��� What you need to know for starters is that I am not going to moan about my impending hysterectomy. I do not feel sorry for myself. My uterus gave me two amazingly wonderful, smart, funny, kind-hearted children, now adults; itapos;s done its job well, and I am grateful.
��� While I am not a full-fledged, Keeper-using, moon-worshipping hippie-type, I do have some Earth Mothery tendencies, so my instinct, when I started having menstrual issues a few years ago, was to embrace my bodyapos;s changes, to rejoice that all was happening as it should.
��� I became anemic because of my heavy periods, and the anemia was so severe that I began suffering from depression, or should I say that the people around me suffered, because depression makes me an angry, four-letter-word spewing bitch. When the regular anemia treatments didnapos;t help, my hematologist put me on weekly iron infusions a couple of times a year, but right now that isnapos;t even helping.
��� When my periods became intense - that dull ache, followed by floods and thick clots - I saw a holistic doctor rather than submit to the hysterectomy my ob/gyn recommended. For almost a year I lived by the lunar calendar, alternating flax and primrose capsules, and it seemed to work for a time.
��� In 2007 I was told again that I should have a hysterectomy, but I was determined to let nature take its course. Anyway, I didnapos;t really trust the ob/gyn or the APRN, because...well, because theyapos;re always so ready to chop-chop-chop, and I preferred to stay intact.
��� At this point, however, I have decided to go ahead with it. I am at the mercy of my menstrual cycle, and sadly, so are the other teachers in my department, who are on the alert several days every month to cover for me while I�tend to my bathroom emergencies.�
��� A recent ultrasound shows that I have numerous fibroids and polyps, some quite large. My uterus is the size of one thatapos;s 12-16 weeks pregnant. And my anemia has drained me of all energy. I spent this weekend asleep, mostly, to make up for all of those other weekends when I am too busy to sleep.
��� So -� I am scheduled for surgery in a few weeks. I tried to arrange it so that I am missing the least possible amount of school, plus I�need a few weeks of iron infusions to build up my blood levels before the operation.
��� I looked around the internet for hysterectomy blogs but most of what I found was anti-hysterectomy, anti-doctor, and I am trying to keep a positive outlook about this.
��� Some of the positive things:
- ��� my daughter will no longer have to listen to my TMI�announcements every month
- ��� the anemia will be gone
- ��� the perfect excuse for not doing Christmas (not that I have ever needed an excuse)
- ��� time to get caught up on reading and DVD watching
- ��� lots of money saved each month on tampons
- � � time with my kids and my dog
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