[atomiczombie]

I had a radical hysterectomy in Feb 2007. I had it because of tremendous pain each month during ovulation and menstruation. They took everything, even my cervix. I will admit, it is major surgery and I felt like shit for 6 weeks, and when I was healed enough to start normal activities, I was weak as hell. All in all, it took about 3 months for me to come back to my normal strength and energy level. However, once I got past that, it was the greatest sense of physical freedom I had known to date. It is such a relief to not have to deal with that anymore. I had hated the bleeding every month and hormonal changes since the day I had my first period at age 12. Now I have put that part of my life behind me. Since then, remarkably, I have not had any hot flashes. It has only been a plus to my body with no minuses. I am glad I did it, even though it was a tough surgery from which to recover.