I bled so much, I became anemic. That meant blood tests to count my red blood cells twice a day and being forced to eat foods loaded with iron like spinach and liver, all of which was hell for a seven year old.

Arthroscopic hysterectomy is less invasive than a traditional hysterectomy. Tonsils have always been accessed through the mouth. The difference now is the technique for cutting them out has changed. They used to cut them out and let them heal on their own with no blood control. Now they use a laser, it is bloodless, almost without infection, and much less painful. Surgery has completely changed in the last 40 years for sure..