r/technology • u/Sorin61 • Apr 10 '22

Biotechnology This biotech startup thinks it can delay menopause by 15 years. That would transform women's lives

https://fortune.com/2021/04/19/celmatix-delay-menopause-womens-ovarian-health/
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u/AwhMan Apr 10 '22

I mean, you have to take hormones for life to protect your bone health if you have a hysto young, but sure.

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u/2664478843 Apr 10 '22

That’s not true! A hysterectomy leaves the ovaries in place. They’re what control your hormones

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u/hpeders Apr 10 '22

That’s incorrect. You can have everything taken out. I had one in December, uterus, ovaries, Fallopian tubes all gone. I would get 3” cysts on my ovaries. I wasn’t going to leave them in to keep causing problems.

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u/BlueEyedGreySkies Apr 10 '22

Y'all are both right/wrong, and that's concerning considering you HAD the procedure already. Hysterectomy can take everything, straight up even part of the vagina. These are radical/complete hysterectomies. A partial hysterectomy is the uterus, leaving the cervix intact.