the scenes.

The only downside I have seen is that a couple of my friends who had procedures 10-20 years (full incisions of course) had surrounding organs collapse into the uterine space in their 60s or 70s (and "baskets" were inserted) --- hopefully the procedure is better now and has less long-term side effects.

Wishing you relief!! !!

Thanks

Now I have to try to forget the word "Yeeterus"

I had the yeeturus surgery done almost 4 years ago, and it was the best thing I've done because of a large ovarian cyst, so I had the ovaries removed at the same time. Most women get to keep their ovaries, especially if there's nothing wrong with them as it's better not to go into surgical menopause.

For me, it was a robotic assisted laparoscopic surgery, and my downtime was around 8 weeks. I was still told nothing in the vagina for a full 12 weeks, because you have to let the cuff fully heal. I did have some minor spotting, but only need a pantiliner to deal with it. No issues with other organs, in fact I no longer had constipation and heartburn because of the cyst putting pressure on my other organs. I did have to take prescription Prilosec after an endoscopy showed that the heartburn damaged my lower esophagus, but that's since healed. Of course, the nice thing is also no more periods, but I was already perimenopausal before surgery, so the surgical menopause wasn't as bad as it could have been.