...cancer? Otherwise don't do it. Being in surgical menopause IS NOT menopause. It is the removal of our gonads; permantly. What if
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...surgery, not seeing the potentially negative consequences can skew their decision making. Biased discussions, hidden or blocked posts also occur on surgical
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...medical websites that adenomyosis goes away after menopause. However, it was often said that endometriosis goes away after menopause, and now it
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...menopause. I was in something called surgical menopause, which in reality is just another word for female castration. I went searching for
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...for ovary removal - surgical menopause - but the proper term is castration (the ovaries are akin to a man's testicles). It's
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More...and vaginal prolapse increase significantly post-hysterectomy, although these complications usually do not develop until 10 to 20 years later. Hysterectomy plus BSO
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