Women's health (TW)

Awww @Former-Member , sorry to hear. Thank you for sharing your story with us. I can only imagine how painful endo is. How are you nowadays?

@tyme Still struggling with physical and mental health issues. Emotionally still feeling raw and overwhelmed

Hearing you @Former-Member . It takes time to heal - both physically and mentally. And I guess sometimes, it's hard to get others to really understand what's going on.

Please know you are not alone. We are here for you.

Sounds gruelling and difficult and potentially life threatening @Former-Member

complicated by ignorance a form of stigma

I am fortunate to only have had relatively minor problems in that area.

keep doing what you and your body need

@Appleblossom

I have variety of different physical health issues, OA being one that is causing lots of issues currently. Severe OA in last 3 discs in my spine causing lots of pain some days and impacting on my walking.

earlier this year I started Schema Therapy which has resulted in lots of blocked memories now being remembered and bombarding my mind. One of my highest scored Schema is Social Alienation and Isolation, war within myself with myself. Mix of the memories plus knowledge of that schema leaving emotions very raw.

@tyme @Appleblossom Best thing I did was having full hysterectomy. Took longer to heal than if had only been one surgery and had to take more than 2 months of work but worth it. Know only have to have breast screening each 5years

That's really good to know @Former-Member . It's a big thing a lot of women are confronted with - hysterectomy.

@Former-Member

that’s a good outcome for the hysterectomy

you must have really needed it

@tyme @Appleblossom

I was mid 40’s, early menopause with history of ovarian cysts. Ultrasound found cyst approx size of tennis ball prior to seeing female gyno the second time. Due to the length of time before I saw her she requested another ultrasound. Second ultrasound showed cyst had approx doubled in size with smaller cyst forming inside the first one plus another cyst forming that was already quite large.

I told the female gyno I wanted hysterectomy and she agreed would provide best long term option for me. Traditional 6 weeks to heal during which time person is very limited in doing things. Due to me living on my own and first hospital was public, house cleaner and person to help with showering was arranged through the hospitals which cost me nothing

@Former-Member thank you for being so honest and real with us.

It's hard when you don't know what's going on with your body and there is no one you can ask or can tell you.

I was in my early 20's when I had what felt like then as my first period, I had no memories then of when my first actual one was or of any of my childhood really.

I had to take progesterone tablets to kickstart it because my body had adapted to consistent pregnancy hormones to not get a chance to experience the appropriate hormones for many years.

My mum never taught me anything, I had someone in my life then who taught me what pads were and tampons and what was actually happening to my body, it lasted 10 days with a lot of cramps.

@Appleblossom @tyme @Till23 @outlander