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I am bored.  I am tied to staying in bed as much as possible and doing NOTHING (yes all caps in my post operative instructions) for at least two weeks after surgery.  It has been a week and a day.  I can only nap and watch daytime TV so much. Don't get me wrong, I like that I can watch NCIS, Law and Order, Bones and movies during the day.  I have never  been a Soap Opera person.  My mother used to watch Days of Our Lives every day.  She never missed an opportunity to watch her stories.  My great-grandmother was the same.  But I was never hooked except for.....  Read more >

I had a partial hysterectomy 20 years ago.  No more Baby Motel for me.  And I did the happy feet dance. No mourning the loss of my womb for me. No more severe bleeding, monstrous cramps, needing a wash cloth to clean up at tampon changing and no more birth control. I never embraced my monthly cycle as a validation of my womanhood. I saw it has a huge pain in the.....neck.  I have two children, now grown.  I was a great pregnant person but a lousy baby deliverer.  I had two c-sections.  I attempted a vaginal delivery with my second child but it was a no go.  Read more >