Jezebel

Oh god, is this what I have to look forward to? Ahhhhhhhhhh.

Seeing "enchilada" and "hysterectomy" next to each other is kind of squicking me out.

Poor woman! I can't fathom something like that. When I was young I had monster periods. Cramps so awful I had to be put on meds and stay home from school. Birth control helps a lot. I mean, so what if I grew hair on my chin, right?

glad to see the BEST.GRAPHIC.EVER make a triumphant return!

that pictures makes me laugh and cry all at once

Goddamn I love that picture.

My mom had endometriosis and right after she had me she had to have a full hysterectomy. She loved it! No more periods, no real menopause, etc.

that picture gives new meaning to the phrase "Red Army"

And Jezebel draws closer still to the endometriosis post of my dreams...
Anyday now...

URGH! OMFG, two towels and a trashbag? How did she not go into shock? I'm really ready to had in my fem card because this ish is too much.

Uhm. That image is definitely one that I have to be careful about letting people in my office see.

My mom had hers pulled at 34 after losing a pregnancy and bleeding every day for two years.

I saw an ad on the train for some procedure for women who have some kind of cysts in their ovaries where they dont need to have a hysterectomy. I thought it was weird, but I guess enough women get them that they need to advertise that there are other options.

My grammar sucked just now, my apologies.

Well, I really don't want to think about this. So I'm just going to think about "Clueless".

Yaaaayyy anime period picture! My favorite!

Not so much my favorite? Having endometreosis and seeing a doctor who told me i would need a hysterectomy. At age 26. When there was another very doable solution that wouldn't render me sterile. I'm glad I saw another doctor after him because I got the right surgery that both ended my pain AND didn't affect my fertility. I am just finishing my 1st trimester! Yay for non-cut-it-all-out happy surgeons!

I was wondering where that fuckin'-A hentai graphic went.

@RyanB: You took the words right out of my mouth... I really needed that picture right now too.

my mum had a hysto. i've heard it's better if they leave your ovaries but whip out the uterus.

Um, so this is probably TMI but yesterday I had my first ultra-sound wotsit Obgyn appointment and the dude said my, um, lining was about a centimetre thick. So did this lady's womb just, er, FILL UP ENTIRELY every month? Where did this stuff come from? And how much steak did she have to eat to keep from passing out?

(except that anaemia = heavy periods, I remember now)

My sis-in-law just had one. She's 32. But apparently she was in so much pain for so long that she couldn't even sleep in bed anymore. She had to sleep sitting up in a chair.

Yay my graphic is back!! I named her "Gushi".

100% off topic-- who's the Davidson girl around here? Your team just made my bracket ruuule! Thank you!

@ndngrl: it's AMAZING to me that that sort of attitude prevails. having said that, if/when i get breast cancer, i'm hightailing it to france, where they have comparable results w/ radiotherapy vs mastectomies. in france, they love teh boobies. oh, and it's free.

YAY! MORE PERIOD CARTOONS! I really fucking love them.

There is a much simpler option for heavy cramping/bleeding where they remove the uterine lining. Out-patient surgery, no more periods, and it cured my best friend's years of cramps and pain.

After a particularly heinous fight with my mom, the librarian at my high school (we were friends--shut up) asked me if my moms had hit menopause yet, explaining that, "Aw, honey, getting my hysterectomy was the greatest thing since Percocet." I'm looking forward to it. I think.

Egh... An ex of mine is on her 3rd cervical polyp. Like, somewhere between orange and golf ball sized. Usually by the time she gets the surgery she's anemic and weak from the constant blood loss. Ugh.

@ineffable.me: I am appled at the curent state of you're gramer

@ndngrl: Wow, happy ending for you! That's just crazy that the first doctor recommended a hysterectomy when there were other options.
My mom had one around 40 due to endometreosis.

Also, does anyone know why they are called hysterectomies?

after 2 kids and 2 miscarriages, my coworker said it's the best thing to have ever happened to her. i look forward to it. no more pap smears to mess around with!

"My name is M.C. Menses and my flow be fresh."

Any diesel sweetie fans out there?

@charlotte corday: I'm just glad I had enough options for second, third and fourth opinions. The prevailing opinion of Dr "Yank it All Out" was "I wouldn't send a dog I liked to see that guy".

@Ptarmigan: yt ys yust deh uorse, ai ahm sorie.

@ndngrl: You give me such hope! I want to have kids some day (by "natural" birth and via adoption)and everytime my period (aka the darkness) comes I try to make peace with the fact that I'll prolly never be pregnant. I can't beleive how little research is done in this area. If you don't mind me asking, did you have to do any thing special, as in procedures and stuff?

