A couple of years ago, an old woman visited my girlfriend’s consulting room for “a hindrance.” When the woman undressed, my girlfriend couldn’t believe her eyes …
The patient had a uterine prolapse, meaning that her uterus was hanging out of her body through her vagina. It’s not uncommon at all.
What was uncommon was the fact that the uterus was shriveled and completely dried out, and its surface showed a number of erosions — this was really very weird.
“Ma’am, may I ask you when this happened ?”
The old woman didn’t dare to answer, deeply ashamed for some reason.
“About … about four years ago, doctor.”
My girlfriend thought she was missing something: “Are you saying that you lived for four years while your uterus was hanging outside your body ?”
The answer was positive.
When it happened, the patient had been too ashamed to go to the doctor’s, and she “needed to take care for her sick husband anyway.”
For four whole years, this old woman had slept with her uterus hanging outside her body, went to the toilet with this thing dangling down below, and had sat on it whenever she was sitting.