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louiseds
June 17, 2008 - 2:37am
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You can only do so much
Hi Ihearted
Yes, it is frustrating when you find out that somebody has had an op for prolapse, when they could have possibly managed it themselves. Hey, you were only a kid when your grandmother had her prolapse surgery! That was years before Wholewoman was even started. Just keep telling women that Wholewoman exists, whether they have prolapses or not. One day one of them will probably mention to you that they decided not to have surgery, or they may not even tell you. It's just important that you, and all of us, get the word out.
Re your Mum, invasive endometriosis is not something to be sneezed at, for the pain it causes. Just make sure that your Mum explores all less invasive options for treatment, as there are different symptoms and different difficulties, and different treatments. I have a friend who has just had this surgery in December. It ended up being very complicated, but she is OK now, and looking and feeling much better, though she has another op coming up to close up her bowel so she no longer has an ostomy bag. It is one of those conditions that will end at menopause, but there is so much suffering between now and then.
I don't know much about the cancer side of it, only that I know some women who have had hysterectomy for pre-cancerous conditions and ended up with a lot of suffering as a result of the hysterectomy surgery. The reading I have done suggests that doctors are moving towards only doing hysterectomy for actual malignancy, and just doing continual monitoring in case cancer does develop later. Hysterectomy doesn't get much good press these days but for some reason women still have them.
Sometimes I think that doctors treat women's bodies like buildings. If there is a part of the house that has several things that are damaged, or things that might fall apart in a few years, it is cheaper and more effective just to knock it down and rebuild a new room. If only it was that simple. We throw out more than building rubble when the uterus is removed!
Good luck with your Mum.
Cheers
Louise