{"id":352524,"date":"2026-07-06T17:30:21","date_gmt":"2026-07-06T17:30:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/peraltafinancing.com\/uncategorized\/my-decision-to-have-a-hysterectomy\/"},"modified":"2026-07-06T17:30:21","modified_gmt":"2026-07-06T17:30:21","slug":"my-decision-to-have-a-hysterectomy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=352524","title":{"rendered":"My Decision to Have a Hysterectomy"},"content":{"rendered":"


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I\u2019ve always been a \u201clet\u2019s plan it out and execute it perfectly\u201d kind of gal. It\u2019s just the way I\u2019m wired. Sometimes I feel like I\u2019m making up for lost time, and somewhere along the way, I stopped wishing for things and started building them.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Instead of walking around saying, \u201cI wish I had a _____,\u201d I shifted into action mode.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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And once that switch flipped, it became: hit the ground running and never look back.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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That mentality carried me through years of building a business, speaking, performing, showing up, and pushing through until a few weeks ago after a show in Darien.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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I\u2019ve been dealing with female health issues since I was 14 years old, when I was diagnosed with endometriosis. Since then, it\u2019s been a long road of Lupron injections, birth control, miscarriages, postpartum hemorrhaging, ovarian cysts, a sticky tilted placenta, adenomyosis, multiple uterine fibroids, severe anemia, and bleeding so heavy and unpredictable that I carried emergency products in every purse, pocket, backpack, and car compartment I owned.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Six iron infusions barely scratched the surface of the exhaustion I felt.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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The night after our Darien show started out completely normal. Even though my cycle had started only 18 days after my last one, I chalked it up to perimenopause and expected the usual heavy bleeding.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Around 11:30 p.m., it felt like someone had turned on a faucet inside my body. Within hours, I was bleeding through an ultra-plus tampon and a pad every 30 seconds. Clotting. Flooding. Shaking.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Finally, around 1:30 in the morning, I woke my husband up and said the words I\u2019d been trying not to say:<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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\u201cI think we need to go to the ER.\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Thirty-two minutes later, we walked into the emergency room terrified and exhausted.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Everything moved quickly after that. Bloodwork, ultrasounds, fluids, exams.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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And by the time we left, I was wearing mesh underwear, carrying a brand-new fibroid diagnosis, and holding a whole lot of fear.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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By the grace of God, my incredibly busy doctor had a cancellation and was able to see me at noon. As he peeked his head into the exam room, the fire alarms started blaring through the building.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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He looked at me and said, \u201cDo you want to talk in the parking lot?\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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I remember thinking, \u201cI\u2019ll ride home from work with you if it means we still get this appointment.\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Minutes later came the news:<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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\u201cYou need a total hysterectomy.\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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We could preserve the ovaries, but my uterus, cervix, and tubes needed to go.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Yesterday morning, I checked into surgery at 5:45 a.m. By 9:30, I had officially had a total hysterectomy with ovaries intact and still inside my body, not in a jar as my brother hilariously thought.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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And for the first time in a very long time, I feel relief.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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I have four small incisions, some soreness that feels more like gas cramps or a side stitch, and I\u2019m definitely sleepy, but overall, I\u2019m okay.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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More than okay, actually.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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For years, I pushed through pain because women are so often taught to normalize it. We minimize our symptoms. We adapt. We prepare. We carry extra clothes, extra products, and extra fear.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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But pain is not supposed to become your personality.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Exhaustion is not supposed to become your baseline.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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I\u2019m sharing this because I know I\u2019m not the only woman who has silently suffered while trying to continue performing, parenting, leading, working, creating, and smiling through it all.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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And if this story helps even one woman stop dismissing her symptoms or finally make the appointment she\u2019s been putting off, then every vulnerable word is worth it.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Here\u2019s to finally not surviving, but living.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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