Guest guest Posted March 17, 2006 Report Posted March 17, 2006 > Bless you Madeleen.... and may you have a speedy recovery!! Sounds > like you will have some measure of freedom from the P dragon... AND > able to retain some E for 'happy brain'. ;-) Eileen > > Subject: Re: hysterectomy > > Well ladies, you have not seen me posting recently. > > I had been having problems with bleeding since Feb and finally got > to see a most wonderful gyno recommended who did an ultrasound > last Thurs and saw my uterus was full of fibroids and left ovary with > cysts. > > She offered a D & C and removal of left ovary, but since I am 63 and > want to continue with the hormones and do not want to worry all the > time about P or not to P, linings etc. I opted for a hysterectomy. > > Had a laparoscopically assisted vaginal hyst with removal of ovaries > and cervix. Thank goodness everyhting was benign and I am now > recuperating. The fallopian tube was engorged with blood and blocked > and she ended up having to cut the fibroids out of my uterus bit by > bit. > > For those of you who have problems with bleeding, she had me put on > 2 Climara patches and do 300-400 mg transdermal P at night, which I > applied on top of me feet and around ankles (the latter is related to > uterus and ovaries in foot reflexology- my idea to put it there). And > that did slow things down enough until surgery. > > She said if you put on the E when bleeding uncontrollably you have > to use P to stop it. Lesson learned. This gyno is not afraid of E > and wants me to do static dosing now at about day 7-10 follicular > cycle according to Wiley - that is at least 6mg BID transdermally. > Since I am doing OO/E I think I will stick around 8mg plus or minus > for now (total). She will discuss doing a little P later for bones > and brain she said, but if I don't like it (oh did the big doses P > depress me!) she said I do not need to do it. > > So that is it for now. Just wanted to give you all an update. > > love madeleen > without uterus - only one breast I am going to hang onto- if I can > help it. Lots of iodine on it to make sure it is healthy! > RL moderator > > > > http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/growhair/ > > http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/growhair/ Quote
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