An ode to my uterus.

Published in: Families, systems & health : the journal of collaborative family healthcare (2017)

The author of this short story writes about undergoing five surgeries over twenty years to remove endometriosis. She has two children, but without a uterus she wonders if she still is a woman. She is thankful for no more debilitating pain and the freedom to love with creativity and abandon. (PsycINFO Database Record

Keyphrases

chronic pain
young adults
pain management
neuropathic pain
case report
adverse drug
spinal cord injury
postoperative pain