Hysterical Hysterectomy

  Before I didn't know what I didn't know. And when I learned to know what I know now, it was time to share. I knew I had issues the moment my second child was born, 9 years ago. My second child, a beautifully easy birth, but a recovery which never came made me very aware something wasn't quite fixing how it was meant too inside. A month after birth I still bled clots the size of my hand. I assumed I had some placenta still in me, but this was dismissed. 6 months post partum I told the health visitor my periods didn't really end, they just stopped or eased for a few weeks and then returned the same as the week before. I was told give it a year. A year post partum I told a GP I was struggling with such heavy periods I was tired, and not able to cope too well, and was told I was a mother of two.- this was life. I knew it wasn't right - but was so dismissed and gaslighted when I raised my concerns, that you learn, very quickly, to push those concerns down, Because trul...

  Welcome to the blog which is neither hysterical, or amusing - but is about hysterectomies. Mainly, my own, which was concluded on the 13th June 2023 for many many reasons, you may wish to read on about. Or not. Have you ever wondered how it feels to have an organ removed that has been a biological part of you since birth - and how it feels so good? Have you ever wondered how you have to learn to re-poo when your intestines have been manipulated and detached from that over-sized organ? Have you ever giggled and shat yourself whilst popping a stitch? Yes - well then join me in this horror show account of my experience, and if no - hold on, there are more shat stories to come. But the first thing I need to do is introduce myself, my conditions, my reasoning for a hysterectomy at 40, and why oh why this invasive and drastic major surgery is a release for me, and why it is called - a Hysterectomy. I am a 40 year old female, a mum of two, a mentally struggling partner to my DD, and a C...