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		<description>I am booked for an abdominal hysterectomy next month and am getting frightened by stories of fallen ribcages and inside out  vaginas! I am a...</description>
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			<title>Comment by Karen822</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Hello havhope, I had a total <a href="http://www.dailystrength.org/treatments/Hysterectomy" onclick="treatmentHotLink('http://www.dailystrength.org/treatments/Hysterectomy')" class="treatmentlink" title="Learn more about Hysterectomy">hysterectomy</a> in May 2010.  All I can tell you is that so far nothing like that has happened to me and I've never heard of it happening to anyone. Not saying it can"t . But thinking about it ......It  doesn"t seem possible that  a rib cage could fall. I would think one ha...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 16 Mar 2012 15:53:07 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>Comment by hellodian</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[I had an abdominal <a href="http://www.dailystrength.org/treatments/Hysterectomy" onclick="treatmentHotLink('http://www.dailystrength.org/treatments/Hysterectomy')" class="treatmentlink" title="Learn more about Hysterectomy">hysterectomy</a> in september and it was the best decision I have made. I haven't had any weird stuff happen. It just took a full month/5 weeks to feel like my normal self again. Last month I had a fibroid on my breast but it turned out to be from <a href="http://www.dailystrength.org/treatments/Caffeine" onclick="treatmentHotLink('http://www.dailystrength.org/treatments/Caffeine')" class="treatmentlink" title="Learn more about Caffeine">caffeine</a>. So nothing bizarre or weird...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 16 Mar 2012 16:34:23 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>Comment by fighting4change</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[I was your age at the time of my hyst/ooph. I listened to what others said and trusted my doctor instead of <a href="http://www.dailystrength.org/treatments/Listening" onclick="treatmentHotLink('http://www.dailystrength.org/treatments/Listening')" class="treatmentlink" title="Learn more about Listening">listening</a> to my inner voice and trusting my observations of hyst'd women. I told myself I'd be okay but I'm not. Some hyst'd women failed to be truthful with me until AFTER I had my <a href="http://www.dailystrength.org/treatments/Surgery" onclick="treatmentHotLink('http://www.dailystrength.org/treatments/Surgery')" class="treatmentlink" title="Learn more about Surgery">surgery</a>. 
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			<pubDate>Fri, 16 Mar 2012 18:53:55 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>Comment by Brightside53</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Hello havhope, 
  
    I had my total TAH/BSO  in August of 2009.   
  
     I had a huge benign fibroid. My doctor thought it was malignant so she took everything. 
  
    I suffered very  mild hot flashes for a few months afterward... I decided to skip the HRT. 
  
      I feel great. 
  
   Please don't wo...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 16 Mar 2012 23:51:27 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>Comment by Brightside53</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Hello havhope, 
  
    I had my total TAH/BSO  in August of 2009.   
  
     I had a huge benign fibroid. My doctor thought it was malignant so she took everything. 
  
    I suffered very  mild hot flashes for a few months afterward... I decided to skip the HRT. 
  
      I feel great. 
  
   Please don't wo...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 16 Mar 2012 23:51:36 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>Comment by Brightside53</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Hello havhope, 
  
    I had my total TAH/BSO  in August of 2009.   
  
     I had a huge benign fibroid. My doctor thought it was malignant so she took everything. 
  
    I suffered very  mild hot flashes for a few months afterward... I decided to skip the HRT. 
  
      I feel great. 
  
   Please don't wo...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 16 Mar 2012 23:51:36 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>Comment by ChristyT</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Glad you asked this.  I am 41 and going through the same thing.  I am not so frightened about surgical issues since they have come a long way and <a href="http://www.dailystrength.org/treatments/Surgery" onclick="treatmentHotLink('http://www.dailystrength.org/treatments/Surgery')" class="treatmentlink" title="Learn more about Surgery">surgery</a> is easier than it used to be but I am concerned about the after effects.  I am worried about the hormonal issues (I am perimenopausal too) and I a...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Sat, 17 Mar 2012 16:09:37 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>Comment by fighting4change</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Christy - Are you saying your symptoms are the same as havhope's? What other treatment options have been offered or tried? 
  
