Dear Doris, and everyone,

Thank you, Loving Ones. We do appreciate the prayers very much. No, 
Vernon isn't mad at me, but I know he gets frustrated, and I don't 
blame him. We did talk about the anxiety, and I will probably have 
our primary physician and/or my surgeon talk to him, as well. <smile>

Only one ovary could be removed, as the other one is entangled with 
my intestine, and he didn't want to mess with it and cause more 
problems. He said it is the size of a peanut. <smile> He told me my 
body will produce some hormones from my "fat cells." He doesn't want 
to put me on HRP. We'll just have to see what happends here. I'm 
trusing in God in this matter. <smile>

Thanks so much for praying.

Lovingly,

Pat Ferguson

At 07:04 PM 8/25/2009, you wrote:
>Dear Miss Pat,
>
>We have been and will be praying for you and Mr.Vernon. you guys 
>need to just talk things out. I can't really picture Mr.Vernon being 
>mad at you even if you have different priorities and he doesn't 
>fully understand you.
>
>Were your ovaries removed with the hysterectomy also? If they were, 
>some mild form of hormone replacements might be indicated for a 
>while because the ovaries still produce hormones even after 
>menopause and if they are removed, this stops abruptly. Would 
>hormone patches be an option? they helped my mom and had none of the 
>side effects that other hormone replacement therapy gave her.
>
>Keep close to the Lord both of you and we will keep you in our prayers.
>
>love and hugs,
>
>Doris
>
>At 04:54 PM 8/25/2009 -0500, you wrote:
>>Hi Everyone,
>>
>>Since my Hysterectomy, I've been experiencing a lot of anxiety and 
>>depression. I just don't seem like the same person I was before the 
>>surgery, and things that I use to enjoy doing, I don't enjoy now, 
>>or I'm too anxious to do them.
>>
>>Vernon doesn't understand that I don't want to go fishing at the 
>>River which is over 100 miles from here. We have to take the Motor 
>>Home, and pull the Pontoon boat, and he told me last winter, that 
>>he didn't think that the Motor Home would be able to handle putting 
>>the pontoon boat in the water. I'm quite anxious about this, and I 
>>told him, that if someone sighted would go with us the first time, 
>>that would be great. We don't have anyone sighted to take with us. 
>>He wants to leave on Friday night, and go to the river, I want to 
>>leave on Saturday night. He thinks I don't have any confidence in 
>>him, and it isn't that, at all. If something happened, I would feel 
>>awful. I'm going to have to tell him that I'm a little more anxious 
>>about things now than I was before my surgery. I thought he new 
>>that, but it seems he doesn't understand. I don't know what to do, 
>>and I think he's mad at me now.
>>
>>Please pray for me. I don't want to have to go on hormone meds 
>>again, this will be the third time, if I do
>>
>>Thanks much for praying.
>>
>>Love and Blessings,
>>
>>Pat Ferguson.