‘I paid for a private hysterectomy’

• Key Takeaways on Adenomyosis
• Adenomyosis causes severe chronic pelvic pain and menorrhagia that significantly impacts quality of life, driving some patients to seek private hysterectomy when NHS waiting times are prolonged
• Hysterectomy remains the definitive treatment for adenomyosis when conservative management fails, though earlier diagnosis and timely access to surgical intervention could reduce patient suffering
• Extended NHS waiting lists for gynaecological procedures may be contributing to increased private healthcare uptake for adenomyosis management, highlighting a potential service gap

Rachel Moore spent years in debilitating chronic pain due to the womb disease, adenomyosis.

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