One Day, My Universe Will Not Revolve All Around My Uterus
That's Hysterical! Now, Get Out! | My Adenomyosis, Hysterectomy and Recovery Journey
Release Date: 12/02/2023
The Night Before
That's Hysterical! Now, Get Out! | My Adenomyosis, Hysterectomy and Recovery Journey
“They're going to think I'm faking it. I have this feeling that I'm going to wake up and my uterus is going to be perfectly fine. It'll be like, This is a huge mistake. Huge mistake. What are you doing? I'm perfectly fine. It was maybe just a really bad gas bubble for five, six, seven years.” — Emily, 1(!) Day Until Uterus Eviction Day >>> SUPPORT THE SHOW <<< ** Stay in the loop with our latest episodes, upcoming topics, and exciting announcements — ** In This Episode: It’s the night before the hysterectomy and I’m extra energetic, probably because of the...
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BONUS EPISODE: Weight Gain After Hysterectomy, Wrapping Up S2, Plus S3 Coming Soon!
That's Hysterical! Now, Get Out! | My Adenomyosis, Hysterectomy and Recovery Journey
“My big goal with this podcast, with my hysterectomy, with dealing with adenomyosis was getting to the point where I could enjoy my body and it wasn't just painful to live day to day in it.” — Emily, 7 Months After Uterus Eviction Day >>> SUPPORT THE SHOW <<< ** Stay in the loop with our latest episodes, upcoming topics, and exciting announcements — ** In This Bonus Episode: I’m recording this 7-months post-hysterectomy to let you know we’ll be wrapping up season 2 in the next few weeks and taking a little break before coming back with seasons 3 :) Be...
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Intentionally Focusing on Happiness
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“I am the Emily. I speak for the uteruses. I have to cut out my uterus, but it's only to get rid of the adenomyosis that is attacking it. Sometimes these things hit all at once. I realize I'm really happy to be recording a podcast and talking to others who understand this, who probably have these same frustrations and perhaps for the first time is hearing somebody say them out loud.” — Emily, 1(!) Day Until Uterus Eviction Day >>> SUPPORT THE SHOW <<< ** Stay in the loop with our latest episodes, upcoming topics, and exciting announcements — ** In This Episode: ...
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The Airing of Fears and Anxieties
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“I was in bed, just writing my list, and I was just listing all the things that I loved about that moment. And it was all simple things that didn't cost anything. And it made my morning really nice, and it really did set me up for a good day.” — Emily, 2 Days Until Uterus Eviction Day >>> SUPPORT THE SHOW <<< In This Episode: I recorded this episode on my way to bed, which you can tell by the sleepy voice. The room was dark and it was just me, my phone, and my fears. I thought it was important to make an episode when my anxiety was at its worst: late at night. This...
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6 Things That Made Today a Lovely Day
That's Hysterical! Now, Get Out! | My Adenomyosis, Hysterectomy and Recovery Journey
“If I can finish everything up, tie up all the loose ends, and in a few days, I can check off the final thing on my to-do list and go into that operation content with how I spent my time feeling good and refreshed because I didn't burn myself out and fulfilled in a way where no matter what happens in the operation, I will feel like I did the best I could.” — Emily, 3 Days Until Uterus Eviction Day >>> SUPPORT THE SHOW <<< In This Episode: I’ve noticed the last few episodes have been pretty dreary, depressing, and full of venting. Though it’s nice to have this...
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Once Again Out of Sh-ts to Give
That's Hysterical! Now, Get Out! | My Adenomyosis, Hysterectomy and Recovery Journey
“I wish I could just put a big sign on me that says, ‘I'm three days away from a hysterectomy. I don't give a shi-t. I really f-king don't.’ Or ‘I'm three days away from surgery. My default answer is no parentheses, how f-king dare you?’” — Emily, 3 Days Until Uterus Eviction Day >>> SUPPORT THE SHOW <<< In This Episode: Hooooo-boy. This episode is seriously showcasing me at my wit’s end, as far as anxiety goes. As the episode title implies, my capacity for people trying to push my boundaries a few days before my surgery is at its limit. The struggle of...
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Walkie-Walk Around the Blockie-Block to Get Over the Shocky-Shock of the Cost of the Oppy-Op
That's Hysterical! Now, Get Out! | My Adenomyosis, Hysterectomy and Recovery Journey
“It's not like I wasn't expecting the bill. … We were expecting some extra debt. The number didn't throw us off completely, but it is quite a big number.” — Emily, 4 Days Until Uterus Eviction Day >>> SUPPORT THE SHOW (and the some of the cost of the Oppy-Op, lol) <<< In This Episode: I got the estimated bill for the hysterectomy today and, hoooooo! That’s quite a number! Learn what an HSA (Health Savings Account) is and how it works: Check out , a personal finance podcast I’ve learned so much from over the years! Apologies for some of the heavy...
