Oh my! And although I think it’s bad that birth control has swallowed up the focus of modern gynecology (at the expense of funding things like endometriosis research!) — I do not want to dismiss the very real benefits hormonal intervention and regulation can afford many women via the pill etc…And again, the study says it’s not that 100% of hysterectomies that are unnecessary, but many.
My husband isn’t doing too well either…
Prayers that both of you be restored to fullness of health in body and mind!
There are women and men who have infertility issues even with all their reproductive organs and youth in tow — so the question (if you are a person of faith) then becomes if God is calling you to have children; but in some other way? Adopting a child, etc…I mean even couples with biological children may feel called to adopt.
I appreciate it. Thank you.
There is no adoption agency that would look at my health and our financial situation and say, “Yeah, sure, we’ll adopt a kid out to you!” We wouldn’t qualify to foster either, as we’re living with my mom and my brother. I do have nieces and nephews though, on my husband’s side. I dote, but the cost of living is causing them to move further and further away. We ourselves are stuck, too.
I did terribly on hormones, and it was all my GYN wanted to do, so I had to fight for the tubal and the ablation for about a year. I was clotting the dialysis machines, so taking hormones was out of the question in my twenties. I did ultimately have a stroke (I honestly didn’t know until I’d wound up in the ER for something else) in the last two years. In my teens, they altered my mood, blood pressure, and to be honest didn’t control the bleeding. I have a feeling all of that had to do with my underlying health issues.
Just not in the cards for me. My husband didn’t want kids anyway, and his health issues are also genetic. He has asthma and a nasty potassium deficiency that’s paralyzed him (and his brother) and landed him in the hospital more than once, and he’s put on some weight in recent years. His blood pressure is remarkably stable, however.