ovaries removal to Liane

[Guest guest]

Hi Liane,

Glad that you didn't think that I was being too light hearted about

your questions and concerns. Happy too that I was able to give

you something to think about. I think that your last statement

about the video - lap giving you a better idea of what is going on

is a good position to take for now. You are right to be concerned

about early menopause and all of its immediate and long term

effects. But again, if that is what the best coarse of action turns

out to be, then remember that there are ways of dealing with the

effects of the hormone changes. My only other advice would be if

there is a problem that surgery will help, and if there is a chance

that the longer you wait, the more complicated surgery and

recovery will be, then consider doing the surgery as soon as

possible. I have had three personal incidences where I was

hoping that the minor problem would go away and in two of

these cases, it ended up becoming life threatening with a long,

painful recovery time. So there is some wisdom in

recommending doing a procedure even if the circumstances

seem relatively minor at the time. However, decision making

becomes easier once the problem evolves into an emergency -

but then you end up dealing with complications that could have

been avoided. So it is a toss up as far as mental ease of

decision making versus physical ease of treatment / recovery. It

is extremely hard to balance these two when it comes time to

making choices, I have found.

Good luck and let us know what happens if you don't mind

sharing.

Laurie