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Embracing Finals — or Hell-Week
That's Hysterical! Now, Get Out! | My Adenomyosis, Hysterectomy and Recovery Journey
“Having my 6-year-old bouncing off the walls on a day I need to do a lot more work might not be the best idea. But you know what? It just adds to ‘Finals Week.’ Like your friend in college who says, ‘Hey, I know you're studying for finals, but also it's $2 drink night down at Senior Ponchos. Let's f–ing go! Margaritas, wooo!’” — Emily, 4 Days Until Uterus Eviction Day >>> SUPPORT THE SHOW <<< In This Episode: We’re reminiscing about college and Finals Week. I’ve been working so hard to get ahead for my clients that I’m wearing an ice glove () to...
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My Next Word of the Year: Gifts
That's Hysterical! Now, Get Out! | My Adenomyosis, Hysterectomy and Recovery Journey
“When I'm singing, that is when I feel the most free. Not even when I'm on stage, just when I'm singing. I could be singing in the car and I could be belting at the top of my lungs something that I know. Or if I'm in choir and I'm singing something that we've practiced over and over again and I know the parts where we get loud and the parts where the choir director is going to quiet us down. I get to hit all my notes and I nail it. I love it. It's one of those things that takes me out of my body so that the adenomyosis doesn't still affect me.” — Emily, 5 Days Until Uterus Eviction...
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Ovulation Woes
That's Hysterical! Now, Get Out! | My Adenomyosis, Hysterectomy and Recovery Journey
“I've had to explain [Adenomyosis] so often and in an “elevator pitch” way so that people don't just discount it as, “Oh, mystery illness.” It's like, No, this is a uterine condition. It causes these things. This we know. And if you've never heard of it before, now you did. So we can stop saying, “Well, we're not going to research it because no one's ever heard of it.” Well, guess what? That's what I'm doing. I'm talking about it.” ” — Emily, 5 Days Until Uterus Eviction Day >>> SUPPORT THE SHOW <<< In This Episode: It’s the last ovulation before...
info_outline"I am worthy of, if not a pain-free existence, at least an existence with less pain, less burden." — Emily, 18 Days Until Uterus Eviction Day
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In This Episode:
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Starting off the episode with best-case scenarios, followed closely behind by worst-case scenarios — thank you again, Anxiety+ADHD, for playing such a *fun* role in my life
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So much unknown right now, but let’s live in this world where this IS my last period.
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What it’s like being tied to a heating pad and in pain after a morning of caretaking and errands.
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Get ready for my birth stories — apparently, I use childbirth to distract me from period pain.
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This period happens to be a little whack-a-doo. Does it know it’s the last?
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Wondering (once again) what it’ll be like to NOT be in this pain and build my life around the complications of chronic pain.
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Did … did I compare an epidural to Game Genie? And compare my pain to levels of a video game? Yep.
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Gratitude, gratitude, gratitude, and the joy that comes from being helpful.
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It’s taken a while to find my own voice … or even find the voice of pain that signified that I finally needed to get this surgery.
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Building an entire life around this uterus has been a burden. Oh … and get ready for an Ah-ha moment!
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Thinking about what I could do without this pain, discomfort, and burden of Adenomyosis. What’s that like?!
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Visualizing life WITHOUT the pain (not “despite”).
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Getting a little worried about the compulsory cleaning and the “one more thing, one more thing” mindset I’ve gotten. Is it my OCD tendencies rearing their ugly heads?
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If the birth stories wasn’t enough, you’re also going to get my biopsy run-down.
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Let’s have our last hurrah, uterus!
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And then more fears that I didn’t do enough and my condition has gotten worse. But we don’t know that.
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When do I tell my husband I’ll probably still get PMS?
Note from Future-Emily
Oh Past-Emily, I wish I could hug you and tell you how good you’ll feel just WEEKS away from today! And even though we didn’t have the answers we have now, remember that quote from Mark Twain — “I've had a lot of worries in my life, most of which never happened.”
Additional Links and Resources:
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Adenomyosis - Symptoms — Mayo Clinic
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Adenomyosis - Diagnosis + Treatment — Mayo Clinic
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Adenomyosis: A Significantly Neglected and Misunderstood Disorder - Book by Maria Yeager
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Helpful Reddit r/hysterectomy Post To Read If You Have Pre-Op Anxiety — MamaO2D4
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Adenomyosis: An update regarding its diagnosis and clinical features — PubMed
Disclaimer: This podcast is based on personal experience and should not be taken as medical advice. Resources are provided for you to look into further and talk with your medical support team about.
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