What Happens to Your Hormones After a Hysterectomy
On this episode of Menopause Unmuted, I sit down with Prajwal to talk about what happened after her hysterectomy, and what nobody told her beforehand.
Prajwal had a fibroid that led to a hysterectomy. Her ovaries stayed intact, so her doctor told her not to expect much change. She is experiencing night sweats and disrupted sleep and no one ever explained that removing the uterus can reduce blood flow to the ovaries and speed up the timeline to menopause. No one mentioned the importance of pelvic floor therapy either, even though she does resistance training with heavy weights. When she…
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