 The hormonal sequelae alone is bad enough but the skeletal changes are even more distressing. I had no back or hip problems prior to my hyst and no other explanation for thes...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Sat, 17 Mar 2012 17:05:39 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>Comment by Brightside53</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[I've tried to find information about "spine compression" after <a href="http://www.dailystrength.org/treatments/Hysterectomy" onclick="treatmentHotLink('http://www.dailystrength.org/treatments/Hysterectomy')" class="treatmentlink" title="Learn more about Hysterectomy">hysterectomy</a>.  I haven't come up with anything. 
  
    Can you point me to some clinical studies that show evidence of this, Fighting4change? 
  
    You say that the crease on your stomach is evidence of spine compression, but I've heard o...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Sat, 17 Mar 2012 18:27:45 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>Comment by fighting4change</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Since you mentioned weight, I just wanted to say that weight gain and loss of sexual function are the top two complaints after <a href="http://www.dailystrength.org/treatments/Hysterectomy" onclick="treatmentHotLink('http://www.dailystrength.org/treatments/Hysterectomy')" class="treatmentlink" title="Learn more about Hysterectomy">hysterectomy</a>. Per a survey of 1000 hyst’d women, 52% reported weight gain. The loss of sexual function is broken down into multiple issues with one of them “diminished o...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Sat, 17 Mar 2012 20:40:38 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>Comment by nuchels</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Hey Brightside -  When I saw her pictures I laughed!  My stomach has looked like that ever since I was a teenager, at least 30 years ago.  And my stomach looks better now than it did when I was 20.  I am 5' 6", 122 lbs.  I have rock-hard abs from 26 years of heavy lifting at the gym.  My upper abs a...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Sat, 17 Mar 2012 20:48:42 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>Comment by fighting4change</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Sorry you're jealous of my body - you would have been even more jealous before my hyst. Lower abs used to be "ripped" like my upper abs. Your hyst was too recent for any skeletal changes to have occurred.]]></description>
			<pubDate>Sat, 17 Mar 2012 21:52:19 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>Comment by Brightside53</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[There is ALWAYS  a need for a clinical trial. 
  
    There are too many variables for a person to just say..  
    
   "The <a href="http://www.dailystrength.org/treatments/Hysterectomy" onclick="treatmentHotLink('http://www.dailystrength.org/treatments/Hysterectomy')" class="treatmentlink" title="Learn more about Hysterectomy">hysterectomy</a> caused my widening mid-section. 
  
    many people have a fat stomach, lose height, have a crease on their stomach... without ever having had a <a href="http://www.dailystrength.org/treatments/Hysterectomy" onclick="treatmentHotLink('http://www.dailystrength.org/treatments/Hysterectomy')" class="treatmentlink" title="Learn more about Hysterectomy">hysterectomy</a>. Muscle to...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Sun, 18 Mar 2012 00:41:53 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>Comment by Brightside53</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Hey Nuchels!  how are you?? just saw your post! 
  I so agree with your post! 
  
  Well I am almost 3 years post op... and Fighting4change said her changes arrived at 18 months. 
  
   I have fat around my midsection because I take in more calories than I need.. I like my junk food! 
  
   I am not too di...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Sun, 18 Mar 2012 00:54:19 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>Comment by fighting4change</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Contradicting yourself again BS53. You've stated a number of times in the past that you don't believe clinical trials / medical studies.]]></description>
			<pubDate>Sun, 18 Mar 2012 08:52:52 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>Comment by Brightside53</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[This conversation is not about me contradicting myself. 
  
   This conversation is to assure havhope that she will be ok after she has a <a href="http://www.dailystrength.org/treatments/Hysterectomy" onclick="treatmentHotLink('http://www.dailystrength.org/treatments/Hysterectomy')" class="treatmentlink" title="Learn more about Hysterectomy">hysterectomy</a>. She is the original poster. The title of her post is.. "need reassurance please" 
  
   
  
   We are all telling her that she WILL be ok. 
  
  You are her...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Sun, 18 Mar 2012 11:18:43 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>Comment by havhope</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Thanks to everyone for posting. Fighting for Change - you have me a little scared now and I wish more people would post so I could see if your problems are common. I looked at your website and again it is scary but who actually is the group that runs that website. There sure was a long list of negat...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Sun, 18 Mar 2012 11:51:17 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>Comment by havhope</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Thank you Karen and hellodian for your help and kind words!  Very reassuring and I think that I may have nothing to fear.  
  
