I agree with Brian Alexander that if you had pain that was gone after the uterus was removed, your relief at not having pain will most likely be an improvement.

There is some basic information about female anatomy that are essential to understanding the physical changes caused by hysterectomy.

The uterus is a hormone responsive reproductive sex organ. A woman who experiences uterine contractions during orgasm will not experience them after her uterus is removed.

The uterus is attached to broad bands of ligaments and a rich blood and nerve supply. When the blood supply to the uterus is severed, as it must be to remove the uterus, there is decreased blood flow to the pelvis and the external genitalia. Although the full effects of this change takes a year or two, over time, this causes the clitoris and labia to become flaccid. When the nerves are severed, as they must be to detach and removed the uterus, there is diminished or lost sensation in the vagina, clitoris and labia.

Because you can only lose what you have, not all women will experience a loss of orgasm or sexual pleasure. If you never experienced uterine orgasm you will not have lost it. About 5% of hysterectomized women who had experienced uterine contractions during orgasm report experiencing slight vaginal wall contractions after hysterectomy. As one woman said, "It's the difference between diving off the high dive and sliding into the water".

Even the conservative American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG) revised their Hysterectomy patient education pamphlet to say :

"Some women notice a change in their sexual response after a hysterectomy. Because the uterus has been removed, uterine contractions that may have been felt during orgasm will no longer occur."

The woman who prompted this post said "I have always enjoyed sex as much as the next person, but now it is all I think, dream, and desire. " She did not say she is able to experience orgasm. Many hysterectomized women who had been highly sexual and enjoyed uterine orgasm that rippled through their entire body report that in the first few months after surgery they still wanted sex, even desperately wanted sex and to experience the wonderful orgasms they had always had, but to no avail.

There is a short video about female anatomy and the effects of hysterectomy at www.hersfoundation.com/anatomy.

In what world does THAT happen...i.e. a revving engine after hysterectomy? I've lost almost all pleasurable sensation as a result of hysterectomy. What little sensation I do have is not pleasant. I'm now more inhibited and self-conscious than I've ever been as a result of changes to my body post-hysterectomy. I'm glad if there are women out there who've had "success" with organ removal. However, it's really irresponsible to suggest that hysterectomy improves all those areas of well-being for women and not to also share all the ways in which it damages women. Utterly irresponsible. We'd not remove a limb because of pain, but for some reason, it's become acceptable and common practice to remove female reproductive organs for pain. There's not a man alive who'd allow his reproductive organs to be removed "for pain," and it's really past time to stop suggesting that this is the best course of action for women.

After hysterectomy I am unable to orgasm, who deserves that? Prior, I had long and intense orgasms, but no more. Dr. Oz recently aired a show about the #1 most unnecessary surgery, you guessed it, hysterectomy. When he asked the women in the audience if they regretted it, the majority said yes. Most women I've spoken with have had numerous problems after the surgery. The medical studies seem like a scam.

OMG is all I can say after reading this article about her engine revving up after being castrated. If they take out the engine, how can it revive up? Having your hormonal sexual organs taken out (uterus, ovaries and cervix), your life is not the same and never will be. It has been 24 years and not a day goes by that I wished I had never had the surgery. I was easily talked into it by a doctor that lied to me. I had a pea-sized fibroid and he took my very important organs just for profit! After years of being told it was all in my head, I found an article about hysterectomy in a magazine written by the HERS Foundation. I found my answers to so many questions I had over years of being told I would get better. Thanks to HERS, I was told the truth about why I was feeling so sick and tired.

Why are doctors removing healthy organs if not for the money? Would doctors castrate men like they are women? It is a shame doctors are getting by with this abuse on women and no one in the government is speaking out against it. I ask you Brian, would you like to be castrated? Your answer would be no. Neither do we!

I recently saw a new gynecologist. This doctor is young and well educated (supposedly).SHE said "The only purpose of the uterus is to carry a pregnancy." And after I said I have sexual dysfunction, "The uterus has no effect on orgasm." She actually said to try different positions! (To which I thought "if the uterus has no effect on orgasm why would I need new positions?) I left her office in horror. These doctors still deny, deny, DENY!

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