Why it never ends

Chapter 972 Surgery

There was a brief silence at the table for more than ten seconds.

"...That means," Hesta looked at Rico, "that old lady didn't lie. She really has a daughter."

Victoria also looked over: "What old lady?"

"I am afraid of Carter Paudelaire," Hesta answered. "We met her in Saint-Lome."

"What a fate!" Stella exclaimed in amazement, "District 12 is so big, and you guys can still meet each other!"

Everyone clinked glasses together again.

During this dinner, Eleven asked what the food he ordered was made of. After the dishes were served, the two children cleaned up the plates in no time. When the adults finally remembered to use their knives and forks during their chat, they were already rubbing their eyes. The waiter at the restaurant specially dragged a small mobile bed for Eleven and Qiqi to lie down and rest wrapped in a blanket.

Qiqi initially pricked up her ears, trying to understand the conversation of the adults at the dinner table - she could now barely understand some key words and guess the content of the current topic. However, the adults talked too fast, and she fell asleep after listening attentively for less than five minutes.

"I have to find a way to go back next month. I have an interview and I still have a few people to talk to," Stella said, "I really have no other choice. You are all big shots here. Who can help me think of a way?"

"Where are we going this time?" Victoria asked.

"Just Tan Yi."

"Can't we interview online?" Li Ge looked at her. "When you said you wanted to go back, I thought the interviewee was in some remote mountain forest. Now there should be no household in Tan Yi that doesn't have internet access."

"No, I have to see them... I need to see them, this is an agreement."

Hesta leaned slightly towards Stella: "What topic are you going to talk about this time?"

"Women who have had their hysterectomies," Stella answered. "Adenomyosis has become prevalent in District 5 over the past two years. Last year, the number of women of childbearing age who had their hysterectomies increased by percentage points compared to the year before. But I've never seen any media outlet talk about this, so I decided to do a special topic myself."

"Interesting...how did you come up with the idea of ​​doing this?" Victoria asked.

"Are you asking where my inspiration comes from?" Stella smiled. "I just had a sterilization operation last year and met a lot of friends who had the same operation."

Eucalyptus, who had been silent the whole time, showed a puzzled expression on his face: "...What surgery?"

"Sterilization," Stella repeated. "Female sterilization."

"Oh," Eucalyptus responded, "You mean, you also suffer from that...adenomyosis, so--"

"No, I had a hysterectomy because I was fed up with my periods, so I had it done." Stella looked at Victoria, "My effective working hours each month are almost doubled now, you know? After the surgery, I realized how much the monthly bleeding affected me--"

At the other end of the table, Eucalyptus was speechless for a long time in shock before she spoke haltingly, "…Is it just because of menstruation?"

"...Oh?" Stella frowned, "'Just'? What does 'just' mean? You think it's not enough for me to endure a week and a half of low productivity every month, and it's reasonable for me to endure more pain, right?" "No, it's just..." Eucalyptus opened his mouth slightly, "But... won't you worry about wanting a child in the future?"

“Oh my god!” Stella opened her eyes wide, “I thought I didn’t have to explain this when I was with you guys!”

"She's not Mercury Needle," Hesta explained, "She's my friend. She came here from District 14 to look for job opportunities."

Stella was at a loss for a moment, and then suddenly realized something. She looked at Eucalyptus, and her expression returned to seriousness: "...I'm sorry, I sometimes become a little impatient...but I have no ill intentions, please forgive me."

"It's okay." Eucalyptus placed both of her hands on the table. "I have no ill intentions. I'm just really curious. If you're willing to talk about the reasons for... uh, hysterectomy..."

"Of course, if you want to hear it, I'm happy to share it - I've shared it with many of my friends. But seriously, there's actually nothing much to share. The reasons are all the same old things: menstruation hurts, it stains clothes and sheets constantly, it seriously affects exercise..." Stella said, "Yes, yes, I know, these problems can basically be dealt with smoothly with painkillers and tampons. Although it's a little troublesome, it's really tolerable."

Stella almost gritted her teeth when she said the word "a little bit", and Victoria laughed out loud when she heard it.

"The trigger for the whole thing was at the beginning of last year, when I went to attend a symposium. I was in a hurry to leave, so I changed my bag and forgot to calculate the date, so I didn't bring any painkillers with me. As a result, I knelt on the ground in pain at the venue. Several people helped me to the infirmary. I almost missed all the work that day."

There was a simultaneous sigh at the table.

"How will the base handle this situation?" Rico looked at Hesta. "Implantation?"

"I don't know," Hesta shook his head, "My problem is that it's irregular, but it doesn't hurt like this."

"Oh, young man, it's too early to say anything," Stella looked at Hesta and said with a smile, "I didn't feel this much pain when I was in my early twenties."

"So how do you feel after the surgery?" Victoria asked. "I also consulted about this surgery a few years ago, and the answer I got at that time was that it might cause organ displacement—"

"A male doctor, right?" Stella said with a teasing expression.

"Female," Victoria said, "There are very few male doctors in the base."

"Then why doesn't she consider how the organs in a woman's belly will be squeezed when she's pregnant? The uterus is very small, only 60 grams." Stella cut two small pieces of beef from the plate, stacked them up, and poked them both with a fork. "Such a small area will support a 3-kilogram baby in the future. How can people not worry about the displacement of pregnant women's organs at this time? Similarly, if this degree of organ displacement can return to normal in the end, then I don't have to worry about taking away this 60 grams of meat. We can have more confidence in our bodies."

Eucalyptus still frowned: "But if the uterus is removed, the estrogen--"

"Oh, I didn't have my ovaries removed, so it doesn't affect my hormone levels at all." Stella replied, "The whole operation didn't even have any external incisions. The doctor took my uterus out directly from my vagina."

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Risk warning: Please be careful to distinguish between the novel plot and medical reality, and do not replace medical advice with the character's point of view