 Chrisy - good luck to you with your operation. I too worry about the loss of estrogen, although I think my levels go up and down or I have too much since my moods swing with ...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Sun, 18 Mar 2012 11:58:16 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>Comment by fighting4change</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[The website is a non-profit to inform women of the medically documented effects of <a href="http://www.dailystrength.org/treatments/Hysterectomy" onclick="treatmentHotLink('http://www.dailystrength.org/treatments/Hysterectomy')" class="treatmentlink" title="Learn more about Hysterectomy">hysterectomy</a>. I came across it after my hyst; I have no affiliation with it. Yep, I get the trusting your doctor - I trusted mine for 20 years and he betrayed that trust. <a href="http://www.dailystrength.org/treatments/Hysterectomy" onclick="treatmentHotLink('http://www.dailystrength.org/treatments/Hysterectomy')" class="treatmentlink" title="Learn more about Hysterectomy">Hysterectomy</a> is very profitable for doctors, h...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Sun, 18 Mar 2012 12:36:33 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>Comment by hellodian</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Fighting4change, 
 Based on all of your previous posts, I have always pictured you as this feeble dried up old thing with a weird curved body, etc. The way you describe yourself is scary. I just looked at your photos of your mid section ~ you look great! What are you <a href="http://www.dailystrength.org/treatments/Talking" onclick="treatmentHotLink('http://www.dailystrength.org/treatments/Talking')" class="treatmentlink" title="Learn more about Talking">talking</a> about? Maybe you have tha...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Sun, 18 Mar 2012 13:01:49 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>Comment by fighting4change</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[hellodian - You're not even close to one year post-op. The skeletal effects take awhile (years) to manifest. 
   
 I didn't take before pics. If I had, you'd see a huge difference. I had the physique of a 30-something at the age of 49. People thought I was in my 30's. With all the hair loss and skin c...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Sun, 18 Mar 2012 13:26:50 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>Comment by girlscandrum</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Posting more doom and gloom stories when someone already tells you they're scared and asks for the OPPOSITE is just a jerk move, not that I expect anything different from certain people on this site. 
  
 I had my hyst very young, but I feel great. I talked to two older ladies before having mine who w...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Sun, 18 Mar 2012 13:35:13 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>Comment by fighting4change</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[There are less invasive treatments for fibroids and heavy bleeding. I find it surprising that so many women encourage women to have their sex organs removed. It should definitely be researched thoroughly and not be taken lightly. Unlike hormonal treatments, there's no going back.]]></description>
			<pubDate>Sun, 18 Mar 2012 13:42:03 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>Comment by nuchels</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[fightingforchange contradicts herself - she tells us all the time WE WILL NOT BE FINE.  Our procedures were too recent, she has several years on the rest of us.  My friend had her <a href="http://www.dailystrength.org/treatments/Surgery" onclick="treatmentHotLink('http://www.dailystrength.org/treatments/Surgery')" class="treatmentlink" title="Learn more about Surgery">surgery</a> 15 years ago.  She is a very active, vital, nurturing, and happy person.  She said all the health problems she h...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Sun, 18 Mar 2012 14:02:19 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>Comment by fighting4change</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[And why hurry the aging process?? I find it surprising that so many women think nothing of healthy ovaries being removed when a woman's lifetime risk of OC is less than 2%. 
  
 Yes, menopause increases risk of osteoporosis. But ovary removal (or ovarian failure post-hysterectomy) increases that risk ...]]></description>
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			<title>Comment by tootsiesmom</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Havhope,  
 Have you tried the Hystersister website?  There is a ton of information on that site that you may find useful. 
 Unfortunately, most of the posts here turn into a "she said / she said" battle that usually get away from the original posters inquiry. 
 I wish you luck with your journey.  It i...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Mon, 19 Mar 2012 09:45:16 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>Comment by noneareleft</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[I say <a href="http://www.dailystrength.org/treatments/Distancing" onclick="treatmentHotLink('http://www.dailystrength.org/treatments/Distancing')" class="treatmentlink" title="Learn more about Avoid">avoid</a> <a href="http://www.dailystrength.org/treatments/Surgery" onclick="treatmentHotLink('http://www.dailystrength.org/treatments/Surgery')" class="treatmentlink" title="Learn more about Surgery">surgery</a> whenever possible. Just not natural! Actually  mucking around in my guts and removing things, then stuff shifting their position creeped and still creeps me out!  (FYI I did have <a href="http://www.dailystrength.org/treatments/Hysterectomy" onclick="treatmentHotLink('http://www.dailystrength.org/treatments/Hysterectomy')" class="treatmentlink" title="Learn more about Hysterectomy">hysterectomy</a> was ignorant and didn't know I could treat fibroids and it was too late for me) 
  
