An ode to my uterus
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This short story chronicles a woman’s journey through five surgeries to remove endometriosis, exploring her identity and gratitude for pain relief after losing her uterus.
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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
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- europepmc
- last seen: 2026-09-26T06:15:21.694264+00:00
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- last seen: 2026-05-13T22:21:00.404924+00:00
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Courtesy of the U.S. National Library of Medicine
Courtesy of the U.S. National Library of Medicine