Kat, I'm another who had a vaginal hysterectomy several years ago - late 1994, to be exact. When the Ob-Gyn bloke was farewelling me after my final check-up he said that I would never have to worry about Pap tests again. But my ovaries were left as they were fine, and it meant I wasn't suddenly plunged into menopause as I could have been had they been taken out too.

Suppose I should have them checked occasionally too.......

Geez - who would have thought, once upon a time, that we would be discussing our girly bits on a world-wide forum!

Cheers
JennieG