Question: Hysterectomy, does it make women less interesting as patients?

Question: Hysterectomy, does it make women less interesting as patients?

i have wondered this for a while now. i am only 33 and had a hysterectomy last August. (yay, it's been a year!) i had what is called "Laparoscopic Supracervical Hysterectomy" which only took my uterus and only left 4 (5 actually.. one was an oops) little tiny scars on my stomach. i still have my ovaries and cervix so i don't take hormone replacement and i don't get dry like others who have the cervix removed. My actual reason for keeping my cervix was to be able to handle a larger sized penis... i had been told that since i was on the small side, having my cervix removed would make me smaller. i could not have that....

But i noticed the way i think of myself is a bit different than before. When i read stories of how women were dilated, and their tubes checked, i don't feel like a whole woman anymore. Does it make a lot of difference when playing with a patient who has all her parts compared to one who is missing "the baby box"???

soumise

I have had patients who have had both partial and complete hysterectomies, and while it is slightly different than a patient who has not, it in no way affects her femininity whatsoever. She is no less interesting or exciting as a patient in any way that I have found, since the experience goes far beyond visualizing a cervix or palpating a uterus. She is still 100% female, soft, warm, and sensuous, regardless if she has a uterus or not.

Thank you for that comment. You really don't understand how much that means to me to know i am not a "reject"... i had a few issues with the idea of the hysterectomy and actually went through a depression period when i felt like i was "marked" somehow and no one would want me anymore cuz i wasn't "whole".... but that could be the talking of a paranoid schitzoid. Any good shrinks in the houe?.... 😉

Again, thank you really. i have actually been afraid to ask this question because i don't know all that many women my age who have had it done. Have a great weekend.

soumise

She is still 100% female, soft, warm, and sensuous, regardless if she has a uterus or not.

Dr J58 couldn't say it better and so did heratfuninmaine -

certainly don't think it makes you a less interesting patient. It could even be argued that it makes you a more interesting patient.

You are 100% feminine and a very very interesting patient. I would love to do a complete thorough exam on you and would also like to examine a patient who had been trough a total Hysterectomy as much as examining a virgin girl or woman...

cheers, I'm sure you're a wonderful person and a fascinating woman!

I had a Full Complete Hysterectomy a few years ago after a Cyst Ruptured into my abdominal area and caused Internal Bleeding.

I still feel like a woman but don't have to deal with Periods anymore including the pain that comes with it.

Question: Hysterectomy, does it make women less interesting as patients?

Why should it?

The person is still a woman having all the same accessible anatomy to play with and examine. You're not going into the uterus in a play exam anyway, and 99% of guys who say they are doing a bimanual exam haven't the foggiest notion what they are feeling anyway.

To answer the OPs original question

Not in the least, it actually makes you more interesting. Think about it, no more fear of an unwanted pregnancy, no more hassle with periods, any time could be a good time for sex. My first wife had a partial hysterectomy at 26, cervix and uterus- left the ovaries. This was due to a cancerous cervix so no choice in the matter.

It did affect her mentally for a year or more. She was no less responsive once she cleared that hurdle and actually became hornier (if that is a word) than ever. We had a long sex life afterward and enjoyed it.

I can not ignore the change in planning for children, it would have been good to have had another child or more for a lot of reasons. I am grateful for the one son we had but that is the hand that was dealt and that is what we had to live with.

You have been given the gift of life again, go and enjoy, it is too short as it is.

One of my early college era girlfriends was a 32yo single mom and hysterectomy patient (I never asked her why). Once I knew I couldn't knock her up it was game on. Knocked the bottom out of that pussy every chance we got. If anything, it made me hornier knowing there would be no 'oops' baby, ever.