2006-09-29 23:22:57 · 15 answers · asked by nettie 1 in Health ➔ Women's Health
Well if it was a total hysterectomy it should have already taken place..
2006-09-29 23:25:35 · answer #1 · answered by sammy 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
If you have had a hysterectomy and they left your ovaries inside you then you can continue to have a hormonal cycle even if you are not menstruating. In some hysterectomies, they leave a little bit of the uterus (usually the cervix) and in some cases you can still have a little bit of bleeding.
If this is the case, your menopause will occur when you normally would have a menopause.
If the operation has involved the removal of your ovaries, then you are essentially in menopause already.
2006-09-29 23:31:54 · answer #2 · answered by Orinoco 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well, by definition, lacking the organ necessary to do so, you're no longer menstruating, so you're in menopause. However, as noted in some of the other answers, although you need a uterus to have a period, you can have all of the hormonal changes related to menstruation if you have intact ovaries (which can sometimes be left in even when the uterus is removed, though it's more common to remove them).
So, without knowing more about your case, it's hard to say for sure, but the likely answer is that you're already in menopause, and if not, then you should experience the hormonal version (to whatever extent you do, it's different in different people) at the same age as other women - around 50, give or take.
2006-09-29 23:29:09 · answer #3 · answered by The Doc 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If the surgeon left your ovaries in you will go through the menopause as and when your body is ready to.
Hysterectomy doesn't mean you had a surgical menopause unless the ovaries were removed, as the ovaries are what produce oestrogen and progesterone. Menopause is when these hormones cease to be produced.
2006-09-30 04:07:35 · answer #4 · answered by bannister_natalie 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i thought menopause happened after a hysterectomy unless you took hormone supplements. as you have no uterus...they body goes into a sort of menopause and the doc gives you tabs to stop you from growing a beard and things. do you still have your Fallopian tubes? if not....you may have already gone through it?
2006-09-29 23:28:03 · answer #5 · answered by canada grl 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The menopause happens when your hormone levels change so there no real way of predicting when this will happen. Going through it myself at the moment I would say - think yourself lucky it hasn't happened to you yet and enjoy the time you have until it does. Would recommend HRT when you do and talk to the nurse at your GP surgery if your worried.
2006-09-29 23:30:39 · answer #6 · answered by chrisisr 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
it depends if you had your ovaries removed or not. if you did you would have went through the menopause 20 years ago if not you will go through the menoupase at normal time around 50.
2006-09-29 23:30:54 · answer #7 · answered by QueenB 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you had a total hysterectomy it happened 20 years ago.
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2006-09-29 23:57:51 · answer #8 · answered by lcmcpa 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You've already had it, you have one when you had the hysterectomy? Thats what i was told but the doctor when i wanted to have one, that i was too young to go through the change!
2006-09-29 23:26:19 · answer #9 · answered by superstar 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
basically when your ovaries stop producing eggs, usually around 50 years of age, if you had them removed at the time then you ahve already had the menopause.
2006-09-29 23:26:00 · answer #10 · answered by mike-from-spain 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