Should we have to prove that we need our ovaries?

I am concerned about the number of doctors who believe that women over 60 no longer need their ovaries. I do not believe that we were born with body parts that are expendable. When I was young the prevailing view was that we did not need our appendixes or our tonsils. So many children had tonselectomies in those days that it was considered completely normal. Same for appendectomies. But now the powers that be have declared this a mistake.

How are we to know that in a few years we won't be chided for letting go of our ovaries? Already there are multiple studies saying that women are better off keeping their ovaries while they are young. The incidence of Parkinson's Disease is increased 50% for those women who had their ovaries removed when they were under 45. Even losing one ovary was found to increase their chances of getting PD.

And death overtakes women earlier no matter from what cause if they have given up their ovaries. The Nurses Health Study showed that one additional death would be expected for every 9 oophorectomies performed if a 35 year life span after surgery was expected. (found on www.Medscape.com, published 5/19/09 )

Keeping my ovaries

I want to see if there is anyone out there besides myself who thinks we need to keep our ovaries as long as we live.

Women enjoy living alone

Older women (perhaps over 65), who are single either because they never married or because they are widows or divorced enjoy living by themselves. They find positives in being alone more than they miss having a partner. There is a difference in the way men and women approach their late sixties when it comes to living alone or with a mate. Women are used to taking care of themselves. They even enjoy it. Think about how pleasant it can be for a woman to just feed herself, not have to add salt or leave out the olives or some such direction. When we are raising children and living with a husband or partner we must always make this sort of small concession. This takes a certain amount of mental energy and over time exacts a toll. Alone a woman can sleep when she wishes and get up when she wishes (excluding demands of work) rather than constantly adjusting to another's schedule.
When a man pairs up, the woman is generally the one who must rearrange her life to suit him. This is not a paternalistic 20th Century thing. It may even be genetic. It just seems to happen even in our very modern two breadwinner homes.

The Beginning

OK. Now I am going to give everyone a piece of my mind. Lucky for you my mind is very sweet.