 Weigh...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Sat, 24 Mar 2012 16:37:13 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>Comment by fighting4change</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Had to comment on noneareleft's "I'm keeping as much of my junk as possible!" 
  
 I had an ultrasound recently to try to determine the cause of bowel issues that have plagued me since my hyst. The technician or radiologist (can't remember which one) asked if I had my gallbladder and I replied "yes, a...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Sat, 24 Mar 2012 17:49:36 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>Comment by hotmom1</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Havhope, I had a total hyst 9 months ago and feel fine.  Have hot flashes but not other problems.  Surgically, it was not too difficult as I did really well and had no complications.  I had great pain control, so that was not an issue.  Would I have liked to not have <a href="http://www.dailystrength.org/treatments/Surgery" onclick="treatmentHotLink('http://www.dailystrength.org/treatments/Surgery')" class="treatmentlink" title="Learn more about Surgery">surgery</a>?  Of course!  No one wan...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Sun, 25 Mar 2012 20:25:49 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>Comment by noneareleft</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Word salad, good grief! 
  
 Hey 4chg, I'll rethink my junk in regard cataracts and eyelids 10  years from now!]]></description>
			<pubDate>Mon, 26 Mar 2012 01:37:48 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>Comment by hotmom1</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[When we discuss our personal experiences, that is not encouraging others to have <a href="http://www.dailystrength.org/treatments/Surgery" onclick="treatmentHotLink('http://www.dailystrength.org/treatments/Surgery')" class="treatmentlink" title="Learn more about Surgery">surgery</a>.  We are merely adding some info to think about if someone is seriously contemplating having a <a href="http://www.dailystrength.org/treatments/Hysterectomy" onclick="treatmentHotLink('http://www.dailystrength.org/treatments/Hysterectomy')" class="treatmentlink" title="Learn more about Hysterectomy">hysterectomy</a>.  I believe that these women have already done their <a href="http://www.dailystrength.org/treatments/Research" onclick="treatmentHotLink('http://www.dailystrength.org/treatments/Research')" class="treatmentlink" title="Learn more about Research">research</a> online and read about all the possibiliti...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Mon, 26 Mar 2012 13:32:41 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>Comment by LaurieG</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[havehope, since you've gone this long and are just about to enter menopause, which will starve your fibroid of the hormones that feed it, why would you even consider a major <a href="http://www.dailystrength.org/treatments/Surgery" onclick="treatmentHotLink('http://www.dailystrength.org/treatments/Surgery')" class="treatmentlink" title="Learn more about Surgery">surgery</a>? Why not investigate alternatives to help you through until your body will naturally resolve these issues for itself? ...]]></description>
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			<title>Comment by havhope</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Thank you for all the advice and information. Well, my <a href="http://www.dailystrength.org/treatments/Hysterectomy" onclick="treatmentHotLink('http://www.dailystrength.org/treatments/Hysterectomy')" class="treatmentlink" title="Learn more about Hysterectomy">hysterectomy</a> has been post-poned due to other medical issues regarding my heart and esophagus. My family doctor has me going through quite a series of tests now after I had chest pains again and he listened to what I have been telling doctors fo...]]></description>
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			<title>Comment by hotmom1</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Havhope, sorry to hear of your other problems.  It's good that you are getting a thorough workup.  You can try myomectomy for fibroids, but that won't deal with the other issues you are having.  None of us can guarantee what kind of outcome we will have with <a href="http://www.dailystrength.org/treatments/Surgery" onclick="treatmentHotLink('http://www.dailystrength.org/treatments/Surgery')" class="treatmentlink" title="Learn more about Surgery">surgery</a>.  We can only tell you what we ha...]]></description>
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			<title>Comment by fighting4change</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[The esophagus and chest pain problems sound like they could be acid reflux. My husband takes an acid reflux / GERD med 2x a week and when he tried to quit taking it or when he misses a dose, he gets chest pains.  
  
