@LisbonMuse @ChasingWaterfalls @Sapphoro It took me SEVEN YEARS to get the hysterectomy I needed to alleviate excessive bleeding and fibroid tumors. It was the BEST thing ever, and I wish I'd had it done in my 30s instead of my 40s. At the time I started pushing my docs for the surgery, I had lost so much blood I was having emergency transfusions. It was almost impossible to find a doctor to do it.

"That's why it should only be done if your life is in danger and the not getting it done is riskier than getting it." NO. Not true at all. I've had no problems from my surgery, and neither did my mother and grandmother. It was exhausting trying to fight past these myths. The reason I was refused for so long was due to the fact that the board of directors of Kaiser Permanente are conservative Christians who believe "our first priority is to preserve a woman's fertility". I was childless by choice, married to a man who didn't want kids. I was also a cervical cancer survivor at the time, and didn't want to be looking over my shoulder for the rest of my life. To say the procedure was a huge relief is an understatement.