#seriously i cannot say enough good about the hysto/oopho

[catpella]

Feels mighty nice not to have the hardware anymore, doesn't it? I'm going on 3 years uterus free and ah. It's so wonderful.

Oh, I can agree! The hysterectomy/oophorectomy was 100% the best medical decision I have ever made in my life. I even rank it above going on Testosterone, TBH. T has been changing my body to remap it to the mental image I have of myself, which is euphoric and affirming. But  I was in so much pain from the ages of 12 to 28, from periods, from ovarian cysts, that the relief of that pain was absolutely transformative. Life-changing.

I said to my mom around 5 months later, after the lingering bits of post-surgical pain were gone, that I had only thought of pelvic pain when I had my period. What I didn’t realize was that because of the stuff going on in that area, the muscles had learned a weird tensing pattern, and I was experiencing low-grade pelvic pain even when I didn’t have my period. But because I was doing it all the time, it became ‘normal’ to me, and it got masked by the pain from the periods. But once everything got taken out, my muscles have realigned and that constant low-grade pain has gone, and I think I have more energy and more happiness and more health since it was done.

I’m not saying everyone should get those parts out if they like those parts and they’re not diseased, but if anyone comes to me saying “my god I have crippling pain and miss classes/school/work”, I’m going to say “get you to a GYN” and help them find one. And if they’re in my town of Rochester NY, I’ll give them my doc’s office number.

I’m thrilled we’re both hardware-free and doing better. :)