Re: question off autism topic

[Guest guest]

As I understand it estrogen will still be produced after the uterus is

removed but periods will stop.

> can one tell me if the doctor takes out the uterus but leaves of the

> ovaries or one of them will it sitll make of me have of periods and hormones

> and cramping and such , can one explain what the difference to my body would

> be?

>

>

[Guest guest]

I have not had a hysterectomy or a partial, but I am a candidate. When I spoke

to my dr. about what the procedure entailed, she told me that the uterus would

be removed but NOT the ovaries. Unfortunately, I'd rather everything go since I

don't need it anymore and why risk leaving the ovaries in and having something

possibly attack them. Might as well take it all. You would not get a period

after the uterus was removed, but you will go through menapausal type symptoms

and many women experience strong emotional/mental fluctuations, as well.

That's all I can offer you.

HTH,

Karmen

question off autism topic

can one tell me if the doctor takes out the uterus but leaves of the ovaries

or one of them will it sitll make of me have of periods and hormones and

cramping and such , can one explain what the difference to my body would be?

I to be of had that one pill and while it didnot make of me physically ill I

to be of just this day really come to think it might have played a huge part in

my severe drop into depression that was of so severe and the thinkings of

suicide were of so strong and wonder if this was of the cause of it as have

battled that feelings and emotional state off and on in life but this time for

around a month it was of so severe.

some list i to spoke of it and some not, sometimes tried of to stay connected

and sometimes had of no energy too.

last week I to vented to a person of our MRDD as she asked if I would be of

interest to write of a story to their magazine. and instead of being able to

respond with my usual state of being i to vented in my crisis and sended a

powerpoint that had of my most private and strongest emotional states and

thinking. but did not remember the last two slides were of a strong message of

suicide as had worked on this a few weeks back and was of just remembering the

reasons of why so frustrated were of lack of services and being of locked out of

many programs because of age and or gender or other variety of things. Well this

head of MRDD which I to not be of angry too and do have a knowing of her but

still she is of more a stranger to me so should have not vented out things to a

stranger sort of person but not thinking of that when in crisis, just knew to

reach out to whoever was of reaching in. well teh called of the police to me for

the crisis levels and any who knows of me knows of my intense fear of police so

that escalated of me friday for much of the day.

anyways I to kep of wondeing to me what is of wrong with me , why cant my

brain just be right in my head and such and then it occured the only things new

to me was of this birth control pill and even though it is of a low dose and

such it has been of affecting of me maybe emotionally in a huge way.

for self cant wait to see of the world specialist on Mitochondrial disease as

he is of also an investigator and will do many many test to me to find the

causes and so hopefully he will discover of why my hormones tend to affect me so

greatly.

and even though stopped of taking that pill last week or so my body is of in a

non stop cramping below as if on my monthly sort of cramping and not even due as

just got off of it last week but the cramping is of not copeable much. and does

interfer with much of my life.

the abliations will stop of maybe only the flow but will not stop the parts of

my life that are of impacting of me greatly so was of wondering to push of the

issues to him over the partial hystorectomy,

sondra

[Guest guest]

Sondra,

Since you are still pre-menopausal, your ovaries will usually

continue to function and secrete hormones even after the uterus is

removed, but the lifespan of the ovaries is reduced by an average of

3 - 5 years. I'm not sure how old you are, but it's possible that you

could go into menopause shortly after a hysterectomy, even if the

ovaries are retained, because the surgery has permanently cut off the

ovaries' blood supply. So, while you might get some relief from your

period symptoms, menopause can bring on other unpleasant symptoms.

Isn't being a woman fantastic? (not) Just a little sarcasm... The

good news is that there are many things you can do to reduce

perimenopausal and postmenopausal symptoms, but you'll just have to

wait and see how your body reacts. And it will be good for you to

stop taking that hormone pill as well.

> can one tell me if the doctor takes out the uterus but leaves of

> the ovaries or one of them will it sitll make of me have of periods

> and hormones and cramping and such , can one explain what the

> difference to my body would be?

