I had a hysterectomy 2 years before I was diagnosed with RSD and just saying from a "healthy at the time" woman, it was absolutely one of the best things I ever did. I could not imagine going through the menstrual pain every month along with the constant pain in my legs, let alone the extra water weight that I would have had. To tell you the truth, I was one of those women who thought I wouldn't feel sexy again afterwards, boy was I wrong! My husband said just the relaxing of my body in general, because I didn't have uterine or bladder pain during sex was a turn on for him....now, of course we have had to figure out how to get around my leg pains, but we have had fun experimenting..good luck!