when a woman has a hysterectomy does she need to take any medicine for the rest of her life?

Question

and what does it do to a woman

can she die in the opeartion and how long does it take

does she have periods still and does she still produce that slippery thing down below

Answer 1

Hi i had a hysterectomy in September 2005, i had my ovaries removed as well for the moment i have chosen at the moment to take HRT as i am only 37 and don't want to go through the menopause , my operation took 2.5 hours and i have a cut along my bikini line (you can hardly see it now to be honest the stretch marks from my kids look worse, as for what it does for you i can honestly say that i don't regret it for 1 minute and would have it done again if i had to, the recovery time is about 6 weeks (i was back to work as a chef after that time) and just over a year down the line i am so glad that it has been done i haven't really had any problems at all, hope that helps you, take care and good luck

Answer 2

You can have a total hysterectomy or a partial. In a partial, they do not remove your ovaries, and you will still go through menopause at a later date. A total hysterectomy ovaries are removed and you go into immediate menopause, usually requiring a hormone replacement for the rest of your life. Any operation is risky---but hysterectomies are fairly routine, so there is not a huge risk of dying, at least from the hysterectomy. I don't remember how long mine took, I know I was in the hospital 3 or 4 days. If I were you, what I would check out if possible is hospital infection rates after hysterectomies---that is where I had the most problems, I got MRSA after mine. As for what it does to a woman---for me (except for still dealing with the MRSA from time to time), it was the absolute best thing in the world. No more massive bleeding every month, no loss of energy. Good luck with this.

Answer 3

No, if one has a hysterectomy there is no need to take any drugs afterwards. If a woman loses her ovaries before the normal age of menopause, she may have to take hormone tablets - the ovaries make the hormones and without those hormones, it can cause brittle bone disease at a young age.

A hysterectomy is a relatively straightforward operation and I would suggest that the risk of death is very tiny indeed. I've known plenty of women who've had the op and they've all been absolutely fine, after resting and healing for a couple of months. It is not regarded as a 'dangerous' operation - but of course all operations can be risky, mainly because of the effects of aneesthetic, more that the op itself.

Hope this helps x

Answer 4

No she doesn't need to take medicine for the rest of her life. If she had both her ovaries removed at the same time as her uterus, she may choose to take HRT to provide some of the hormones that the ovaries no longer provide.

There are potential complications in any operation, but many hysterectomies don't need a full belly incision so that cuts down the risk. The operation takes a couple of hours. You shouldn't carry heavy objects for about 2 months afterwards.

Answer 5

No, she does not need to take medication at all.

Hysterectomy is removal of the uterus. It has no hormonal function. Sometimes, the ovaries are taken out with the uterus (bilateral salpingo-oophorectomy, or BSO). The ovaries produce female hormones, so when they are removed, the woman undergoes surgical menopause.

Some women take hormone replacement therapy to help alleviate the symptoms of menopause.

ANYONE can die in ANY operation - there are no guarantees. Risk depends on the woman's other medical problems, the complexity of the surgery (scarring in the pelvis, fibroids, cancer can complicate things), blood loss and other factors.

Hysterectomy can take anywhere from half an hour to many hours to perform, depending on the patient, surgeon and procedure (radical hysterectomy/BSO takes longer than a straightforward vaginal hysterectomy, for example)

Hope that helps.

Additional details info: No on both counts.

Answer 6

Hysterectomy is the removal of the womb,if they remove your ovaries too you will need to take HRT until you have gone through the change of life.

Its very unlikely you would die in the operation,I believe it takes about an hour.

Answer 7

Every operation has its risks , i had a hysterectomy about nine years ago , i have never looked back . the only meditation i take is hrt and that's not going to be for ever , and there are alternatives, If you are going to have this operation id say please don't worry about it , you`l feel like a new woman in no time

Answer 8

you can die wit any general anaesthetic even having teeth out

the op takes different times for different people it depends on the reason its being done if its a full or partial hysterectomy

some women refuse to take hrt make sure you take calcium tho as it causes osteoporosis

Answer 9

My mom had it after she gave birth to me 30 years ago. She required no special meds after the surgery. She went through menopause like a normal woman, and lives a normal life.

Answer 10

no medicines,
but she will have to take hormones for the rest of her life since the organs (ovaries) that produced many of the hormones are now gone..