Sandy, please stop telling people that you go throught the menopause as soon as a hyst is done.
It is quite simply untrue.
You only go through a surgical menopause if a) your ovaries are removed - a bi-lateral salpingo-oophrectomy (bi-lateral=both sides salpingo=of the tubes oophr=of the ovaries ectomy=removal) or b) your ovaries go into a form of shock and shut down.
Many women, including myself, have had a hyst and have *not* gone through or even come near the menopause.