Hysterectomy at 29.

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Will my GP laugh in my face?

Background: I'll be 30 in June, I have two children and totally decided there is no way I'll be having more. DH is 37.

I have tried every hormonal contraception going and they give me, genuinely excruciating headaches / migraines so I'm now on no contraceptive. But, instead I'm getting natural hormonal triggered headaches and migraines which ruin my life half of every month.

I can't take beta blockers due to asthma and citalopram landed me in HDU so docs won't try other ssris.

I have seen a neurologist.

I have crippling health anxiety/generalised anxiety and frankly this is just driving it.

I'm not even 30 but if I have another 20 odd years of this torture, I'll look back on life utterly miserable.

I want to be happy around my children, not them seeing and hearing me moan about it all.

I would go privately if absolutely necessary.

Has anyone had anything similar in terms of bringing this up as a "young'un"?

No experience but I think they will be VERY reluctant to consider this....It's a big ok with lots of implications

I had mine at 42, and I wish I'd had it done 10 years ago - after enduring years of pain and misery. I was able to get it done privately via work health insurance. I think the best thing you could do would be to see a consultant gynaecologist, and talk it through in depth - you could pay for a private consultation if unable to get a referral on the NHS. My initial consultation cost £200 and the total price for the operation, after care etc was about £6000. I hope you're able to find a way forward.

Would it fix the migraines? I have similar every month just before my period and I'm sure my Dr sister in law said that peri-menopause/menopause could make them worse.

I suffered from migraines from round about the time my periods started - having one usually every 2-3 months ... touch wood, I haven't had one since my hysterectomy more than a year ago.

My relative had one aged 30 for her hormonally driven mental health problems.

I had a sub total hysterectomy (I still have my ovaries and cervix) at 30.

It took years to find a consultant willing to do it. I think I saw at least one gynaecologist in 4 different hospitals. In the end it was a gynaecologist at a private hospital that agreed to do it with nhs funding.

It is by far the best thing I have ever done.

Here is one approach, from a gynaecologist:
www.studd.co.uk/hysterectomy.php