The Hysterectomy Decision is Hard

Periods are such a pain to deal with, am I right? They’re even worse when they cause problems. I’ve had issues with my period ever since high school. Crazy cramps and heavy bleeding. It continued to get worse, so I went on the pill in college to help with the bleeding.

Being on the pill felt like a roller coaster, and I couldn’t find quite the right one for me. I was happy to be off them after getting married and deciding it was time to start having kids.

Then periods got even worse after having two kids, so I got an IUD even though I didn’t need it for birth control because my husband already took care of that with a vasectomy. It has made a huge difference in the severity of my periods, but things are still not normal.

I’m in this space where there are still issues, and it’s frustrating. An IUD was supposed to fix the problems. The IUD was supposed to be everything I wanted it to be, but it wasn’t.

I have a cyst that is larger than they would like. My uterus is also larger than they would like. The next step is an ablation, but I was just talking to my doctor, and she said there’s a chance the bleeding will come back even with the ablation. The only option at that point is a hysterectomy.

I’m 35, and we’re talking about a hysterectomy. I’m not okay with that. I’m sitting in this space where I’m having a hard time wrapping my head around everything. My husband and I are done having kids. We’ve been done for many, many years, but there’s something about the possibility of having your uterus taken that is sobering.

It makes everything final. It’s the end of this chapter. I don’t feel old enough for all of this, and processing that is hard.

Sweet friend, maybe you’re facing the end of a season, and it’s weighing on you as well. It’s okay to feel that weight. It’s okay to grieve what is coming to an end.

But sweet friend, there’s also something else ahead. There’s something around the corner. Even though this next season is going to be a hard one, it’s not impossible to walk through. It might feel like it’s going to break you into a million pieces, but God’s still there. He isn’t going to leave you hanging.

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