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Depression & misdiagnosed cancer

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Hi everyone, my name is karmal and i am a british lady who has just had the worst six months of my life. I have suffered depressions for many years. they have gradually got worse and also suffer fromn anxiety, but life took a strange turn when it was found that i had a very large abdominal tumour, result being after several scans i was told i had cancer..my world collapsed, but somehow i managed to keep it together. I went in hospital had a total hysterectomy, bang goes my sex life!..and removal of said tumour. only to be told that i do not have cancer now this is good news, but i do not know where my head is at. I am an insulin dependant diabetic,with an eating disorder in tow...i am afraid of becoming really depressed becasuse when i do i do not take care of my medical problem..i feel in such emotional termoil.
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i have a brother who is an insulin dependant diabetic. Him and his wife split up a few months ago and he was having a few health problems all the signs were pointing to kidney cancer but luckily it wasnt. He got to the stage that he blood sugar would be enough to see him through to the morning but every morning he would wake up having an hypo and once his 7 year old daughter saved his life when he fell down the stairs during one.The doctor has now put him on some meds which have helped him alot and he hasnt had an hypo since. Are you on any meds im not saying it will cure you but it will give you a fighting chance. My mum and dad are also diabetics so i no how important it is to look after yourself.
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Oh, no wonder you are in emotional turmoil. Welcome to Surgical Menophause! It does get better... for the first year or so after my surgury, I felt like the "menopausal maniac from melville" bee-bopping off the walls from the emotional swings and fun things like hot flashes, etc. Ripping out those ovaries is a major shock to the system. There are some women's health groups here, including one for menopause, that you may want to join in addition to this group. Welcome to DS!
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I had my hysterectomy at 25 due to cancer. But, I still have my ovaries.

Sorry to hear you are having so many problems at once. Although, hysterectomy does not automactically give your sex drive the death sentence. Don't they have hormones and things for that?
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