What It’s Like To Have A Hysterectomy Surgery & What Recovery Is Like – I Had A Total Hysterectomy Using The DaVinci Robotic Surgery Method

I recently had a full hysterectomy — at the age of 50.

The reasons for my surgery:

1. Endometriosis; and
2. Ovarian cysts (on both ovaries); and
3. Painful sex – thanks to tumors growing on the back side of my uterus combined with having a lower-than-normal tilted uterus to begin with.

For some women, the retroverted (tilted) uterus is very problematic. Because of its very low position in the pelvis, the body of the uterus and the ovaries are very susceptible to trauma from intercourse. From a functional point of view, one might think of the vagina as being very shallow, as the male can very easily bump the uterus and ovaries during intercourse, and this can be very uncomfortable. Source

My symptoms and pain level were quite similar to the endometriosis and ovarian cysts that I experienced 9 years earlier. At that time, I had a laparoscopy. After that surgery, I took low-dose birth control (every day) to keep new fibroids from growing back as rapidly.

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