>

> I to be of had that one pill and while it didnot make of me

> physically ill I to be of just this day really come to think it

> might have played a huge part in my severe drop into depression

> that was of so severe and the thinkings of suicide were of so

> strong and wonder if this was of the cause of it as have battled

> that feelings and emotional state off and on in life but this time

> for around a month it was of so severe.

>

> some list i to spoke of it and some not, sometimes tried of to stay

> connected and sometimes had of no energy too.

>

> last week I to vented to a person of our MRDD as she asked if I

> would be of interest to write of a story to their magazine. and

> instead of being able to respond with my usual state of being i to

> vented in my crisis and sended a powerpoint that had of my most

> private and strongest emotional states and thinking. but did not

> remember the last two slides were of a strong message of suicide as

> had worked on this a few weeks back and was of just remembering the

> reasons of why so frustrated were of lack of services and being of

> locked out of many programs because of age and or gender or other

> variety of things. Well this head of MRDD which I to not be of

> angry too and do have a knowing of her but still she is of more a

> stranger to me so should have not vented out things to a stranger

> sort of person but not thinking of that when in crisis, just knew

> to reach out to whoever was of reaching in. well teh called of the

> police to me for the crisis levels and any who knows of me knows of my

> intense fear of police so that escalated of me friday for much of

> the day.

>

> anyways I to kep of wondeing to me what is of wrong with me , why

> cant my brain just be right in my head and such and then it occured

> the only things new to me was of this birth control pill and even

> though it is of a low dose and such it has been of affecting of me

> maybe emotionally in a huge way.

>

> for self cant wait to see of the world specialist on Mitochondrial

> disease as he is of also an investigator and will do many many test

> to me to find the causes and so hopefully he will discover of why

> my hormones tend to affect me so greatly.

>

> and even though stopped of taking that pill last week or so my body

> is of in a non stop cramping below as if on my monthly sort of

> cramping and not even due as just got off of it last week but the

> cramping is of not copeable much. and does interfer with much of my

> life.

>

> the abliations will stop of maybe only the flow but will not stop

> the parts of my life that are of impacting of me greatly so was of

> wondering to push of the issues to him over the partial hystorectomy,

>

> sondra

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

do you know if the emotioinal issues will be of the same or worse for me. I to

also know that this doctor i to think it was of him twice shared he had a hard

time finding the right ovary, as it was not out to the side as it should be but

is setting backwards towards the back so no wonder of the female issues and

pains, so if had of them take out the uterus and that ovary it will still give

of me hormones and maybe at a more copeable level or will it cause me to produce

more to compensate,

does anyone know if menopuase suddenly will be of worse for me than the curent

peri menopause issues.

I to be of just so much sick of hurting 3 weeks of every months, and feeling not

right inside of my tummy from the issues the pain causes of me from stress. I to

not be of to know if this is of the cause of so much emotional chaos to me or if

it is of more language and awareness and more over all life and world awareness

that is of impacting me. I to also not know if because of this connections to

the world outside of me throughmy computer is of not letting me self regulate

and learn how to monitor self. But regardless the difference between now and

back as a teen is as a teen did not have an outlet or language to this level so

I could be to communicate nor did I to have anyone to communicate too. so it

came out as much more behavior of SIB out of pure internal chaos, fear, pain and

frustrations.

where now still struggle to all of those things i tohave less SIB and more words

but vent it out instead of hit it out. but at the same causing all this social

taboo of emotional dumping and crisis levels.

so wanted to say of sorry to all of my list people for all this constant dumping

of emotional states as really have no clue to what is of going on in me but it

feels like a similar version of life at age of 13.

When was more isolated it was less chaos the more I to try to connect the more

chaos that happens to me.

sondra

[Guest guest]

cathy i to be of 46 now and the birth family members of me much so often go to

early menopuase and go gray early.

yes i to hate of being of a female person. it is of not only socially painful it

is of pysically painful.

