Hi, saw your post and felt the need to reply. I have been suffering from heavy painful periods for 10 years and after all the other interventions and suposed cures, I made the decision in march to go for a hysterectomy. I am 35 and have to daughters of 11 and nearly 9 and was sterilised when I was 28 so have no worries about loss of fertility.

My op is on july 19th and to be honest I am absolutely dreading it. I'm dreading the pain, i'm dreading the scaring, i'm worried my sex drive will dissapear and that i'll put on weight, even though I am leaving my ovaries, this worries me as I get awful pms, but if I have them removed I will go through menopause, which is not a good thing in our family, no one gets on with hrt and all suffer with terrible symptoms, my mum thought she was going mad at one point. I am looking forward to not planning my life around my menstral cycle though. Anyone who can give me any positive feedback on this op is welcome to email me or post a reply. I think its just that i've put it out of my mind for so long and yesterday realised that this time next month i'll be in hospital on a morphine drip!!

Sorry I bet you wanted someone to cheer you up and now i've put you on a right old downer. Sorry. No one here has a clue how I feel and when they ask I give the obligatory "oh fine thanks". I do have a sense of humour honest!! Lol