can a partial hysterectomy make major changes in your life?

Although it is said that partial hysterectomy and having your ovaries intact shouldn’t cause any changes and problems, it seems that it may not be all true.
Some resources say that removal of the uterus alone could lead to changes as women age.
The changes involve the work of ovaries, which are said not to work as well as they did prior to having partial hysterectomy. When ovaries don’t work well, it means they may not be producing enough hormones, which may lead a woman to a premature menopause causing all kinds of physical and psychological problems that occur when a woman starts entering menopause. These symptoms can include hot flashes, night sweats, insomnia, and other physical problems as well as different mental problems especially suspicion of their men having affairs.
I would advise you to just realize it is hormonal changes that are making the thoughts and it would be much easier. Once you realize it is just that, you will be able to control these thoughts. If you start developing the pictures of him having an affair-just stop, get it out of your head, and say to yourself-this is not real.
The changes with ovaries occur because some of the blood vessels that nourish the ovary may have gotten damaged in the surgery. Talk to your gynecologist about this and see if you can have a blood test done to check for the hormonal levels.
Think twice before undergoing hormonal replacement as these excessive hormones are not so harmless.

wow after 2 estrogens test the last one came back extremely low whichh would explain the way i have been feeling these last 2 years. Low estrogen levels can put a BIG damper on your lively hood . Aniexty, depression, confusion, memory loss,crazy thoughts and so on. My dr. thought this whole time it was just depression or bipolar . So today I can approach Life on a whole New level.... At least I don't think I'm crazy anymore. THanks MIIA for your advice......

your post is the first one that has even come close to what i'm experiencing.had my daughter 9 yrs.ago, and have never been the same.9 yrs of antidepressants,anti anxiety pills,birth control,and last but not least had my uterus removed.8 days now,i am unable to work,eat(lost 11 pounds),sleep,be comfortable,constant anxiety.has happened like this before a few times.only around menstruation and has lasted 16 days at it's worse.i do not know what to do,what to ask my doc...anything.there MUST be treatment for this.i cannot go on much longer.i truly feel as if i am going completely insane,it won't stop.unable to be a mother,wife.PLEASE someone give me some hope. ?

Guest...you need to talk to someone. you sound so desperate. If your gyne isnt listening to you, seek help at your primary care doctor.... if he/she wont listen, find out if your insurance will let you see a therapist. Do anything you can to get help...before its too late. I think your problem is more mental - related to physical.

God bless you and your family. Your daughter will need you now more than ever in the coming years as she goes into young womanhood. Please dont wait. Go now and talk to someone.

Best of luck.

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I also found out that I had a thyroid problem and am taking Xymogen T-150 natural supplement, which has brought my thyroid into normal range and cut all my symptoms.

well i don't know if i am doing this right BUT i feel your pain - i am 53 had surgery around almost 2 years ago and have not been the same since--i cannot control emotions, am angry and aggressive, touchy and not nice--i am trying to use hormonal cream but does not really work take anti this and anti that and i try everything--i cry all time, seems everything going wrong all the time, don't have the energy to care, i am not the person i was before this surgery and my emotions are always ready to go--if someone says the wrong thing i just lose it and all control--the anti everything stuff works okay but this is wrong i am helpless and i don't want to be around alot of people even my family because i feel like a stranger and seems all they do is pick on me about everything hair, weight, this that and soemthing else and tomorrow easter and i am actually scared to go cuz if someone says something i will not be nice i can feel it-i am impatient, just plain pissed all the time--need toget away from here - no money and i don't know what to do anymore i am desperate

i hope this gets to someone who can help i am giving up i am at last straw of everything wish i lived alone also am DEAF and that just puts icing on cake became deaf in early 20's and never really came to grips with it and now it consumes me-as well as everything else i don't know what to do anymore so anyway that is it

I have the same problem. I only had a partial done and it seems like it has turned me into someone else. I get very emotional and seem always think my husband is doing something behind my back. I feel angry at him alot of times and seem to take things out on him that I shouldn't be. The doc says it will get better in a couple of months, its been 3 months now and still hasn't gotten better. Please tell me it will for sure. I am afraid I am gonna make my husband want to leave and not help me deal with this. I have been married to him for 24 years and don't want to loose him.. Something has got to get better. Started taking stresstabs hoping that would help and it helped a little but now I am not sure they do. What do I do????

I had a partial done last year in Deccember. The problem I am having is my husband hasn't touched me. Well we have made love approximately seven times this year alone. He says its not because of my surgery; but I think it is. My husband is a very high natured man. He just STOP completely and will not talk about it. This situation is becoming harder for me to deal with, after all I am human and I have needs as well. I don't want to make him touch me, but I do want him to be honest with me. Can someone please give me some advice?