@charlotte corday: "Whip out the uterus" would make for an awesome superheroine catch phrase. As in, "STFU or I will be forced to whip out the uterus." Villains everywhere would recoil in terror.

@KnitSandwich: hyster- = Latin for uterus. Also the root of hysteria.

@KnitSandwich: I think it's because women were often viewed as "hysterical". I was reading that doctors began prescribing vibes back in te 20's for "hysteria". Which means, the hysteria would have gone away if they were just having orgasms.

I have a huge problem with that terminology, as if the organs that make us female also make us hysterical. It's the same reason I have a problem calling cervical mucus "discharge", while the male gets the word "ejaculate".

@KnitSandwich: "hustera" from the Greek, meaning "womb." you can go ahead and steal my milk money now.

I love that graphic! I can just hear the twinkling anime music and voice-over saying, 'the magic sparkle period for EVERYONE!!'.
wheeeeeeeeeee!

My SIL had a hysto about two years ago due to bad, bad cramps and heavy periods. She's in her late forties and now she says, 'you can't blame my periods for me being bithcy anymore!!'. And I say, nope, she's just a bitch!

Question: Can your vagina still be magical without its accompanying uterus/ovaries?

For one day, can every post have that as the picture?

@frumious: It's probably more magical if no unplanned for babies can come out of it.

@wring: A female friend referred to it as "No womb at the inn"

@andBegorrah: Greek. My bad.

@andBegorrah: @KnitSandwich: and "ectomy" which means to take out. But you probably already knew that much. You take take my milk money, too. I'll just quietly hand it over.

@ndngrl: good point-- ALWAYS get a second opinion, jezzies!

@violetbeauregarde: hahaha! that makes me think of how camels fight by inflating their tongues and smacking one another with them. THWAPP!

@frumious: Yeah, it can be. It can still bury bones without digging a hole.

I cannot fathom being the trashbag & two towels woman!!! Anytime I have a friend complain about an OBGYN (like the stories above), I get on the circuit and ask for recommendations in their health plan (if they have one). I firmly believe that you need to feel comfortable with someone taking care of all that's down in the valley and if they are dismissive, rude or unresponsive, then find someone new. Your chach is too damn important!

My mom decided to get her naughty bits removed due to her anal AND vaginal prolapse (eww!). At my urging, she did get a second opinion. She loves not having her uterus. But then, she was 48 and going through menopause.

@wring: I think since they still leave your cervix in, you still have to get Pap smears since that is the test for cervical cancer.

@midwesternmom: I think I've heard of that procedure, is it the uterine ablation thing? And if so, does it preserve fertility, or is it just a less invasive alternative to the hysterectomy?

@ndngrl: The same thing happened to my bff, but substitute endo with fibroids. Her jackass doctor told 1. that she needed a hysterectomy and 2. he just figured if she hadn't had kids by then she didn't want any. We found her an awesome doctor who removed the fibroids (jackasss dr. had also said there were 3 in there. actual #12) and she still has her uterus. So in case she you know, chooses to have kids past the age of 27 she still has that choice.

@AlmostZooey: I can't believe I almost forgot that line. My friends just think I'm weird when I use it, though.

@tellmeagain: Fuck that! For some crazy reason I had Gonzaga going to the Elite Eight. Arggg.

At least my Blue Devils didn't choke last night, after all, because then I really would have been screwed.

@lurkystars: HA! This *is* magic, indeed.

@ineffable.me: Yes!! My grandmother would always say that as well. Wise women, you and her.

@sarita: That line is always in the back of my head, but I never say it... though I DO want that shirt...

@midwesternmom and all: The procedure of which you speak is called a uterine ablation, I had one a couple of years ago to assuage my 3-4 week heavy bleeds with accompanying horrific cramping and fainting from blood loss (due to a condition called adenomiosis, like the endo, but in the various strata of the uterus instead of the abdomen). Despite feeling like I had my insides burned off (which, in fact, is what they do: they burn out the uterine lining to scar it and often it stops menstrual bleeding altogether, it felt exactly like that sounds), it pretty much helped with the bleeding part. I still bleed for 3 weeks or so, but not very much, kind of off and on (although, it also makes the use of tampons virtually impossible). The wretched cramping is still around, though, and my ob/gyn said that eventually I'll probs have to have a hysterectomy anyway. And you know what I say about that: As soon as possible. I've had my babies, it has performed well, and good riddence.

Oh! I have endometriosis, too! I woke up from my first laproscopy asking if they had to yank my uterus. They hadn't, but it had been a possibility, given the extent of the growths. I was 19.