"I No Longer Have A Uterus", Says Sitar Player Anoushka Shankar

Imran Asif Fazal |Aug 31, 2019

She penned an open letter describing her health condition and she has received great support from her fans and netizens.

Iconic sitar player Anoushka Shankar took to Twitter and revealed that she no longer has a uterus. She penned a three page note to describe her health condition. In the note she revealed that she underwent double surgery to remove 13 tumours from her abdomen.

Anoushka also mentioned that at the age of 26 she discovered a large fibroid in her uterus and due to which she had a myomectomy and her uterus was preserved. This helped her in giving birth to her two sons in later years.

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Anoushka Shankar also wrote about why hysterectomy is not talked about much. She wrote,

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She started her note by stating,

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