As i to shared not feel female not feel male. I to just exist as a ME gender

which has no real stereotyping.but others see of the female and try of to force

of that role and stereotyped fashions to me and it crashes with my inner state.

it does not mean not like to do things that are of common among females such as

activities and objects but also have just as many male ways and objects i to

like as well. I to not be of a girly girl as one call of it nor a real tomboyish

fashion about me either/.

but i to think many share the thinking I to have is not scientifically logical

for me to rid self of this hormonal things.

sondra

[Guest guest]

>

> does anyone know if menopuase suddenly will be of worse for me than

> the curent peri menopause issues.

I don't think anyone can predict that, Sondra, but my mother had a

hysterectomy at 35 and she did not have any unpleasant menopause

symptoms at all. She had huge fibroids and other hormonal problems

and they all went away after her hysterectomy. Since you are 46 and

have a family history of early menopause, I would go ahead and do a

full hysterectomy, but only if you are already considering a partial,

and not just the uterine ablation. Then you can tackle any issues

related to menopause IF they should appear. You still don't know that

they will and what they will be. And as I mentioned, there are many

effective ways to alleviate menopausal symptoms.

[Guest guest]

cathylynn2 wrote:

<< Since you are still pre-menopausal, your ovaries will usually

continue to function and secrete hormones even after the uterus is

removed, but the lifespan of the ovaries is reduced by an average of

3 - 5 years. >>

, do the ovaries continue to secrete hormones once a woman enters

menopause? Or are they essentially 'dead weight'?

I'm enjoying an uneventful menopause. It's wonderful -- no hot flashes,

no mood swings, no loss of lubrication, no nothing. Just no periods!

However, I am considering having my ovaries removed as I am prone to

cysts. Given that cysts are less common in post-menopausal women, I

don't want to be faced with constantly monitoring them in the years to

come. (My mom died of ovarian cancer late in life, so I'm somewhat at

risk.)

Although if my ovaries are still secreting useful hormones, I would

prefer not to put my carefree menopause at risk either.

Any thoughts?

Best,

~CJ

[Guest guest]

Hey CJ,

The ovaries still produce hormones after menopause, particularly

testosterone, which you definitely need and want. If you're doing well

now, I wouldn't mess around with your good fortune. Count your

blessings and in my professional opinion, if it ain't broke, don't fix

it! :-)

> cathylynn2 wrote:

>

> << Since you are still pre-menopausal, your ovaries will usually

> continue to function and secrete hormones even after the uterus is

> removed, but the lifespan of the ovaries is reduced by an average of

> 3 - 5 years. >>

>

>

> , do the ovaries continue to secrete hormones once a woman enters

> menopause? Or are they essentially 'dead weight'?

>

> I'm enjoying an uneventful menopause. It's wonderful -- no hot

> flashes,

> no mood swings, no loss of lubrication, no nothing. Just no

> periods!

>

> However, I am considering having my ovaries removed as I am prone to

> cysts. Given that cysts are less common in post-menopausal women, I

> don't want to be faced with constantly monitoring them in the years to

> come. (My mom died of ovarian cancer late in life, so I'm somewhat at

> risk.)

>

> Although if my ovaries are still secreting useful hormones, I would

> prefer not to put my carefree menopause at risk either.

>

> Any thoughts?

>

> Best,

> ~CJ

>

>

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[Guest guest]

cathylynn2 wrote:

<< The ovaries still produce hormones after menopause, particularly

testosterone, which you definitely need and want. If you're doing well

now, I wouldn't mess around with your good fortune. Count your

blessings and in my professional opinion, if it ain't broke, don't fix

it! >>

That's my thinking too, . I hate the idea of removing any parts

(unless it is absolutely necessary) not knowing how they may impact the

overall endocrine system.

You're right that testosterone is my friend. However, I was not aware

that this hormone was produced by the ovaries.

In my conversation with the OBGYN who suggested surgery, she was very

quick to point out that my ovaries were of little use to me following

menopause. I was like, hmmmm.

I'm sure it's more cost-effective for the HMO to authorize a simple

laparoscopic procedure than monitor my ovarian cysts (via regular

ultrasounds) for the rest of my years. Also, this particular OBGYN's

area of professional interest is laparoscopic surgery, so she may be

biased.

Best,

~CJ