Surgery - xoJane

It Happened to Me: Endometriosis Is The Most Painful Thing I've Ever Experienced, And Just 8 Months After Surgery It's Already Come Back

Roxanna Bennett — Thu, 02 May 2013 17:00:00 -0400

Most days I laid in bed and suffered, convinced that either I had some kind of cancer eating me from the inside out that no doctor could find, or that they were right and there was nothing wrong with me and the pain was an invention of my twisted mind.

OH, POO: How to Crap When You Can’t (Without Using Laxatives)

Caitlin Thornton — Thu, 11 Apr 2013 12:00:00 -0400

This post may or may not include opiates, a butthole, and a butter knife.

I Had An Ovarian Torsion This Weekend, Which Is Exactly As Much Fun As It Sounds

Caitlin Thornton — Tue, 26 Mar 2013 15:00:00 -0400

Or: I Went to the Drugstore High on Morphine and Ativan After Surgery and Bought a Bunch of Beauty Products

Getting Pregnant With Michelle Tea: "There Is No Way I'm Fitting Into An XS Ever Again."

Michelle Tea — Tue, 19 Mar 2013 17:00:00 -0400

Smoking is for single people. Now that I found Dashiell, I want to live forever.

Getting Pregnant With Michelle Tea: Medication, Feelings, And Chocolate Benders

Michelle Tea — Thu, 28 Feb 2013 11:30:00 -0500

Maybe I can’t have nice things. A healthy uterus is a nice thing. So is a baby.

Getting Pregnant With Michelle Tea: Scary Uterus Stuff

Michelle Tea — Tue, 05 Feb 2013 13:30:00 -0500

“We should just get in there and look inside,” she says, agreeing with Dr. Waller. There for sure is something at the top of my uterine cavity, quite possibly a freaking fibroid.

It Happened To Me: I Had A Breast Reduction, But My Boobs Grew Back

Kara Baskin — Thu, 27 Dec 2012 12:00:00 -0500

At first I noticed little things -- my cup size B Victoria’s Secret bra looked a bit obscene, my button-down shirts kept popping open at the chest. Then my nipples stretched and expanded until they looked like enormous pink flying saucers.

It Happened To Me: I Have a Rare Disease Which Causes Vaginal Itching, Scarring and Skin Fusing

Frances Marley — Tue, 06 Nov 2012 12:00:00 -0500

It began with intense vulvar itching that kept me up at night and caused me to scratch until I bled. My long fingernails were frequently caked with blood and skin as I clawed into bar soap in attempts to clean them.

Totally Tubal Adventures: If You're Sterile and You Know It, Clap Your Hands

s.e. smith — Mon, 04 Jun 2012 12:00:32 -0400

As requested, I wrote this while under the influence of the good drugs from the hospital.

Totally Tubal Adventures: Preoperative Shenanigans

s.e. smith — Thu, 31 May 2012 17:00:20 -0400

Dude, you’re about to cram a tenaculum up my cooter while I’m unconscious and strapped to an operating table, I think I can handle you looking at my tits.

Totally Tubal Adventures: The Initial Consult

s.e. smith — Mon, 30 Apr 2012 15:00:29 -0400

“F*ck ovaries,” I was prepared to say, “and their stupid little eggs too. Let’s do this thing! Sterilisation now, ovulation never!”

Have You Seen My Ovary?

Marisa Ebers — Thu, 22 Mar 2012 13:00:22 -0400

I know, logically, that it was the mass -- an accident, a twist of fate, a force of nature -- that took my ovary away. But in my heart, I can’t help but mourn, both for the children those eggs might have become, and for the space in my body where there was once an organ that now is empty.

THE CERVICAL CANCER DIARIES: The Surgery

Devon Moos — Thu, 15 Mar 2012 09:00:29 -0400

With this surgery, apparently you have lots of crazy gross things happen as you’re healing, like gross black chunks from the cauterization coming out, and I can’t use tampons or have sex until I am examined and cleared.

It Happened to Me: I Had My Third (And Fourth) Nipple Removed

Caroline P. — Thu, 16 Feb 2012 10:08:39 -0500

I was fortunate enough to have four nipples. Granted the third and fourth were a good three inches below my primaries, and they were small. But I didn’t like them.

I Almost Died When Doctors Didn't Believe I Was Sick

Sarah — Mon, 12 Dec 2011 14:00:08 -0500

It was not PMS, you dicks.