For some the Fourth of July sparked fireworks above their cities. Some looked into the sky at the crackling of the bright colors which lined the night thinking about the beauty of all they were taking in. However, doctors in Cleavland OH were releasing a press release that sent other Endo patients like myself off with a different explosion.
I am not sure why it angers me so, that once again some doctor has made a name for himself by saying that the only real way to treat endometriosis is to suggest a hysterectomy to his patients. Although he claims that laporscopic or Key-hole surgeries are effective in removing tissue, it is reported that surgical reoccurred is higher with these procedures. Therefore it is suggested that patient should consider having a hysterectomy to remove any and all legions in the uterus.
Maybe it is just me but I find fault in the idea that removing my uterus will do anything for the endomeriosis growing in my abdomen, or even the legions growing on my leg. By removing my uterus, doctors would merely be preventing me from having children by empty promises of a cure. I personally know two women who have had hysterectomies for their endometriosis only to have it return. One in the spine the other in the brain, so I will applaud the doctors for acknowledging that this disease indeed needs a cure, but I will consider to explode in anger until a cure means that the disease will no longer be able to come back.
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