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Bonus Episode: Merf interviews Tigress and me about our 2 Fat Hysterectomies
Bonus Episode: Heavy Duty Hysterectomies
Welcome Tigress Osborn
Creator of Full Figure Entertainment in Oakland, CA Tigress now lives in Arizona.
Fat Visibility and Fat Activism since 2008: If you are a fat person and enjoy some type of fat freedom fatties did not have before 2008, it’s likely Tigress had her hand in it. (Along with a lot of other fabulous, loud, no shit style fat activists. Thank you Tigress and to the other 60 years worth of activists that have all been working hard for all of us.
Content Warning: Numbers mentioned. There is lots of discussion of blood and clots, because, well. It comes with the territory. This is not a SEXY episode, but we feel like it’s an important story to tell. We are two fat women in our 40’s (TO) and 50’s (CB)
We try our best to NOT use gendered language while discussing uteruses and hysterectomies. We are being mindful of our non-binary friends, two-spirit listeners, and trans friends. But, we do slip up or if you notice we slip up, please accept our apologies. (CB and Merf)
4:27 Merf defines and describes the various types of hysterectomies. (CB : I had a radical style which meant everything was removed, including my cervix.) I had 2 days to decide if I wanted mine. Tigress has a longer experience of dealing with her medical problems around getting her
Hysterectomy.
Myths and Misconceptions about Hysterectomies. Some of the things we grow up hearing about women who have hysterectomies - we dry up, our vaginas are no longer “good” or useful.
Tigress brings up the tender feeling around going to the “women’s health” departments where there are lots and lots pics of babies and moms and like everything to do with women’s reproductive issues are such a fun, good time! NOT. And, not for everyone. Including, sometimes, not for Tigress. Having a hysterectomy gives you a lot to examine - and one of the big ones is that you never have the opportunity to have your own children.
7 minutes Tigress goes into her hysterectomy story. She started having a cycle at 11. (The same week she went to the “special talk” in grade school - Free To Be You And Me.) 10 minutes in we discuss some pretty gory stuff around all of the blood clots we have all dealt with. Clots that remind us of animal organs and aliens running down our legs.
Perimenopause is 10 years LONG and maybe a little less and maybe a little more.
Tigress had some fibroids, an ablation, adhesions, PCOS, and possibly endometriosis. Same with Merf. Merf is currently dealing with PCOS, endo, and really want to have a hysterectomy, but is getting push back from her drs.
RESOURCES: Tigress and I both got a lot of support from
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