I went to my doctor for a routine pap smear and when he sat down to talk with me, he said he felt I needed to have a total hysterectomy due to prolapse.(I have three children- the first was a difficult forcep delivery.)
When I asked him about a pessary (as my 90 year old mom had told me she had used one for years) he said "women don't like them" and told me I'd better move ahead before the surgery became emergency surgery (ie , if, for example, I was out running and things suddenly "fell out")
I left feeling distressed-- then went to a University Hosp. women's center and treated by a young female ob-gyn and her nurse practitioner. They fitted me with a pessary and I have been using it problem free for over two years-- why would I want to have major surgery and have my uterus removed if this option (the pessary) is a good alternative?? You do have to wonder if the hysterectomy is pushed for as it a lucrative procedure.
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I went to my doctor for a routine pap smear and when he sat down to talk with me, he said he felt I needed to have a total hysterectomy due to prolapse.(I have three children- the first was a difficult forcep delivery.)
June 11, 2011 - 8:01pmWhen I asked him about a pessary (as my 90 year old mom had told me she had used one for years) he said "women don't like them" and told me I'd better move ahead before the surgery became emergency surgery (ie , if, for example, I was out running and things suddenly "fell out")
I left feeling distressed-- then went to a University Hosp. women's center and treated by a young female ob-gyn and her nurse practitioner. They fitted me with a pessary and I have been using it problem free for over two years-- why would I want to have major surgery and have my uterus removed if this option (the pessary) is a good alternative?? You do have to wonder if the hysterectomy is pushed for as it a lucrative procedure.
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