 Maybe this is "divine intervention" and your symptoms will ease during the next few ...]]></description>
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			<title>Comment by besler17</title>
			<link>http://www.dailystrength.org/c/Hysterectomy/forum/13923774-need-reassurance-please/lastpage</link>
			<description><![CDATA[I had my uterus removed when I was 23 and it was the best choice I made concerning my pain and endo and I still have yet to see the ill post op effects nearly 3 yrs post...seriously why can't we just start a thread for the ppl that are anti hyst to speak there mind then refer women to the thread ins...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 04 May 2012 04:24:40 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>Comment by noneareleft</title>
			<link>http://www.dailystrength.org/c/Hysterectomy/forum/13923774-need-reassurance-please/lastpage</link>
			<description><![CDATA[You're only 26. She is 50. Major difference in healing factor and risk of complications with major <a href="http://www.dailystrength.org/treatments/Surgery" onclick="treatmentHotLink('http://www.dailystrength.org/treatments/Surgery')" class="treatmentlink" title="Learn more about Surgery">surgery</a>.]]></description>
			<pubDate>Thu, 10 May 2012 21:24:26 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>Comment by hotmom1</title>
			<link>http://www.dailystrength.org/c/Hysterectomy/forum/13923774-need-reassurance-please/lastpage</link>
			<description><![CDATA[I'm close to her age.  No problems with <a href="http://www.dailystrength.org/treatments/Surgery" onclick="treatmentHotLink('http://www.dailystrength.org/treatments/Surgery')" class="treatmentlink" title="Learn more about Surgery">surgery</a>, healing, recovery, or pain control.  Only 11 months out, so don't know long-term effects yet.  So far, so good.]]></description>
			<pubDate>Thu, 10 May 2012 23:22:10 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>Comment by Brightside53</title>
			<link>http://www.dailystrength.org/c/Hysterectomy/forum/13923774-need-reassurance-please/lastpage</link>
			<description><![CDATA[I was 45... healed up super fast no complications... almost 3 years out and so far so good for me as well. 
  
     
     Is havhope still a member??   This post is dated 3/16/12...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 11 May 2012 09:15:05 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>Comment by noneareleft</title>
			<link>http://www.dailystrength.org/c/Hysterectomy/forum/13923774-need-reassurance-please/lastpage</link>
			<description><![CDATA[How frightening and frustrating to have these new issues crop up as you are trying to deal the other. Yes, surgeon and anesthesiologist are spooked no doubt. Sounds like you are in good hands, dr is being very thorough and protective. <a href="http://www.dailystrength.org/treatments/Faith" onclick="treatmentHotLink('http://www.dailystrength.org/treatments/Faith')" class="treatmentlink" title="Learn more about Hope">Hope</a> this is quickly diagnosed and cured. Keep us posted and take...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Sun, 13 May 2012 20:37:14 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>Comment by besler17</title>
			<link>http://www.dailystrength.org/c/Hysterectomy/forum/13923774-need-reassurance-please/lastpage</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Do you have a new date set?]]></description>
			<pubDate>Wed, 23 May 2012 06:10:52 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>Comment by noneareleft</title>
			<link>http://www.dailystrength.org/c/Hysterectomy/forum/13923774-need-reassurance-please/lastpage</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Havhope posted that <a href="http://www.dailystrength.org/treatments/Hysterectomy" onclick="treatmentHotLink('http://www.dailystrength.org/treatments/Hysterectomy')" class="treatmentlink" title="Learn more about Hysterectomy">hysterectomy</a> is tabled for now due to heart and esophageal issues. 
  
 Hh if you're <a href="http://www.dailystrength.org/treatments/Reading" onclick="treatmentHotLink('http://www.dailystrength.org/treatments/Reading')" class="treatmentlink" title="Learn more about Reading">reading</a> I <a href="http://www.dailystrength.org/treatments/Faith" onclick="treatmentHotLink('http://www.dailystrength.org/treatments/Faith')" class="treatmentlink" title="Learn more about Hope">hope</a> you were diagnosed and now on the mend!]]></description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 25 May 2012 17:43:41 +0100</pubDate>
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