I had a partial hysterectomy 7 mos ago due to prolapse of uterus and bladder. Uterus, cervix, and fallopian tubes were removed. Bladder placed into a mesh sling. Since the surgery I have not been myself. My hormones I call my pregnancy hormones. I feel similar to the way I felt during pregnancies. I cry, irritable, on edge, mood swing bad. I have no energy for anything hardly. Sex is something I had in my pre hysterectomy life. I am a 27 yr old 50 yr old lady now. When I get a tummy ache now it hurts throughout my entire abdomen. I am constantly constipated which hurts my back when I havent been in a cpl days. To be honest I have forgotten why I even went for hysterectomy bc of the onslaught of new probs I have. I night sweat. Temp is never comfortable enuf to suit me. Nothing suits me now. I cant excercise due to the pull of mesh hammock my bladder sits in. Work ha!!! SInce hysterectomy I have had to learn how to be a stay at home mom and wife due to always feeln like c**p. Sex is like this for me. Every time I think about a penis in my " New " cervix free, pocket vagina, all I think about is it busting through where I know they put an end to my vagina. I think I needed to personally vent. I am the only one of my friends to have had this procedure and besides my gma who had her hysterectomy in the 60s no one to talk to concerning my probs. I feel lost in myself now. 

I just turned 23 on Nov 13 2011 and I had a partial on nov 18 2011... after reading this post I am saddened because I feel my future is ruined... after only a few short days I am having hot flashes terrible mood swings and I feel so anxious about everything... I feel unattractive I feel unworthy of peoples love... I feel completly alone... I want it to all stop!!!! My dr told me to suck it up and I will live... 

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Guest wrote:

your post is the first one that has even come close to what i'm experiencing.had my daughter 9 yrs.ago, and have never been the same.9 yrs of antidepressants,anti anxiety pills,birth control,and last but not least had my uterus removed.8 days now,i am unable to work,eat(lost 11 pounds),sleep,be comfortable,constant anxiety.has happened like this before a few times.only around menstruation and has lasted 16 days at it's worse.i do not know what to do,what to ask my doc...anything.there MUST be treatment for this.i cannot go on much longer.i truly feel as if i am going completely insane,it won't stop.unable to be a mother,wife.PLEASE someone give me some hope.

well i don't know if i am doing this right BUT i feel your pain - i am 53 had surgery around almost 2 years ago and have not been the same since--i cannot control emotions, am angry and aggressive, touchy and not nice--i am trying to use hormonal cream but does not really work take anti this and anti that and i try everything--i cry all time, seems everything going wrong all the time, don't have the energy to care, i am not the person i was before this surgery and my emotions are always ready to go--if someone says the wrong thing i just lose it and all control--the anti everything stuff works okay but this is wrong i am helpless and i don't want to be around alot of people even my family because i feel like a stranger and seems all they do is pick on me about everything hair, weight, this that and soemthing else and tomorrow easter and i am actually scared to go cuz if someone says something i will not be nice i can feel it-i am impatient, just plain pissed all the time--need toget away from here - no money and i don't know what to do anymore i am desperate
i hope this gets to someone who can help i am giving up i am at last straw of everything wish i lived alone also am DEAF and that just puts icing on cake became deaf in early 20's and never really came to grips with it and now it consumes me-as well as everything else i don't know what to do anymore so anyway that is it

I feel for you!! I would seriously go to the dr print what you just wrote out and let him see how you really feel! I hope you get better soon!!!! 

Omg! I had a partial hysteretomy in april and now am thinking im going crazy! I cry all the time and am suspecious of my husband! I think i need to have my levels checked! Sometimes i think im going crazy! Im glad im not alone!

Wow! So many of these stories sound like me. I had a partial in Feb. 2011. While he removed my uterus he tore my fallopian tube and did not know it. The next day I knew something was terribly wrong. Long story short I had to have another emergency surgery using the De Vinci. I had lost almost lost half of all my blood. He gave me a choice about a blood transfusion but I decided against it. I too, am having severe depression, crazy thoughts, my hands shake and in general fell like I am losing control. I am on anti-depressants and hormone cream, but nothing seems to help. Anybody ever heard the song "My give a damn's busted"? That's just how I feel. I am a Christian but I don't even have the desire to pray. My husband has really been very understanding and I am so thankful for him. Ladies we all gotta get thru this somehow just keep on fighting thru it.

last year i had a total hysterectomy but my ovaries where left i'm having the same prouble i been married for 18 years and have never not trusted my husband now i think . i'm very jealous and obbsessive i feel like i'm going crazy i can keep living like this.