BIG DECISION

I have made a BIG DECISION this week. It was hard, but hopefully a good one and one that effects my health. I have decided to have a TAHBSO. For those of you that don't know what a TAHBSO is, well it is a Total Abdominal Hysterectomy Bilateral Salpingo-oopherectomy (Removal of Uterus, cervix, both tubes, and ovaries). Wow look you just learned some medical terminology! (:

I have gone back and forth, but after suffering everyday with uncomfortable pelvic pain this last couple of months, numerous sonograms, and my symptoms getting worse this seems to be the best decision.

I have Adenomyosis (a uterine thickening that occurs when endometrial tissue, the lining of your uterus, moves into the outer muscular walls of the uterus), and my left ovary is stuck to my bowel (YES STUCK). The Adenomyosis can also produce a mass in my uterus called an Adenomyoma, which in some cases can be malignant.

I am scheduled for mid November to have my Hysterectomy and will have a gynecologist/oncologist assisting my physician just in case there is something that does look malignant it can be taken care of at that time. I will be off work for six weeks and will be doing a bunch of nothing so my body can heal. Since I won't have a cervix any longer, my doctor will close me up and make a "cuff" which will be the new opening to my cervix. It is really important that I don't do much so that my cuff can heal. If I overdo it my cuff could come open and my intestines and other inside body parts could fall out.

I know, I know, TMI! Well, now to finish all that needs to be finished before November.

Until Next Time,

MEL