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Throwawaytown33333 t1_j0dmlmo wrote

why haven't doctors fixed painful periods. I have one and WHAT IS THIS?

I'm just getting a hysterectomy.

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GingerGoob t1_j0ds5qk wrote

Sadly a hysterectomy might not be the solution. If you have pain due to endometriosis that’s outside the uterus 😞

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Skyblacker t1_j0f4cln wrote

Pelvic floor therapy? It can mitigate the muscle reactions that amplify pain if not the hormonal cause.

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Louloubelle0312 t1_j0gl2xm wrote

As someone who has had a hysterectomy, due to endo, I assure you, the pain goes away. The outside the uterus thing is the endometrial tissue migrating outside the uterus. When I had my hysterectomy, they removed that tissue from the organs it had settled on. Once I healed, because you will have to have an abdominal hysterectomy, your life will change.

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octopusboots t1_j0e76ff wrote

Worked for me. I have no pain now. Took a minute to be able to use my bits again, but they still work!

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Louloubelle0312 t1_j0gku13 wrote

Because women aren't important. We're supposed to just "suck it up", and stop whining, because "it's natural". At least that's the attitude I received from the time I started seeing a doctor around 18 until I finally got my hysterectomy at 49. Best thing ever. I had endometriosis, and I don't know if diagnosis has changed in the last 13 years, but when I had it, the only way to diagnose it was surgery.

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Upset_Form_5258 t1_j0f96gk wrote

I can’t wait to get a hysto! My periods are so painful and it’s miserable

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octopusboots t1_j0fasfs wrote

It was way more painful post surgery than they prepared me for. Just make sure you have a plan for a med schedule and enemas are not cheating. Worth it.

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