The first thing you need to do is to have your ovaries or uterus removed and still be a happy woman. Chongqing is still a bit hot after autumn, but every night the heat fades away and makes you feel cool. But a letter from Xiao Cao was full of annoyance and anxiety. “My mother is suffering from a variety of gynecological tumors, and now both ovaries and uterus have been removed. Other people speak behind her back ‘two rooms and a room’ picked up, mom is depressed every day. She is worried that she will slowly develop male characteristics, her voice will become thicker, her skin will deteriorate, and she will never be a normal woman again. Is that really going to happen?” In response to the concerns of Cao and her mother, Wang Dong, deputy director of the Department of Gynecological Oncology of Chongqing Cancer Hospital, said that patients who are about to undergo surgery or have already undergone successful surgery need not have such worries, and can continue to be happy women even if their ovaries or uterus are removed. Hysterectomy does not change femininity When women need to consider hysterectomy because of certain gynecological diseases, their choice often seems very difficult. They believe that a woman’s uterus is indispensable, and that there will be no more femininity after removal. In Wang Dong’s opinion, this fear is completely superfluous. In fact, the uterus is part of a woman’s internal genitalia, and its main role is to produce menstruation, nurture a fetus and give birth. As long as one side of the ovary is preserved, the secretion of female hormones can be kept at a basically normal level. Even if both ovaries are removed, it can be improved by taking estrogen replacement drugs, and although there is no longer menstruation and the reproductive function is lost, it will not affect the sexual characteristics of women. “For women who have already had children, removal of the uterus will not have any impact on their lives. In the case of patients who have not yet had children, the obstetrician and gynecologist will carefully choose the surgical procedure to preserve the uterus as much as possible according to the patient’s symptoms, the location of the tumor and the specific situation, for example, if the fibroid is small in size, the fibroid can be peeled out and the uterus preserved. Loss of ovaries is like natural menopause. Ovaries are the source of female hormones, and a woman with hormones has delicate skin, a pleasant voice, a beautiful body and a normal sex drive. Once all the ovaries are removed, estrogen production will stop and symptoms such as flushing, headache, generalized nervousness, decreased secretion and vaginal dryness will occur. These patients can apply estrogen replacement medication, orally or topically, to reduce the discomfort of sex, or use vaginal lubricants during sex to have a normal sex life as well. ”Removing the ovaries in no way means becoming a ‘man’ because oophorectomy is not a sex change operation and the decline of its ovarian function only means that the patient’s menopausal symptoms will appear earlier, just like a woman’s natural menopause.” The reason for this is that the patient’s age, the nature of the ovarian lesion, the clinical stage of the malignant tumor, the patient’s will and the family’s request are all taken into consideration. As long as one ovary is preserved, the secretion of female hormones can be maintained at a normal level. Even if some women have lost both ovaries, they can still maintain their unique beauty through estrogen replacement medication. The patient’s symptoms are usually relieved after about six months of estrogen treatment, at which time the medication can be slowly reduced and supplemented with phytoestrogens and other health care drugs to consolidate the effect. All of this must be done by an obstetrics and gynecology specialist who will guide the medication according to the individual patient’s differences. However, Wang Dong mentioned that not all gynecological tumor patients are suitable for such drugs. “Studies have shown that estrogen is an important factor in causing certain gynecological malignancies, so estrogen replacement drugs should be taken very carefully for patients whose ovaries have been removed due to malignant tumors.”