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Methodist Charlton Medical Center
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Fall 2015
A da Vinci hysterectomy
sets Carma Morgan free
from discomfort and fear
Carma
Morgan considers April 29 a
pivotal day in her well-being. It’s when
the 47-year-old wife and mother of “five
phenomenal girls” — as she affectionately
refers to them — had a hysterectomy with
the robotic da Vinci
®
Surgical System,
putting an end to long, heavy menstrual
periods and a fear of cancer.
“I had heard women say, ‘My periods are
so heavy,’” she says. “I didn’t know what that
meant until I experienced them for myself.”
Caught off guard
For years, Carma had regular menstrual
flows lasting only a few days. Then two
years ago, her flow began to increase.
Her primary care physician, Jill
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Waggoner, MD, with
Methodist Charlton Medical
Group, found an ovarian
cyst and referred her to
De Shawndranique Gray, MD,
OB-GYN at Methodist Charlton
Medical Center. While the cyst was
noncancerous, the very thought of it
unsettled Carma.
“My mom is a breast cancer survivor,
and I just didn’t want the possibility of
cancer lingering over me,” she says. “I kept
wondering, Can it turn into cancer? Can
the cyst grow?”
Relief from a robot
By February this year, Carma’s menstrual
flow had become so heavy that she was
wearing multiple pads at a time and still
bleeding through.
“I was horrified,” she says.
Dr. Gray suspected
adenomyosis, a
condition in which
the lining of the uterus
grows within the muscle
of the uterus.
Women can either treat the
symptoms (with medication and
hormones) or have a hysterectomy. Carma
chose the latter.
“I was at a point that I was done having
children, and having the cyst still nagged
at the back of my mind,” she says. “But
the selling point for me was the recovery
time. Whoever came up with the da Vinci
robot was a genius.”
The da Vinci Surgical System allows
surgeons extreme precision in operating
through multiple small abdominal incisions
rather than one large incision. The result is
a safer procedure with a faster recovery —
Time
for a
Carma Morgan is proud of her “five phenomenal girls,” shown here along with her
husband and mother, and strives to set an example for them of prioritizing wellness.