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My mother is planning to be with me. Just frustrating because those around me comprehend "surgery" more than they do "epilepsy" these days.
Getting a hysterectomy
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I had the hysterctomy and everything went fine, still going great. Really the only pain that I had was in my back but that was only because I had back problems when I had it done. I've had that fixed last month.
It was a vaginal hysterctomy and I only had my uterus removed, I still have my ovaries removed.
Let me know if you have any more questions that I can try to answer.
It was a vaginal hysterctomy and I only had my uterus removed, I still have my ovaries removed.
Let me know if you have any more questions that I can try to answer.
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Thank you so much for responding to me valeried!
I guess my concerns are two-part and I have had a hard time expressing these feelings to most people because they just don't understand. My uterus isn't helping me; in fact, it is hurting me on a monthly basis. With all of the epilepsy problems, it has not been easy being a "woman with epilepsy."
As a little girl, I wanted nothing more than my own children. I always saw it as a blessing being a pregnant and then a mom. My friends are wonderful in terms of having their children call me "Auntie" and spending time with me, but it still isn't the same. Deep down I've known for awhile that I would never have children; the doctors pretty much told me so. Not that I can't have them, but with the combo of medicine I'm on and my type of seizures (where I can't come off the medicine) it is not safe...for myself or a fetus. The hysterectomy is sort of the nail in the coffin, if you will, that it will now never happen. There was at least hope before. I feel like the epilepsy is invading all parts of my body, in some way shape or form; it refuses to stay to confined to my head.
I'm sure I'll be fine; I always bounce back. I've just been upset lately. To answer you, there are so many fibroids and they are so big, I'm having an abdominal hysterectomy, but like you, I will still have my ovaries. Thank you again for responding.
I guess my concerns are two-part and I have had a hard time expressing these feelings to most people because they just don't understand. My uterus isn't helping me; in fact, it is hurting me on a monthly basis. With all of the epilepsy problems, it has not been easy being a "woman with epilepsy."
As a little girl, I wanted nothing more than my own children. I always saw it as a blessing being a pregnant and then a mom. My friends are wonderful in terms of having their children call me "Auntie" and spending time with me, but it still isn't the same. Deep down I've known for awhile that I would never have children; the doctors pretty much told me so. Not that I can't have them, but with the combo of medicine I'm on and my type of seizures (where I can't come off the medicine) it is not safe...for myself or a fetus. The hysterectomy is sort of the nail in the coffin, if you will, that it will now never happen. There was at least hope before. I feel like the epilepsy is invading all parts of my body, in some way shape or form; it refuses to stay to confined to my head.
I'm sure I'll be fine; I always bounce back. I've just been upset lately. To answer you, there are so many fibroids and they are so big, I'm having an abdominal hysterectomy, but like you, I will still have my ovaries. Thank you again for responding.
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I had always wanted to be a mom too before I had epilepsy. Now I just can't take kids. I yell at everyone's kids any where I go - resturants, grocery stores, family get togethers etc... I know I wouldn't beable to handle my own kid.
I always made sure that I took my birthcontrol on time but they say there is that small chance that you can still get pregnant. If I were too I don't know what I would have done. Because of the epilepsy and all the meds I'm on I don't even know if I would beable to have a child. This was one of the main reasons that I decided to have the hysterctomy.
I was glad when my husband and I met that his son was 17. I'm sure are relationship would have still worked out if he had a younger child but it probably would have been a little harder for me.
The only thing that really upsets me about not being able to have a child now is that my parents won't be grandparents and my grandparents won't be great grandparents. They all love children and I know the kid would have been loved and spoiled to death. I have a brother but I'm not sure if he'll grow up enough to have a kid.
You can always look into adoption. I have a friend who was unable to have children and that's what she did.
I always made sure that I took my birthcontrol on time but they say there is that small chance that you can still get pregnant. If I were too I don't know what I would have done. Because of the epilepsy and all the meds I'm on I don't even know if I would beable to have a child. This was one of the main reasons that I decided to have the hysterctomy.
I was glad when my husband and I met that his son was 17. I'm sure are relationship would have still worked out if he had a younger child but it probably would have been a little harder for me.
The only thing that really upsets me about not being able to have a child now is that my parents won't be grandparents and my grandparents won't be great grandparents. They all love children and I know the kid would have been loved and spoiled to death. I have a brother but I'm not sure if he'll grow up enough to have a kid.
You can always look into adoption. I have a friend who was unable to have children and that's what she did.