1.) inability to have children, 2.) prolapse ( displacement ) of other body organs -- happens when reproductive organs are removed. 3.) a hysterectomy WILL cause adhesions to form!!!
A doctor, who tells a woman that a hysterectomy will cure endometriosis, does not have up-to-date knowledge about endometriosis!! Just because a doctor is an Ob/Gyn does NOT make him or her an authority on endometriosis!! Gynecologist take special training in order to help women, who have endometriosis. They do not deliver babies! Their practice is limited to endometriosis!!
The best endometriosis specialists ( Dr. Reich is one of the best! ) do NOT believe in the use of drugs -- such as Lupron, etc. They believe that a woman has the "best chance" to be helped by perfoming a procedure known as "excision surgery." The best endometriosis specialists believe that "excision surgery" is the best and most successful way to remove "every trace" -- especially all microscopic traces -- of endometriosis; and they actually have the endometrial tissue examined by a pathologist - while the patient is still in the operating room!
Excision of every trace of endometriosis gives a woman an excellent chance to triumph over endometriosis. Unless "every trace" of endometriosis is removed, there is a good chance that the endometrial implants will return and...the implants will bleed and cause more scarring!! So nothing has been gained!!