Hysterectomy Side Effects
Hysterectomy side effects are those little
or not so little changes in your body, moods, general behaviour
and lifestyle that will surely surface if you opt for the surgery,
regardless of whether you want them or not. However "small" a hysterectomy
might look, it will always be a major surgery, with effects lasting
to the end of the life of the patient. The uterus is not only for
"making children", it has a serious role in everyday hormonal life
of a woman. It acts as a depot for hormones made throughout the
night, and releases them throughout the day. Once the uterus is
gone, the hormones have nowhere to go and are expelled with the
first morning urine. From this hormonal disbalance, "surgical menopause" as
it is called, arise all other problems in the patients body.
Hysterectomy Side Effects on the Vagina
The vagina may be shortened, scarred and/or
dislocated by hysterectomy. Often, it ends up shorter than it used
to be, especially if the cervix is taken out as well. (It
may lead to curious situations: through my astrological practice, I once met a women with
this condition, and after hysterectomy she had sexual relationship
with a man with a small penis; he was hooked so much that she had
to change the phone number in order to hide from him when she decided
to break up the relationship!)
Hysterectomy Side Effects for the Heart
The decrease in producing of the hormones,
especially estrogen, has serious consequences for the heart and
blood flow. In the studies that were conducted in 1990's, the outcome
was that estrogen prevented from having more serious problems with
the heart. In a more recent study, from 2003 to 2005, which was
controlled in contrast to those first studies, it says that women
who use estrogen may face a slightly higher risk of heart attacks
and strokes over women who do not use estrogen. This is an important
new development so blindly taking hormones after hysterectomy is
not a wise idea.
While
this may be conflicting information, one thing remains clear: if
you do take hormonal replacement therapy and smoke at the same time,
the risks for your heart are much bigger than usual. If and while
on HRT, don't smoke, and that's it.
Other
patients that should not use HRT because of cardiovascular problems
include those with
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Hysterectomy Side Effects and Osteoporosis
Osteoporosis is one of the most frequent
consequences of hysterectomy. Estrogen production falls, but progesterone
production falls even more, and this disbalance ends up as osteoporosis.
The solution is to take (natural) progesterone back, usually in the
form of a creme or as a homeopathic remedy.
Hysterectomy Side Effects and Joints, Muscle Pain and Immobility
Bone, joint and muscle pain and immobility
is not frequently connected with the hormones, but that is exactly
the mechanism. The solution is to regain the hormonal balance, and
not to poison the patients with corticosteroids...
Hysterectomy Side Effects On Sex
Good sex depends on the proper hormonal mix,
both in the male and in the female. If there is a so-called Estrogen
Dominance, a state in which there is an unproportional difference
in levels of estrogen as compared to the levels of progesterone, woman
will lose appetite for sex, will not be able to be aroused sexually
and so on. Please see our page on sex
after hysterectomy, for additional information.
Hysterectomy Side Effects On Vaginal Dryness and Painful Intercourse
Lower levels
of estrogen will produce vaginal dryness, a state in which penis cannot
easily enter the vagina and the intercourse becomes painful. It can
be painful both for the man and for the woman, each with his and her
bag of problems. After a while, both partners agree that the intercourse
is not possible, until something changes.
There
are various solutions to this well-known problem. One is to apply
lubricants, the other -- and much more fundamental at that -- is
to remedy the hormonal disbalance. Yet another approach is to wait
it out, later things may get better (this is my advice if the vaginal
dryness can be seen in the natal chart as a transit of Saturn over
natal Venus).
Hysterectomy Side Effects On Pelvic Organs
After the surgery, the uterus will not be
there any more, and the surrounding organs will naturally fall in
that place. At that, the bladder, bowels, and other pelvic organs
can become displaced, which can lead to lifelong series of problems.
Not all hysterectomies are "happy ones".
Hysterectomy Side Effects On the Urinary Tract
This is a similar problem: after the hysterectomy
you may have frequent urinary tract infections, frequent calls to
urinations, incontinence (the inability to hold urine for long). This
can seriously disrupt the quality of life -- imagine not being able
to go out of the house for fear of urinating all over yourself in
public!
If
the nerve that regulates the bladder is cut during the surgery,
urinary problems will be with you to the end of your days!
Hysterectomy Side Effects In Digestive Disorders
Chronic constipation and other digestive
disorders may result after the hysterectomy. Adhesions to the pelvic
floor may happen, or some nerves can be cut in this area.
Hysterectomy Side Effects and Fatigue
You can expect profound fatigue after the
operation, but for many women it will become a norm even after the
operation is long gone. It is yet another possible consequence of
surgical menopause. The key to resolving this again is finding the
proper hormonal balance, either through herbal teas, homeopathic remedies
or some other alternative method.
Hysterectomy Side Effects and Chronic Exhaustion
Chronic exhaustion can result from many causes,
but it all boils down to overworked adrenal glands. Fix the hormones,
and the rest will fix itself.
Hysterectomy Side Effects and the Loss of Short-term Memory
Loss of short-term memory after hysterectomy
comes from the worsening of blood circulation in the brain. In menopause,
it is imperative to retain good circulation in the brain and you should
consider taking either pharmeceutical means or alternative medicine
treatment. One of the best is Gingko-Biloba, you will feel refreshed
in the brain, simply because the brain will have more food to work
with.
Hysterectomy Side Effects and Hysterical Behaviour
After hysterectomy, you can expect your character
to change for the worse. The word "hystera" in Greek means womb (uterus
in Latin) and it was soon noticed that the women without a womb have
blunting of emotions, personality changes, despondency, irritability,
anger, reclusiveness and suicidal thinking. They easily break out
in anger, talk in haste, oftentimes communicating more with their
unconsciousness then with explicit words. It is exactly after these
women that this entire way of behaving was called "hysterical".
Modern
medicine views body as if it were a depot of broken parts and organs,
impatiently waiting to mend it. So many doctors should know better,
and yet they still think that the uterus is only babies to develop
and then come out in pain. Once you've had your babies, you don't
need it -- they say quite openly. Nothing could be farther from
truth. Both the ovaries and the uterus function throughout the life
time of a woman, and they never cease to take active part in the
body. Living without them is abnormal, and unless there already
is cancer developed somewhere, they should not be taken out.
So,
what is the role of the uterus? It is an organ of emotions,
just like the pancreas. While both men and women have pancreas,
only women have uterus, and it is their organ to store and feel
their own emotions, as well as to reach out and feel other people's
emotions. The reason these organs get ill are the unresolved emotions,
which are unspent elsewhere in the body and get burried in the uterus
and/or ovaries. There these emotions become food for abnormal
growts, such as cancer, myoma, polyps, adhesions etc. The uterus
"sees" that something is going on in the body, but it gets only
the neuro-impulses, originating in the brain. The excitement catches
on but the brain know what it is all about, and the uterus doesn't.
But it will still store the energy in itself and that is how the
illness begins.
Hysterectomy Side Effects in Astrology
In astrology, the neurological excitement
is symbolized by Uranus, while the Moon represents the organs. If
the Moon is badly placed, then it will not know by itself what to
do with the additional energy and will store it as polyps, myoma
etc. Such placements could be
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Moon in the fourth house, |
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Moon in Gemini |
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the
Moon in hard aspects with Saturn, Pluto, Neptun, and Jupiter.
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Even
if these placements are not all present in the natal chart, they
can enter the picture through progressions, synastry, through a
solar chart etc. If three of these predicaments are found at the
same time in any of these charts, the illness will develop. In case
of Saturn, it can easily become cancer.
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