A couple more added...

1. "This was said to my mother years ago by my grandfather when she told him she was going to have a hysterectomy. "Oh my god, but you're so young! This is terrible for both you and Corky" (my dad). My mom questioned him further and apparently, when my grandmother had a hysterectomy, she told him they just sewed "it" shut and there was no more sex allowed after that. My mom, being an RN, explained the actual procedure and Boy! Was gramps mad!! Mom may have opened a really smelly can of worms there!"

2. "I went to the hospital and saw a friend I hadn't seen since a few months before my hyst. She had recently finished nursing school and had gotten a job at the hospital. I told her I was there b/c dr. thinks I may need to have my ovaries removed. She said oh, then you won't be able to have children. I said right but remember I already had my hyst. in Jan. they took my uterus and cervix. Her reply was oh, you can still get pregnant without those right?

Yes, she graduated nursing school! SCAREY huh? I had to explain it to her."