Don't be so hard on yourself...You will adjust to this albeit over time

i read that most women do not have a hard time with menopause, in other parts of the world it's not even really talked about as an issue...
Not denying symptoms, for you or for anybody, but remember it's supposed to be this way, read up on the "grandmother hypothesis"...We're not meant to reproduce as animals can after a certain age so this is the price we pay, your fat cells will take over making some estrone over time, but you have to readjust all your thermostats to lower estrogen overall...You will do it! Exercise helps everything, bone density, heart disease, emotional state, diversions help, recognize when the tide of emotion is going to sweep over you and just "go with it"...It's ok to cry, get it out and give yourself 20 minutes to sob and feel silly and then get on with things, your brain is going through estrogen withdrawal... This too, shall pass

I am in the same boat as you. I do wish I kept my ovaries! Now 49 had my hysterectomy 8 years ago. I have been on hrt ever since slowly my obgyn
has lowered my hormones. I decided to try bio-identical hormones and have
been taking them for 3 months, they are very expensive! I am deciding weather to stop all hormones and see what happens. Doctors never tell you what hell you will go through with the pms symptoms, not sleeping, vaginal dryness and loss of libido. Sucks! Anyone deciding to have a hysterectomy if at all possible keep your ovaries don't let them tell you they are not good for anything!

I had my hysterectomy done when I was 38. And I kept my ovaries. Still the ovaries shut down after 3 years. So basically it does not matter if you had kept your ovaries. They still do shut down for whatever reason I don't know. My gynae said its normal for that to happen. And really I had no choice but to be on hrt. Hope this sharing of experience helps.

I had a "partial" 18 years ago. My ovaries have never shut down. I have felt middle pains with ovulation since then. I am now pregnant, 7.4 weeks

i thought we're talking about hysterectomy here? You had partial hysterectomy done? I have never heard of that, sorry?

A total hysterectomy usually include the removal of fallopian tubes. Some people just had their fibroids or cysts removed, that 's all. Some very fortunate ladies say their ovaries did not shut down. But the older age group usually had their ovaries removed to 'prevent' cancers from developing later. That kind of surgery was the norm in the 1970-80s.

Today surgeons do hysterectomy using pin hole surgery, some kind of endoscope surgery, so usually the ovaries are left intact.

I have both ovaries and 1 tube which is by the way tied. I guess it is called partial. I had a vaginal removal of uterus and cervix. I did say hysterectomy and I did say 7.4 weeks preg.

in your earlier post you said you're "now" 7 plus weeks pregnant. Sorry, I don't get you. Is it possible to get pregnant without a uterus? Or could it be partial removal of uterus? So the pregnancy will be carried to term in the one fallopian tube left?

Ectopic pregnancies are dangerous and are usually terminated. I could be archiac in my understanding of obstetrics of course. Hope I am not intruding on your privacy, its just that I am puzzled.