As you can see, I have not posted for awhile. I have still been pretty good with my eating healthy but some other heath issues came about and a tough decision was made.
5 weeks or so ago I went to see my 'woman' Dr. whom wasn't a woman at all. (p.s. I am on some good meds right now so if I don't make sense, I do apologize) Over the past 2 years or so I've been experiencing some abnormal monthly events. And when I approached my doctor about them, he gave me some options that could help. A hysterectomy was the biggest option I had. I will just tell you my problems because these drugs make me not care.. haha. My periods have consisted of 9 days long. Now if you're a woman something like this might feel like an eternity. Also clots the size of golf balls did come about. Changing pads and other instruments were every couple of hours. So my frustration with this was high. My Dr did do some tests to make sure cancer was not occurring and he told me he could do other tests like Fibroids but the option of a hysterectomy would be there regardless of fibroids or not so we did as few tests possible.
Once I made the decision to have a hysterectomy any other tests were useless anyways.
There are several ways a hysterectomy is done and a couple of options pertaining hormones or no hormones. I think people get confused on hysterectomies and is one reason people are scared of them.
The main factor with most women on getting one is child baring. Of course you can not have any more kids after having one. This wasn't a main factor for me since I already knew I wasn't able to have anymore kids that way anyways.
The next thing is the hormones and the ovaries. Now unless there is a reason to remove the ovaries (due to cancer) most doctors wont remove them. This is the big factor on your hormones. If the ovaries are left, then you will not need hormone replacements and your body will continue moving forward like normal....well almost normal. You will go through Menopause a little sooner then normal (maybe 5 years earlier) and from what I've been told it will be a little lighter.
The biggest highlight for me is..... *drum roll*........ NO MORE PERIODS! EVER! Of course with my problems I had, this is the main motivation I had for getting my hysterectomy done.
So I did tons of research online before I made my final decision. And I found some pretty scary things. I discussed them with my doctor and was surprised that several scary information I found was actually not true. So before you get all hyped up on scary things, please confirm them with an expert lol.
The down time on my procedure is what will make it hard. I also had a bladder repair due to bladder issues, which will be the bigger of the two things when it comes to recovery. It's already frustrating me not being able to clean the way I clean and have to let others do it. So I will have to learn some major patience, and like soon!
So obviously my weight loss journey might not turn out like I wanted it to (yet). I am still able to do the nutrition part, but as far as the work out part, it will be on hold for a little bit. I am restricted to just walking for now. I cant even vacuum or sweep for 6 weeks :( Lets see how that goes lol.
I'm going to try to log my recovery experience though. And my next entry will be on what has been happening so far. But that will have to wait for another day soon.
Off to sleep I go.
Moi
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