{"id":23669,"date":"2021-10-03T08:59:32","date_gmt":"2021-10-03T08:59:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/test.somethinghaute.com\/a101-understanding-the-uterus\/"},"modified":"2021-10-03T08:59:32","modified_gmt":"2021-10-03T08:59:32","slug":"a101-understanding-the-uterus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/test.somethinghaute.com\/?p=23669","title":{"rendered":"A101: Understanding the uterus"},"content":{"rendered":"

October 3, 2021:<\/strong> In the first half of a woman\u2019s life, which I\u2019ll base on an average 80 year life span, medicine is merely an inconvenience. When you\u2019re young and seemingly healthy, medical obstacles are speed breakers, slowing you down to a safe pace, but rarely stopping you in your tracks. That changes post-40 when, as my gynecologist said when I was 37, \u201cIt\u2019ll hit you like a ton of bricks.\u201d That ominous \u2018it\u2019, mind you, could be a sugar addiction and subsequent surplus weight, a bad smoking habit, the inability to replace hours planted in front of the TV with a brisk walk\u2026any unhealthy spark could, nay would, flare into an ominous hell fire.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe uterus,\u201d my mother\u2019s gynecologist told her, when she was in her forties, \u201cis meant to procreate and when women stop having babies, the uterus starts acting up.\u201d I could never really wrap my head around that theory; it made no medical sense at all, especially to our generation that believes in science. If the average female hit puberty at 12 and menopause at 50, it gave her 38 apparently fertile years to have, let\u2019s say 19 children. Impossible.<\/p>\n

But the uterus does act up. It\u2019s like an alternate being that may give mankind the miracle of birth, but is actually another woman that lives inside your body. And she\u2019s as emotional as you are, or aren\u2019t. The uterus needs to be constructively occupied to stay healthy and happy; pin that down to having kids or an active sex life. A dormant uterus is a problematic one; mom\u2019s doctor wasn\u2019t entirely wrong.<\/p>\n

I\u2019ve also always believed and even seen that every person has a medical Achille\u2019s Heel, a certain part of the body that absorbs all trauma. For some people it\u2019s the stomach, others develop skin problems including eczema and hair loss, some have psychosomatic issues. In my case, and I believe many women are like me, the uterus takes the hit. Your son is waiting for his University acceptance; you miss your period.<\/p>\n

I\u2019m lucky that my uterus cooperated through childbirth; she behaved herself during both my pregnancies and gave me healthy babies. I was 24 and 28. But once I stopped procreating (which is 19 years ago and ammi\u2019s<\/em>doctor\u2019s ominous \u2018words of wisdom\u2019 clapped back), she started acting up with one \u2018bloody\u2019 problem or the other.<\/p>\n

This time around, three weeks ago, I was sent off to the OT with an unusually thick endometrium and investigation to rule out malignancy. I have to confess I was unnerved. I like to believe that I have a high pain threshold and surgery doesn\u2019t scare me but the fear of cancer is daunting.<\/p>\n

As it turned out, the biopsies were clear and I was discharged with a stern word on healthy lifestyle: lose weight, eat better, work less, walk more, try not to stress. In other words, a change of lifestyle. I read up on natural ways to reduce estrogen production in the body: eat less dairy, cut back on red meat, less fatty and oily food (so basically, high protein and keto diets will screw up your system) and of course say no to processed carbs and sugars. This should help the uterus get back on its feet.<\/p>\n

Whether it works, about a month and a half will tell. If not, it\u2019s bye, bye baby!<\/p>\n

Illustration: @moodlestudio<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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