Thanks Dani for being such a sweetie, touched my heart.
I am amazed at the sheer number of you with gynae problems out there. I was feeling a bit off topic bringing the whole thing up but now I'm feeling very much not alone. Tough being a woman at times, for all the joy it can bring us, theres a down side out there too.
From my other post you'll see I had my ovaries, tubes and endo removed but have kept the uterus. The adeno wasn't as bad as he thought. I'm not too bad at this stage, I've been given good pain killers and the instruction of not waiting for the pain to get bad but taking break through meds for any cramps or sharp pain. I woke up with quite strong pain and took my oxycodone but then realised my oxyconton was due 1 1/2 hours later, so I took that as well so now I'm hoping that was the right thing to do as I feel majorly affected??? I'm sure thats right but wish they had explained a bit better. I can ring and ask my local Dr later.
He has given me an HRT to start tomorrow but so far despite no ovaries I've had no signs of menopause. Does it take a while to kick in?
The cysts on my ovaries weren't endometriosis and the surgeon said they looked a bit nasty but he hasn't given me any further info. I have to see my GP next wed to get stitches out, so I will pick her brains. I woke up in the oncology ward though having been admitted into gynae so a bit scary. Also gave me a private room despite paying for a shared so I scored on that one! Just kept me in 2 nights, really lovely hospital staff, much nicer hospital than where I was with pneumonia, so much more professional, you feel very cared for somehow.
But I just wanted to thank all of you for your responses, Its such a highly charged emotional issue, I really appreciated you all sharing your stories. Such enormous decisions and I was forced into it with just one week to think it through, so I honestly can't say how much I relied on you guys to help me through. I realise its not all over yet but at least the surgery is behind me now, thanks again, golitho